Monthly Archives: November 2006

Designboom Mart report

Written by sonia. Posted on November 21, 2006. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , . Comments Off.
Designboom’s photo report of the Mart at 100% Design Tokyo is online, with links for individual booths. Here’s the link to mine.

Urban vinyl

Written by sonia. Posted on November 15, 2006. Filed under Uncategorized. Comments Off.
Strolled through some shops for the first time in weeks, and suddenly there’s a glut of great new books about designer toys. Hard to decide which one’s the best – they all appeal for different reasons… Now the question is: what’s more important – the toys or the books? I am Plastic: the designer toy [...]

Open for Design

Written by sonia. Posted on November 9, 2006. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged . Comments Off.
In the hullabaloo of events the past few weeks, I neglected to mention the new online project I’ve joined as a weekly style blogger, updating on Thursdays (Fridays in Japan). Open for Design launched on November 1 as a multidisciplinary dialogue about contemporary design in the form of a blog, sponsored by MSN and Infiniti. [...]

A few views from the booth at 100% Design

Written by sonia. Posted on November 6, 2006. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , . Comments Off.
It was a crazy week – exhausting but fun – filled with interesting people and nice stuff. Thank you to designboom, 100% Design and everyone who dropped by. Special thanks to Yuki, Yuko and Huschang. Jean Snow meets th’ rezidents (above). Birgit Lohmann from designboom (above). Addendum Three more, courtesy of Designboom. Chatting with Tom [...]