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Category: Art & Design

  • Sign for a Bar in Akihabara

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    Spotted by Matt Alt in Akihabara: a sign for a bar, using a very recognizable casing.

  • Chic Cyclists of Fukuoka

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    The Cycle Chic from Copenhagen blog has a post up featuring a few ladies riding their bicycles in Fukuoka, courtesy of photographer Stephen Crawford. It is indeed great living in a city/country where women are frequent cyclists. Via Ryan Ruel.

  • Egota305

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    Minkus Architects Tokyo have renovated an apartment in Tokyo, with the main feature being the use of curtains throughout the space, doubling (or replacing) walls. Dezeen posts more on the project.

  • Polly Yates

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    Today marks the last day of artist Polly Yates’ exhibition, showing works from her “Lacemakers” series, at Cafe Pause, so you still have time to check it out if you haven’t already. When the time came to roll up the laces again, we both sighed; it took so long; but we weren’t willing to entrust…

  • Japan Brand in NYC

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    Felissimo in New York is hosting a Japan Brand pop-up shop during the holidays (until December 24), and it’s been getting some coverage on a bunch of NYC-based blogs, including JoshSpear.com and Spoon & Tamago. Pictured above is a bicycle designed by Gelman, made of lacquer, silver plating, and gold leaf. It was created for…

  • The Soho by Masamichi Katayama

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    Excite Japan has a piece up (in Japanese) that covers a new office/apartment building called The Soho, designed by the king of Tokyo retail space design, Masamichi Katayama (Wonderwall) — the article is photo-heavy. Via Dezain.net.

  • Comme des Garcons Trading Museum

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    The Comme des Garcons brand has opened a new concept store in Omotesando Hills called Trading Museum. As noted in this Wallpaper piece,”the space features eight expansive display cabinets on loan from London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.” Via Dezain.net.

  • Rat Hole Gallery Re-opens

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    The Rat Hole Gallery in Aoyama has recently re-opened, and TABlog posts a photo report of the first show to occupy the renovated space, “Oil,” by Isa Genzken. The exhibition runs until December 27.

  • Tokyo STOP

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    During last week’s PauseTalk (Vol. 35), Imre Ostmann introduced us to an art project he’s been working on called “Tokyo STOP.” The idea is to take a “long exposure photograph of seven people standing in a dead-end road during sunset.” He’s done four areas so far, and is looking for some volunteers for upcoming dates…

  • Studies in Organic

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    TABlog posts a nice photo report from the opening of Kengo Kuma’s “Studies in Organic” exhibition at Gallery MA. The show runs until December 19.