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Warehouse Exhibition Yokohama

Why not?

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Pendulum Sound Machine

Cornelia invited me to the opening of Kouchi Okamoto’s exhibition at Pola Museum Annex in Ginza. Kouchi performed a live sound installation piece with his Pendulum Sound Machine and we got to see the Music Table, an intricate web of … Continue reading

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〒166 Tokyo

Some photos of my neighborhood.

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Go Smoking

It looks like a comedy t-shirt design but it is a bona fide public information graphic from Tokyo NRT.

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Love Matsuri

Dance, lanterns, drums and more meat and beer than anyone can handle. Last night we hitched a ride to the matsuri in the awesome vehicle pictured above. I think the driver liked my jinbei.

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Toilet Graphics

I don’t think I have ever seen a cute public toilet before. Apparently it was nice inside too.

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Cute Toast

In many stores in Tokyo you find cute hand drawn signs and tags, even in the big chains like Matsumoto Kiyoshi where I found this. It seems like there is normally at least one staff member talented enough. The cute … Continue reading

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Tokyo Election Graphics

As with most things in Tokyo, variety seems to be key when it comes to voting. I am keen on the bold, super-heavy typography on these political campaigning posters.

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Hanami

After a week in the UK, I got back on the aeroplane to Tokyo. Aside from the daily earthquakes/aftershocks (including the particularly violent M7.4 the night I got back) I was also greeted by cherry blossom. And no hanami session … Continue reading

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Earthquake Tsunami Radiation

Since the 8.7 earthquake on Friday 11th March 2011, I have been living in Tokyo. Here are some images, materials and thoughts collected in that time. Despite the funny photo, we were actually scared shitless. When the earthquake struck Tokyo … Continue reading

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