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A whole passel of designey news from Neoland.
First:
Ever the modest gentleman, our guy Matt Treyvaud’s awesome wife Chie Yoshimura has opened a lovely new cafe in Yokohama. Go visit. Eat something. Admire the logo.
Second:
Dentsu Canada shot over samples of the Sapporo beer coasters using the Pattern Pattern series of pattern designs from Néojaponisme this week. They look great! Thanks guys!
Third:
Thanks so much to everyone who came out to the Tokyo debut of Meeting Modernity. As a little fun giveaway, I designed and made a bunch of sets of Néojaponisme buttons for opening attendees. If you are interested in procuring a set, feel free to get in touch.
August 13, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Love those coasters.
August 13, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Hi This is Michael Furmanovsky, author of the rockabilly article in the Japan Times. If you are interested, I can send you the academic article on which it is based. I don’t anything about the street fashion book you mention, but from what you have written it looks like he has not done the kind of research that I have done based on numerous primary sources and interviews. I have since written an article about Watanabe Pro which was just published in Japanese and am now writing one on the eleki boom.
Thanks for taking the trouble to read and comment on my article
August 13, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Sorry I couldn’t make it…. very interested in those coasters
August 14, 2009 at 11:39 am
Chigasaki’s not quite Yokohama, but the next time I’m out that way I’ll give it a visit.
August 29, 2009 at 9:14 am
Congrats for the coasters, they look great.