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Category: City Life
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The Eater Guide to Tokyo
I haven’t had a chance to read through all of it yet, but Eater has posted what looks like a fantastic guideĀ toĀ eating in Tokyo. There’s tons of content, including a massive essay by Craig on pizza (no joke).
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Brotures Harajuku
The latest post on State of Tokyo is about PauseDraw, which I shared last week, but here’s another recent post on the site that shows off the fantastic looking Brotures HarajukuĀ bike shop. Tokyo definitely has some awesome bike shops, which often feel like mini-museums when you visit them.
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The Boundary Between Kogei and Design
That’s the name of an exhibition taking place at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (until March 20), curated by Naoto FukasawaĀ (one of my favorite designers, and I still think the Neon is the best mobile phone I’ve owned). The Japan Times interviews him about the show, which compares modern design to crafts.
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State of PauseDraw
The latest post up on the State of Tokyo site is a beautifully shot look at the latest PauseDraw event. It’s greatĀ to see the event get a nice bit of coverage like this, and big thanks to Alex for theĀ PauseTalk mention — I miss doing those events too.
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10 Years of 21_21
I have lots of fond memories of the 21_21 Design Sight, from the excitement when it was first announced — I mean, a building designed by Tadao Ando, and led by Issey Miyake, Taku Satoh, and Naoto Fukasawa, holy shit — to getting to work with them a couple of times through PechaKucha, by way…
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Tokyo Storefront Series
I’ve mentioned Tokyo-based illustrator Mateusz Urbanowicz a couple of times now (for his “Cold in Yokohama” series and a recent ramen shop illustration), and now Spoon & Tamago gives a little love as well by highlighting his wonderful “Tokyo Storefront” series. Such great work.
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Supplement Two
There’s a second edition of theĀ Supplement: Tokyo talk series coming up (on March 8), this time featuringĀ Bill Daniel, Craig Mod, Tetsuya Goto, and Eiko Nagase. More details here.
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Ramen Restaurant
I really love this illustration by Mateusz Urbanowicz that he shared in a tweet, of a ramen shop he visited.
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Ginza Six
Time Out Tokyo takes a look at the next mega complex to open in Tokyo, the picturedĀ Ginza Six. It opens on April 20. Here’s also a slick video about the complex.