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  • Happening in Tokyo

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    Lots of stuff happening tonight. Tonight is of course the anniversary party for Tokyo Art Beat, “Kurikku,” at SuperDeluxe, from 19:00. Tokyo Fun Party starts a new party, “To Our Disco Friends,” featuring the regular TFP crew plus some new members. It happens at Legato in Shibuya, 23:00-4:00, 1500 yen at the door. You can…

  • Prototype Exhibition

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    Keiji Ashizawa (I interviewed him recently for NEOJAPONISME) was at last week‘s PauseTalk, and shared his plans for an interesting exhibition idea. He will soon be moving his studio into a new space, but before the move, thought of holding an exhibition there. The idea is to present all sorts of initial design studies (prototypes,…

  • 101Tokyo

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    For a while now I knew that Antonin Gaultier (Digiki to most of us) was working on something big, but he wouldn’t share any details. Well, now we all know that it’s as one of the founders of the very exciting 101Tokyo, “the first truly International Contemporary art fair in Tokyo.” The event will be…

  • Timberland Opening in Shibuya

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    I put up a Flickr photoset of some shots I took at the opening this past Thursday of the new Timberland concept store in Shibuya, designed by Assistant.

  • Another ABC Closing

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    I wanted to stop by the Aoyama Book Center branch in Shibuya (top floor of the HMV store) the other day, and was greeted with this. The store closed September 17.

  • Parco Posters

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    Posters for the latest sales campaign at the Parco shopping center in Ikebukuro.

  • Compilation for Ghost Radar at Tokyo Recohan

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    Patrick Benny’s Tokyo Recohan webstore has been a great resource for used CDs of Japanese music, and now he’s slowly venturing into offering new items as well. Right now it’s COMPILATION FOR GHOST RADAR, featuring the likes of PINE*am and Elektal. Quantities are limited, and shipping is only available OUTSIDE of Japan. More details here.…

  • Happening in Japan

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    Collect.apply are having an exhibition in Fukuoka for their music graphics and product design at Ma (a shop for the Minotaur clothing brand), October 26 to November 23. They’ve also contributed a page to the latest issue of STUDIO VOICE (“All Genre Disc Guide 200”). “Juliana” is back at Soft in Shibuya tonight (October 7),…

  • Odd MUJI Fonts

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    The image you see above has been used in some messages from MUJI — from their mailing list — and I find the use of font quite strange. They keep the traditional MUJI color, but the font just feels out of place, and old. This is not the first time I see it used, but…

  • PauseTalk Vol. 14

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    October’s PauseTalk (Vol. 14) saw a return to the group sizes that preceded the smaller summer editions. Most of the time was spent with presentations this month, which saw Carsten Schneider, Jane Stockdale, and Thomas Antonietti share some of their recent work, and then David Marx, Keiji Ashizawa, and Max Hodges talking about new projects.…