Category: Art & Design
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Tokyo Magazine
Bento Graphics produced this lovely magazine/pamphlet for the Tokyo metropolitan government — you can download it as a PDF here.
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Minoru Nomata
I really love the work of Minoru Nomata, very haunting and fantastical architecture. Via this tweet.
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Changing Shibuya
Shibuya has been undergoing some major redevelopment work for years now, but here’s a great look at what all these changes are going to look like once it’s all done in 2027 — a lot will already be ready ahead of 2020.
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Cannibals
My buddy Ian has just produced a new lovely little handbook called Cannibals, which he describes as “a handbook of dubious exercises, tips, and rants about becoming a designer how teaches.” I loved his Start Somewhere handbook, and am very much looking forward to reading this one.
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Six Japanese Arcade Games
Time Out Tokyo has a postΒ up with a round-up of six Japanese arcade games that you should try playing. I especially like the post for the illustrations by Kento Iida.
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Designart
I’m very happy to see the arrival of the new Designart (“Design & Art”) festival in Tokyo, set to take place for the first time in October of this year. I’m especially happy because among the founders are Astrid Klein & Mark Dytham, who I of course worked with during my last 6 years in…
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Games Done Quick T-Shirts for Charity
Games Done Quick just kicked off its summer event yesterday, and to help raise money for charity, The Yetee has gotten in on the action and is offering an attractive selection of t-shirts, with proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders (and the tees themselves are dirt cheap, at $11 each). I ordered the three pictured…
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New State of Tokyo Logo
Photography site State of Tokyo gets a lovely new logo, and here’s the tale of how it got made.