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  • Yuriko Takahashi at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2008

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    Designboom covers the works of Copenhagen-based designer Yuriko Takahashi, on show at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2008.

  • Hhstyle.com/Limited Closes

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    That didn’t last long! I just found out that the Hhstyle.com/Limited store in Harajuku — famously designed by Tadao Ando, and previously known as Hhstyle.com/Casa — closed on January 31. I was there in late January, but hadn’t noticed any signs announcing the closure.

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    I mentioned it in the post about Digiki’s latest POLYPUNK podcast, but here’s a reminder that this Friday sees the opening of Alin Huma‘s new gallery, Ginza the Edge, with the “Photography” exhibition, running February 15-29 (open Thursday to Sunday, 16:00-21:00). The opening party starts at 18:30. Here is a PDF leaflet for the show,…

  • Food & Wine & Tokyo

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    A few months back I met up with the travel editor of FOOD & WINE magazine, who was in town doing a piece on Tokyo. Salma’s article appeared in the February 2008 issue, and she writes a bit about what we did on that day in this part. After we had lunch at Maisen, we…

  • The Death of a Busy Workshop

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    You know that new massive Bape Harajuku Store that opened up last month in the back of Omotesando Hills? It’s only the other day, while walking around Harajuku, that I realized that it marked the closing of the Bape Busy Workshop, the first Bape store. The brand’s Pharrell-colab Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream shops…

  • PechaKucha Night Book Available Online

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    Although released during Tokyo Design Week 2007, PECHAKUCHA NIGHT: A CELEBRATION is finally available for purchase online, at only 2000 yen, which includes shipping to anywhere. The book is edited by Uleshka, who most of you may remember as the chief editor of PingMag, and designed by Ian Lynam, who talks more about the book…

  • Uniqlo's Tadashi Yanai Interviewed

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    CNN’s TALK ASIA program recently featured an interview with the founder of Uniqlo, Tadashi Yanai, and the video is now online. Via Imprint Talk.

  • Buffalo Bobs and Big Brothers

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    What are men mostly buying at the newly opened Hankyu Men’s building in Osaka? After Louis Vuitton — the building hosts the first men’s only LV shop — it was Buffalo Bobs. Don’t know the brand, and the o-nii-kei (“big brother style”) fashions it supports? Find out more in this Clast post by Marxy. Update: More…

  • PauseTalk as a Comic

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    Jose Luis Olivares was a participant at this week’s PauseTalk, and he drew a comic describing his day, with a few PauseTalkers making appearances!

  • PauseTalk Photo Pool

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    I forgot to mention it in the post on PauseTalk Vol. 18 (updated now though), but I’ve also created a Flickr photo pool for PauseTalk, so feel free to add your own shots! Pictured above, Shantell Martin busting a move. Update (16/11/13): The photo is longer available.