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Category: Art & Design

  • Hermes Kyoto

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    Spoon & Tamago highlights the beautiful new Hermes pop-up shop and event space in Kyoto, which will be open for 9 months. It was designed by Nendo alum Koichiro Oniki.

  • Operation Fateful Encounter

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    “Operation Fateful Encounter” is a new short story set in Tokyo by Hengtee Lim, featuring two illustrations by good ol’ Luis. Found via Canvas.

  • CX Nobeyama

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    Here’s a fantastic photo story for the Rapha website by Tokyo-based photographer Lee Basford (who’s done a lot of cycling-related photography in the past, and whose work I love) covering Rapha’s Supercross series in Nobeyama. Striking shots. Found via Canvas.

  • The Ametora Annotation of the Beams’ 40th Anniversary Video

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    David is on an absolute writing tear these days, and following last week’s Pizzicato Five discography review, this week he posts to his “Ametora Extended” collection on Medium (supporting his Ametora book) a massive — and yes, ultimate — guide to that fantastic video Beams released back in October. Sit back, and find out more…

  • Printable Gift Wrap

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    Looking for something on the minimal side but still festive to wrap your Christmas presents? Tokyo-based Duncan Shotton has prepared a nice collection of printable gift wrap — you buy the files cheap through his Etsy site, and then print to your heart’s content. It’s a great idea, and definitely a step up from most…

  • Koya Bound, the Website

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    You’ll of course remember Koya Bound, the beautiful photography book that Craig Mod and Dan Rubin recently Kickstarted, covering one of the annual (or is it bi-annual) walks that Craig likes to do. Part of the Kickstarter promise was to launch the content of the book as its own website, and that site has now…

  • An Interview with Hiroshi Fujiwara

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    I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but here’s an interview with legendary fashion curator Hiroshi Fujiwara by Tiffany Godoy.

  • Rebirth

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    Check out this Spoon & Tamago post for a detailed look at the massive and visually outstanding “Rebirth” piece by artist Manabu Ikeda, created as a response to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

  • Japan’s Game Preservation Society

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    There’s a fascinating short documentary streaming on NHK World right now covering the work of Japan’s Game Preservation Society. Called “Game Preservation – The Quest,” it goes through all aspects of their work, from collecting, restoring, and also sharing — and it also has great animated pixelated sequences between sections, produced by Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya (Cave…

  • Charisma Blogger

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    My buddy CheapyD uncovered this old photo of us, posing with Danny Choo and Andrew Shuttleworth, at an event in Tokyo back in 2009 (CGM Night, which had to do with online content creation, but I can’t remember what the “CGM” stood for). I just find it funny to be described as a “Charisma blogger.”…