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Category: City Life

  • Mamma Gun Has Left the Building

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    Some closing words from Jesper over at the TSiG blog about the end of the Mamma Gun event, with a few choice links for those who missed out on everything.

  • The Roving Reporter

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    Me with designer Kenichiro Ohmori of the unit Bridge, at his 100% Design booth. One of his fellow Bridge-members wanted to take a picture of us because we were wearing similar brown jackets. Ohmori’s Ice Partition, which you’ll notice in the back, gets a mention in my latest “On Design” column.

  • The Last Participant

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    Being pretty much the last Swedish Style participant to check in at the embassy (he leaves Tokyo tomorrow), Jesper gets an entry at the Swedish Style blog.

  • DJ Marxy in da House

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    Marxy will be DJing at the Kiiiiiii record release party November 30 at Kichijoji’s Star Pines Cafe. He’ll DJ once solo, and once as MXUT (the team that made the great MXUT edition of Radio OK Fred, which you can download here). Oh, and here’s what Marxy does on Friday nights.

  • Xbox 360 Kiosks at Adidas Stores

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    According to Kotaku, Adidas stores in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka are going to be rolling out Xbox 360 kiosks this weekend that let you try out FIFA 2006. There’s a big one in Ikebukuro, so I’ll try and have a look — and this reminds me that I still haven’t posted all the pics I…

  • Thoughts on Tokyo Design Week

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    I’m working on a piece for THE JAPAN TIMES, a sort of round-up of Tokyo Design Week, and I’d love to get your thoughts on the topic — and this could help shape the article, or suggest things that I should address. So if you attended, what did you think? What does Tokyo Design Week…

  • TDW Report at PingMag

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    PingMag has a report up on Tokyo Design Week. Going through it, looks like I was at a lot of the same places as the writers. As for my own coverage, next week’s edition of my monthly “On Design” column for THE JAPAN TIMES (on Tuesday) will feature a few favorite items spotted at 100%…

  • Kitanaka

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    I love the idea of creating collective art spaces like Kitanaka, but selfishly, wish it wasn’t happening all the way out in Yokohama. Approximately 50 units of artists, architects, designers and individuals engaged in other creative activities have found a new home in two refurbished, 80-year-old buildings that were dubbed “Kitanaka Brick & White”. Next…