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Design Festa Takes Over Tokyo
Written on 18 May, 2010 at 9:01 in Blogs, Tokyo Designed
The colorful Design Festa Gallery in Harajuku is well known to tourists and Tokyoites alike, but the art space couldn’t contain the creativity of it’s inhabitants. The gallery’s organizers scaled up the event for the 31st biannual show in the vast halls of Tokyo Big Sight on Odaiba. The two day event gave hundreds of [...]... (Continue reading)
The North Face Standard, Store Opening Party
Written on 30 Apr, 2010 at 8:30 in Blogs, Tokyo Designed
Outdoor apparel specialists The North Face have opened a new concept store, ‘The North Face Standard’, just up the street from the original shop in Harajuku. The narrow glass and steel building extends upwards four floors, making the most of the limited space available in the Tokyo. Each of the four floors is designed around [...]... (Continue reading)
John Warwicker Live Drawing at G/P Gallery, Ebisu
Written on 15 Apr, 2010 at 9:06 in Blogs, Tokyo Designed
It took ages to find, but the G/P Gallery on the third floor of NADiff a.p.a.r.t in Ebisu was worth the stress. My shoddy print out from Google maps failed me, as did a taxi driver’s sat nav. I had heard of the NADiff art and design store before, but this was my first visit. [...]... (Continue reading)
Amazing Japanese Fountain Video
Written on 6 Apr, 2010 at 8:01 in Blogs
Video sites like YouTube and Vimeo offer great ways to research (or waste time). I recently stumbled upon this great clip of an amazing Japanese shopping mall fountain. Falling drops of water create words in Japanese Katakana, Kanji characters and incredibly even images of animals. The technology used is like a scaled up version of [...]... (Continue reading)
Adidas Runbase Opens in Tokyo
Written on 2 Mar, 2010 at 19:31 in Blogs, Tokyo Designed
The Tokyo Marathon may be over, with winner Masakazu Fujiwara crossing the finish line in just over 2 hours 12 minutes, but running enthusiasts are not standing still. The sport has seen a huge boost in popularity over the past year. Sportswear giant Adidas is meeting the demand for high-technology running equipment and consumer interaction [...]... (Continue reading)
Beams T, Meets Nike in Harajuku
Written on 22 Feb, 2010 at 18:55 in Blogs, Tokyo Designed
The cult fashion store Beams T shirt gallery, opened a special exhibition with the theme, “Sport is Art” in the back streets of fashionable neighborhood Harajuku, the Japanese clothing store launched a limted edition collaboration with sportswear giants Nike this week. Window display featuring revolving T shirt signage 24 Days left! The whole store has [...]... (Continue reading)
Vintage Toy Shopping in Nakano
Written on 8 Feb, 2010 at 9:15 in Blogs, Tokyo Designed
If you want to tour a hidden side of Tokyo away from the crowds of tourists in Shibuya; take the Chuo line from Shinkuju to Nakano. A short walk from the station takes you to Nakano Broadway, a shopping mall full of wacky shops. For fans of Japanese pop culture and Manga, Broadway is a must. Browse [...]... (Continue reading)
Cutting Edge Camera Technology
Written on 1 Feb, 2010 at 15:02 in Blogs, Tokyo Designed
In the design and technology world, the Japanese word ‘Kaizen’ (or continuous improvement) is often quoted. (The Kanji 改 kai means change, 善 zen means good). ‘Kaizen’ is often used in Western media to describe the constant stream of innovation by Japanese companies, particularly in areas such as computers, cars and cameras. Since the days of [...]... (Continue reading)
Learning Katakana the Easy Way
Written on 25 Jan, 2010 at 8:50 in Blogs, Tokyo Designed
Learning Japanese can be very tough, as most Weekender readers know. The huge challenge alongside speaking Japanese, is reading the thousands of kanji, hiragana and katakana: the phonetic symbols used in part to describe foreign words such as ‘biiru’ ビール (beer), ‘kohii’ コーヒー (coffee), etc. Being a design freak, I stumbled upon a great post [...]... (Continue reading)
A Brit Weird
Written on 11 Jan, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Designed
Living and working in Tokyo, you often see some wacky and colorful clothes designs. Being a design and photography enthusiast, I often snap a quick picture of something interesting in the city to show friends and family back home. As a Brit abroad I particularly love seeing football shirts and real English ale in Tokyo [...]... (Continue reading)
