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Category: City Life

  • GAS Online shop

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    This month saw the launch of the GAS Online Shop. Although they will be selling all of the GAS products (books, DVDs, t-shirts), the featured item right now is a shopping bag that is available in two sizes, and 41 color combinations. Orders can only be made within Japan.

  • Parking 246

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    And with these pics taken at the Parking 246 area, we end my series from this year’s October design events (which for me was mostly TDB and Swedish Style related). I wish I could have taken in more, but at the same time, I think I got my fill of design related happenings to keep…

  • I Love Chairs

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    “I Love Chairs” is an upcoming event at the Ozone Living Design Center in Shinjuku (October 21 to November 23). It brings together chair selections from 300 designers, all chosen on the basis of love for the design, memories, etc. The above image is from Colucci Design. Update (16/08/23): The image is no longer available.

  • TDB and Idee

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    Some more pics taken at the Idee shop during TDB. Shots taken with the W21S mobile phone.

  • Cibone And A

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    Some more pics from last week’s TDB. On the left, the Cibone lifestyle shop in Aoyama. On the right, the entrance to And A. Every ball had Japanese characters, and people were using them to spell out their names. Shots taken with the W21S mobile phone

  • Tokyo International Film Festival

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    The ASAHI newspaper takes a look at the upcoming Tokyo International Film Festival. Think of film festivals and chances are places like Cannes, Berlin and Venice immediately spring to mind. Tokyo, however, probably doesn’t-though by all rights, it should. Believe it or not, the annual Tokyo International Film Festival, which opens Oct. 23 this year,…

  • Mobile Life

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    A typical Japanese scene: Ken Kawakita is sitting on his living room floor, checking train schedules on the Internet, using a laptop computer running Windows over a wireless AirPort from Apple Computer. His son, Taro, 11, is downloading a game on his iBook over the same network, while daughter, Mari, 13, converses with a friend…

  • Shigoto Cafe Torabayu

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    I’ve walked in front of the Shigoto Cafe Torabayu (it’s located where the TDB’s Parking 246 event space was being held), and quickly peeked inside. Seems like a nice idea. A huge wall painting of Mt. Fuji, in the style of one you might see in a public bath, looms over throngs of young job…

  • Kuhaku Launch Party

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    There will be launch party for KUHAKU at the Pink Cow on November 11. Some of the artists and writers from the book will be on hand for signing copies and readings. The event is from 7 to 11. Remember that you can buy copies of the book directly from the Chin Music Press site.

  • An Afternoon in Ginza and Meguro

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    I headed out late in the afternoon with Jesper to Ginza, where we started at the Ginza Graphic Gallery and the Sugiura Kohei exhibition. I can’t say that I was overly excited by it, but there were some striking cover designs that showed a very strong sense of graphic continuity. Following this, we quickly stopped…