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Category: Art & Design

  • Nature Factory

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    Dezeen posts a gallery of architect Makoto Tanijiri‘s new installation at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama. The show runs until January 31.

  • Utility Pole

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    Tokyo Art Beat is carrying a new tee (not part of the regular TAB line) produced by designer duo Noto-Fusai. As the name “Utility Pole” implies, the design not only draws graphically from the theme, but also includes three cables that are stitched into the t-shirt. Utility Pole is just the latest in the duo’s…

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Jun Yasumoto’s Phyto Purification Bathroom (above), Masanori Oji‘s “Baby in Table,” and Norihiko Inoue’s concept phone for Vertu. Last week I covered the “Touch the Invisibles” installation, Muji’s collaboration with Thonet, and Jin’s Global Standard’s “Notable Creators” line of frames designed by architects.

  • Macoto Murayama

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    PSFK shares a gallery of computer-generated flowers by artist Macoto Murayama.

  • House in Mitaka

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    I like the wide openness found inside the House in MItaka by Hidetaka Shirako and Shin Yokoo (OUVI), although I’m not so crazy about the exterior. There’s more to see in this post from Dezeen.

  • White Box

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    Stunning short video directed by Makoto Yabuki. Via Motionographer.

  • Neojaponisme Badges

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    Some lovely Néojaponisme badges courtesy of Ian, the site’s creative director.

  • PMKFA at Creators Inn GBG

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    Well look who just popped up on the Creators Inn blog! One of the results of being on my back and out of the loop for so long is that I can’t keep track of my friends anymore, and so I didn’t even realize Micke was in Gothenburg, and had a chance to try out…

  • Minimal Tokyo!

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    Paul Snowden has produced a rather nice tee for Minimal Tokyo as part of his “Wasted German Youth” series. Wish I could have attended Ivan‘s event last week at the Vitamin Water event space in Harajuku.

  • Commercial Photo

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    Nice to see some of Josh Lieberman‘s photos appear in last month’s issue (July 2009) of Commercial Photo. Josh is an architectural photographer I met earlier this year when he attended an edition of PauseTalk.