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  • Asaba Katsumi

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    I was just at the new Asaba Katsumi GGG exhihition, “The Seven Faces of the ASABA.” In 2005, Ginza Graphic Gallery will open the year with The Seven Faces of the ASABA Exhibition. Along with forging a new era in the advertising and design world since the 1970s, Katsumi Asaba has displayed multiple talents while…

  • Ross Lovegrove

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    Sounds like a nice one to check out. Internationally renowned British product designer and advocate of “organic design”, Ross Lovegrove came to Japan. In his two- and three-dimensional creations that look at once inorganically solid and sensuously soft the designer brings together sensitivity and technology for a fortunate marriage. His wire-frame objects onto which video…

  • Kono Takashi Exhibition

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    Another Kono Takashi exhibition, this time at the National Museum of Modern Art. Kono Takashi is known for his eye-catching poster for the Sapporo Winter Olympic Games 1972, and such images as a huge fish bearing the pattern of the American flag in front of a small one with eyes that look like the Japanese…

  • Pastries as Design

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    As the REALTOKYO reviewer mentions, it’s too bad the pastries on display won’t be for sale. Old-established confectionery “Suetomi” is producing original sweets for each month of the year, and introduces the little artworks in an exhibition focusing on the aspect of design. For May, for example, there is the “Karagoromo” that appears in “Ise…

  • Logos Gallery Book Bazar

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    The Logos Gallery, in the basement of Shibuya’s Parco Part 2, is having a big foreign book bazar, with discounts going from 20 to 80% off. The sale ends January 11. They usually have a lot of their design books on sale during these, so good time to grab those really expensive ones. Link via…

  • An Evening at Pause

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    The Pause cafe at night.

  • Pause Cafe

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    The Pause cafe in Ikebukuro.

  • ABC Foreign Book Bargain Sale!

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    As the article says, it’s been a crazy year for the Aoyama Book Center this year, but the good news is that things are back to normal, and it’s time for a foreign book bargain sale! It was a year of calamities in Japan, and Aoyama Book Center makes no exception there. But as we…

  • Koolhaus of Jazz Report

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    Patrick was lucky enough to win a pair of tickets (from REALTOKYO) to the Koolhaus of Jazz event at the Liquid Room in Ebisu last night, and he offers this report.

  • Cat Street

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    A shot of Cat Street in Harajuku.