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  • The Manufacturing of Booms

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    Over at Clast, Marxy examines booms as a marketing strategy, and the end of an era. I’m just sorry I missed out on 1957, the year of the Calypso Style.

  • This Week in Cycling

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    Time to share some cycling playlists! If you have some mixes you’ve made for riding please post the track list in the comments thread. Here’s my latest one, I call it “Cyclo de GO!” Air Miami – “Airplane Rider” Mark Robinson – “100% Garanteed” Holland – “Anorexic Colt Herd” Pixies – “Alison” Black Francis –…

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    Marxy will be DJing at Bar Drop in Kichijoji tomorrow night (Friday, February 22). It’s an all-night event. Yuki Nakano will have her first solo exhibition at Cafe Nalu in Omotesando, March 1-15. Later that month, she will also have a photography exhibition at Cafe Pause.

  • Speakerdog Greatest Hits

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    I mentioned it last year, and I’m very happy to announce that we’re finally getting close to hosting a Speakerdog exhibition at Cafe Pause. The show, which will take place the week of March 17-23, is called “The Greatest Hits,” and will include, well, a greatest hits collection all five series that have been released…

  • Nagoya Design Do!

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    The city of Nagoya is holding their bi-annual design competition, “Nagoya Design Do!” You can send in submissions April 1-30, and you’ll find all the details on how to do that here. Via Core77.

  • TAB Talks

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    It’s not enough that Tokyo Art Beat has been THE best resource for bilingual art and design event information, now they’re following it up with a new series of talk events called, appropriately enough, TAB Talks. You can read Paul Baron’s post over at TABlog for all the details on what promises to be a…

  • Ginza the Edge

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    This past Friday night saw the opening of Alin Huma’s new gallery space, Ginza the Edge. The inaugural show, “Photography,” runs until February 29. It was a great turnout, and we pretty much filled up the relatively small space. The gallery actually takes up Alin’s apartment, and so every piece of “daily living” got removed…

  • This Week in Cycling

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    What happens when you drop by Y’s Road in Ikebukuro? You may just run into Alin Huma, who biked there from Ginza, on the hunt for some spokes. I was there to get some degreaser and lube — I got scolded by Craig for not doing proper maintenance on my bike. It’s always nice to…

  • AOU 2008

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    I attended both days of the AOU 2008 game show at Makuhari Messe (Friday and Saturday), with a few of the photos taken appearing in this Kotaku post, as well as some impressions (and more photos) of STREET FIGHTER 4 — I got a “perfect” win, yes I did! I had an absolute blast at…

  • Suspended Figure by Ayako Maruta

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    Designboom posts a few photos of the new installation at the Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama. “Suspended Figure” is a light installation by architect Ayako Maruta.