Japan Archive
sculpture
Japanese botanical artist Makoto Azuma had my attention when he covered an Aeron chair in green Astroturf. Now, after covering Hello Kitty in moss, he also has my heart.
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edible art
When I saw this picture of “the most creative cookie packaging ever” on Lost at E Minor, I had some questions. Luckily, my buddy Mike Maraldo happens to
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vinyl
Ron English‘s first ever show in Japan opens on July 1st at Public/Image, and he’s created a new version of a familiar figure to commemorate the occasion. Google
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vinyl
This makes a lot of sense: Luke Rook, co-founder of Arizona outpost, Lulubell Toy Bodega, has been living and working (and buying and selling toys) in Japan for
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fashion
Filed under Anything Can Be a Canvas: Toy artist and pop surrealist underwear from Japan. The “Collabo-pants” by Body Wild, which are sold online at Gunze, include bras and boxers
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vinyl
Instinctoy is now accepting international orders on their second Pandemic collaboration with BanaNa viruS! I don’t think I need to tell you how much I enjoy these GID rabbits,
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customs
Allow me to be brief on this one as the Kaiju for Japan earthquake/tsunami art fundraiser has now been open for twenty minutes. (I know you want vinyl
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plush
Matt Alt knows about the Japanese usage of cute mascot characters for all manner of applications. He wrote the book on it, actually. He posted a few examples
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Art
The time of Circus Posterus: Monsters and Misfits is finally upon us. I have to say, from a critical perspective, everything about this art show hosted by Tomenosuke at Kusakabe Folk
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paintings
Part two of the art benefit, Rise Japan, took place last night in San Francisco at ARC Studios. The space was packed with a ton of affordable art, all
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