Category: City Life

  • Graphic Wave 2006

    Yesterday I stopped by the Ginza Graphic Gallery on the first day of the terrific new show they have on, “Graphic Wave 2006” (TAB entry), which covers the works of graphic designers/art directors Masayoshi Kodaira, Naomi Hirabayashi, Manabu Mizuno, and Eiji Yamada. The basement floor plays host to some of their past works, but the…

  • Ping Party

    PingMag reminds us about their free party/festival tomorrow (Sunday) at Yoyogi park. Looks like they’ll be selling special tees as well!

  • PauseTalk Vol. 4

    I try to avoid posting about PauseTalk here, but since the next one is less than a week away (September 4), following the one we had last week, I’d just like to alert those interested that I’ve updated the site with info on the theme for the next edition.

  • Galleries and Cafes

    Patrick is also biking around (but he’s been doing it for way longer than me), and checking out some galleries and cafes. He also has a report on last weekend’s Usagi-chang event.

  • Jet Set Leger

    The new Jet Set Leger record store at Laforet in Harajuku looks rather nice. More from Patrick.

  • Uniqlo Container Stores in NYC

    More guerilla retailing from Uniqlo in the US: Uniqlo will deliver container stores modeled after a ship’s cargo containers to various locations in Manhattan and beyond during Labor Day weekend, according to Women’s Wear Daily. As a precursor to the October opening of Uniqlo’s 36,000-sq.-ft. flagship in SoHo, the container stores will operate every weekend…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

    mYwaY by TRICO Quatre Cafe You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Private/Public

    Shift Blog has info on an upcoming series of live performances by Masakatsu Takagi at the Laforet Museum in October.