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  • MUJI Goes Upscale

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    Marxy tells me that MUJI is planning a new shop in Shinjuku that will only sell higher priced products — an upscale MUJI if you will. Looks like it may be called MUJI Shinjuku Piccadilly. Update: The store will be inside a new shopping center called Shinjuku Piccadilly, which opens July 19.

  • Generate Pipeline

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    Japanese online retailer Generate has just launched Pipeline, a design discussion site. Pipeline [is] a space where we [can] share designs with you, and you with us. A space where you can find the latest ideas, discuss/rate them, and even be notified when they become Generate products (at a special pipeline discount, of course). We’ve…

  • 94.3%

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    Marxy over at Clast examines how a ridiculous survey report conned the media into believing that 94.3% of Japanese women in their twenties own a piece of Louis Vuitton.

  • Shu Uemura Omotesando Boutique

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    The Shu Uemura store on Omotesando. The brand is currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of this, its first boutique, and the art direction for the latest line is by Tokyo-based Gwenael Nicolas. This month will also see a special exhibition for the brand at the Mori Art Museum.

  • Atelier MUJI

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    The current exhibition at Atelier MUJI — inside the MUJI flagship store in Yurakucho — covers info on fair trade products, including some from MUJI.

  • Tokyolife at Colette

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    Tokyolife gets some loving display space at Colette in Paris.

  • New MUJI Store in NYC

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    PSFK takes a look at the newly opened second MUJI store in NYC, on the ground floor of the New York Times Building.

  • PingMag: Cocca

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    PingMag interviews Nanami Maejima of the shop Cocca in Daikanyama, purveyor of beautiful printed fabrics.

  • Can MUJI Make It in the US?

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    Japan Today has a piece (from Kyodo News) that looks at the challenges MUJI faces in trying to expand in the US (“the company […] is committed to opening 30 to 40 stores across the United States in the next five years”).

  • Light Construction

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    Earlier this week I went to the opening for the “Light Construction” exhibition at Center for Cosmic Wonder in Aoyama. The show brings together Mike Mills, Elein Fleiss, Yoshimio, and Yukinori Maeda, and runs until June 30. Hanging out inside this installation was quite nice. I wanted to go and chat with Mike Mills —…