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Category: Art & Design

  • Second Life Project

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    As a follow-up to JJ‘s “Second Life and the Future of the Music Industry” exhibition from earlier this year, he’s put together a site that looks at what was covered in the show. He also wrote a piece on the project in last month’s issue of J@pan Inc.

  • Be Your Own Figure

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    I am very, very tempted by this: Bandai’s Jibun Damashii, a made-to-order figure that uses a photo you send for the face, at a cost of 13,650 yen. It was shown at last week’s International Tokyo Toy Show. Via Japan Today.

  • Published

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    Megumi (Assistant) is readying for a new exhibition, “Published,” at Art Center Ongoing in Kichijoji (July 29 to August 9), and it will involve quite a few related events — you’ll find more details in the TAB entry. The opening happens Wednesday night (July 29, from 19:00), and will involve a sound project with Micke…

  • House in Matsuyama

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    Dezeen shows off a beautiful new home — House in Matsuyama — by Suppose Design Office.

  • This Week at MoCo Loco

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    My weekly Tokyo post for MoCo Loco is up, this time covering Isamu Noguchi‘s AKARI lights, Tidy‘s Swippy broom and dustpan, and the “Japan Design in Milano Salone 2009” exhibition.

  • Meeting Modernity: A Night of Neojaponisme

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    If you’re a regular reader of Néojaponisme, then you’re probably already familiar with Ian‘s series of found photography which he’s been releasing under the “Meeting Modernity” banner (since it “documents Japan as it engaged with modernization and commercial photography in the Meiji and Taisho Periods”). The photos have already been on the road with shows…

  • GameBirdTM

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    The latest paper bird to join Josh’s NaniBird collection is James Kay‘s GameBirdTM, which is his take on the NaniBird form factor meeting up with the original GameBoy. James — a fellow PauseTalker — is a Tokyo-based game developer, and runs the independent Score Studios.

  • Graniph + Josef Muller-Brockmann

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    Graniph is doing another series of tees based on master typographers — the first was Emil Ruder — this time inspired by the works of Josef Muller-Brockmann. Dezeen is running a contest where you can win all six, with all of the designs on display.

  • Kokeshi: From Folk to Art Toy

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    I’ve always been a fan of the traditional Kokeshi wooden dolls, but I think I may like the modern reinterpretations from the “Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy” exhibition in LA even more. Cool Hunting interviews the curator of the show, Christina Conway, and shows quite a few of the featured dolls in the…

  • Un/Built Store

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    From Assistant and Cyril “bovine mutilator” Duval (Item Idem), the Un/Built Store, a store concept entirely made up of shoe boxes — the store naturally disappears as shoes are sold. The project was featured in issue #926 of Domus.