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Category: City Life
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Report on Yuki Nakano Exhibition
Yuki has put up a big blog post on her recent photo exhibition that took place at Cafe Pause. Lots of photos to see, in case you couldn’t make it in person.
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IKEA Takes Over Train
Wow! In order to promote the upcoming opening of their new store at Port Island in Kobe, IKEA has turned the Kobe Portliner Monorail into a showroom. Via Pink Tentacle.
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Art Space Tokyo Release Party
You already know about Chin Music Press‘ upcoming ART SPACE TOKYO: AN INTIMATE GUIDE TO THE TOKYO ART WORLD — if not, here’s my previous post — and now it’s time to celebrate the launch. The Tokyo release party will take place at the Pink Cow in Shibuya, April 22, from 19:00 to 23:00. Also,…
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Nendo’s Chocolate Pencils
Nendo creates chocolate pencils, or crayons, for patissier Tsujiguchi Hironobu. More images over at Dezeen.
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Kozyndan at the Ramen Museum
The Flux site has a post up featuring Kozyndan writing about a visit to the Yokohama Ramen Museum. I’ve always been curious about the place, but have never taken the time to go. I guess I’m in no need of good ramen shops, living in Ikebukuro and all. Flux is one of the projects that…
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SANAA: Works 1998-2008
VernissageTV presents a video look at the SANAA retrospective, “SANAA: Works 1998-2008,” currently running at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City (SANAA designed the museum’s new building). Via Dezain.net.
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101TOKYO Opening
I had the great pleasure of attending last night’s opening reception for the inaugural 101TOKYO contemporary art fair. The event runs until April 6, and is being held at the Rensei Chugakkou in Akihabara. It was a joy to take in, and I’m stunned at what the organizers were able to achieve, especially considering that…
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H&M Teams Up with Comme des Garcons for Tokyo Launch
We all knew that H&M were finally going to open their first Japan store in Tokyo later this year, but now comes news that the November launch will coincide with an exclusive line by Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garcons, covering menswear, womenswear, childrenswear, accessories, and a new unisex fragrance. Vogue has more details. Via Jesper.