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Tokyo Design
Snow Magazine Launches
Following weeks of dropping hints and teasers on his blog, long-time Tokyo-based design writer and editor Jean Snow has finally launched his new online magazine.
Snow magazine offers news and guest-columns covering the cultural landscape of Tokyo and Japan, as well as some syndicated content from the Néojaponisme web journal and Paper Sky magazine. And it’s a joy to look at!
It’s a much-needed successor to PingMag, the popular online design magazine that ceased publication with the recession.
Art Between Tokyo and New York
I just want to direct readers’ attention towards Johnny Strategy’s Spoon & Tamago (Spoon and Egg) blog. Ostensibly it covers “art, somewhere between New York and Tokyo” but over the last six months, since I’ve started following it, the emphasis seems to be firmly planted on Japanese soil.
Mr. Strategy’s special editions sections, including Contemporary Japanese Architects and Japanese Industrial Designers 101, provide great jumping points for deeper exploration into these fields.
Spoon & Tamago offers a keen observational eye into a wide range of Japanese art, design and architecture — in other words, it’s a blog you should be reading.
New Gallery Building Opens in Ebisu
Earlier this week, the NADiff art bookstore, which vacated its Omotesando premises last summer, finally reopened its doors in Ebisu. The new building also houses three galleries — Magical Artroom, G/P Gallery and Art Jam Contemporary — as well as a new bar/café, Magic Room. I posted a photo report of the extremely crowded opening party here, on Tokyo Art Beat.
TAKASHI MURAKAMI ADVERT FOR LOUIS VUITTON
Takashi Murakami’s ongoing collaboration with Louis Vuitton has incited heated debate about the relationship between art and commerce. Love it or hate it, the next five minutes of video are, well, undeniably cute.
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A place to keep abreast of Art Space Tokyo related news, reviews, events and updates.
Art Space Tokyo is a 272 page guide to the Tokyo art world produced and published by Craig Mod & PRE/POST.
It was originally published in 2008 by Chin Music Press.
