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Category: Art & Design

  • Medecins Sans Frontieres Office Signage

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    Beautiful signage created by art director Arata Takemoto for the offices of Medecins Sans Frontieres — there’s more to see here.

  • Portraits for Fujingaho

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    My buddy Luis created lovely portraits for the editors/bloggers of Fujingaho, the oldest woman’s magazine in Japan (you’ll see them on this page).

  • Tokyo 2010

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    Photo of Tokyo, circa 2010, taken by Sebastian Mayer.

  • Replaying Japan 2017: 5th International Japan Game Studies Conference

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    I should have shared this much soon, as the deadline for submitting abstracts is just around the corner on February 1, but it’s not too late. Replaying Japan 2017: 5th International Japan Game Studies Conference looks like quite the intriguing gathering, taking place August 21-23 at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester. There were certainly some…

  • Craig Mod’s Offline Directive

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    I’m of course exaggerating, but this latest essay by Craig is a nice look at how he went about getting his attention back by going offline. No, it’s not rocket science, but sometimes it’s good to be reminded of stuff like this.

  • Paranoia Girls 2.0

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    Paranoia Girls, an experimental illustrated story written by Parick Macias and drawn by Yunico Uchiyama is now being shared through Wattpad (it was running on Tumblr), and as they explain, “the text for Wattpad will contain revisions and should be considered a 2.0 version.”

  • Kojima Productions, in Shinagawa

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    Kojima Productions now has its very own slick home in the Shinagawa part of Tokyo, and it recently shared a gallery of photos that show off the new digs (which I came across through this Kotaku post). IGN has posted a 5-minute video featuring interviews with Kojima and key staff talking about the studio, and how it all…

  • Beams Beyond Tokyo

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    Not only does the new Beams Beyond Tokyo book from Rizzoli look fantastic — a celebration of the brand’s collaborations through the years — I’m also happy to see that my buddy W. David Marx is one of the contributors. These Rizzoli coffee table books tend to be incredibly well made (oh, you know, like…