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Category: Art & Design

  • On Design Is Next Week

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    Just a note to say that this month’s edition of my “On Design” column for The Japan Times is pushed back a week, and will be published on Thursday of next week (October 29), on the eve of Tokyo Design Week.

  • Small House H

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    I often tell people that one day I’d like to get some land in or around Kamakura and have a Muji house built there — my preference is for the original Ki no Ie — but I think Kumiko Inui‘s Small House H would suit me as well. See more of the private residence at…

  • Tokyo Graphic Passport

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    TABlog has a couple of reports on the recent Tokyo Graphic Passport event: first on the state of the art scene, and then on the independent magazine panel.

  • Shinrin no Gyunyu

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    I’m not a big drinker of milk — even got my parents worried when I was a child — but this cute packaging for Shinrin no Gyunyu (Forest Milk) sure makes me want to drink some of it. Or at the very least to store a few bottles on the trays in my fridge. Via…

  • STELLA

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    To be shown at the Tokyo Motor Show (October 24 to November 4), fashion retailer Beams teams up with Subaru for the electric STELLA, pictured above. The design is by Tabito Mizuo. Via CScout Japan.

  • Lesque Fall 2009

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    Ian Lynam collaborates with Lesque for a new round of board designs.

  • COOLPIX Projection

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    What do you do with a bunch of COOLPIX S1000PJ cameras, that have the added function of projecting images? If you’re GT Tokyo‘s Naoki Ito, you strap them on the Helicopter Boyz and produce this performance. Via Creative Review.

  • Bunpei Yorifuji

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    Bunpei Yorifuji — he’s the illustrator behind all those Tokyo Metro public service ads — is having his first solo exhibition at gallery @btf, running until October 25. Via Spoon & Tamago.

  • The New MoCo Loco

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    A few weeks ago I wrote that my weekly Tokyo posts for MoCo Loco were going on hiatus, and mentioned that it was because of some upcoming changes to the site. Well, the new MoCo Loco has just launched — have a look!

  • AQ 03

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    I really like this pared-down design for the packaging of the AQ 03 supplement bottle. Via FFFFOUND! Update (16/12/18): The image is no longer available.