I’m not oscar the grouch (yet), but I know that commuting to the city will drive me batshit insane in a matter of weeks. Why don’t I live in Japan where the train is actually safe, and nice and fast and have bizzare but hillarious print ads?
Ginza+Akihabara
from epic ikko tanaka exhibition in ginza
I’ve got crazy fast internet in my hostel, and I brought my lappy so i thought I might write a few observations on my first few days.
Cairns international terminal is a joke. but not a funny one. 4 hours felt like half my life.
Bikes ride pretty much wherever the hell they want to, and have these sweet little locks you can’t notice, as opposed to our stupid d-locks and chains.
Metro is fast, but complicated and tickets are a bit expensive.
The city is actually really walkable, and not as aggressively crowded as you think (I haven’t been to west side yet like shibuya and stuff).
Sushi is actually kind of expensive. Better is these sobu/udon noodle bars where you have this vending machine: you pick your meal, and then they make it for you infront of you (in a shop). Really cheap and really tasty.
Yeah there is a shop that sells stationary. On 10 floors.
There’s a suburb that just sells electronic stuff. i saw the half pipe finals on what seemed like a 5 metre wide tv screen.
Tekkan 6 seems to be a big deal for Japanese people.
Yeah beer comes in vending machines.
Everyone is really chill, but I saw probably 6 tourists in a day? And noone else speaks/wants to speak english.
photoboothed some of my workings and my latest favourite typeface (Garamond ultra condensed-american apparel use it or used to use it in alot of their print campaigns)
this is like a little snapshot of today i guess
new bike for me, bad karma for whoever stole my old one. so tight! I even had a dream that I found it chained up and was told that I could have it back, Phoenix had ridden it around for a while and forgot where they got it from! I wish that was the case.
Right now at a photoshoot in Richmond (CI studios) for a new campaign for ANZ
They’re shooting with a Canon EOS-1 Ds, 24-70mm lens FYI.
A tiny blog round up:
I’ve seen a few cool videos by Google, one for their new browser, and one for a new phone.
A bit of vintage type analysis (font feed)
Didonato, my new favourite Melbourne design agency.
An interesting post about razorblades. I knew 5 blades weren’t better!
Due to a tasty flight deal, and the realisation that I haven’t been overseas for over a year, I am now going to Tokyo for the last week before I start school again in March.
It’s taken a few days of serious google mapping just to get a grasp of the cities’ sprawling tendrils. I just want to eat as much street food I can, crunch vending machine sapporo’s and step inside every last wacky electronic store. I may end up not coming back, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take.
I was clicking through my “tagged” sections trends, stumble etc, and realized that I’d been neglecting the “life” section recently. So here’s a photo of me and a few friends laughing about something probably not that funny at my housewarming I had last week. Neighbour lost his mind and I had to cut it short at about 2. It was a Sunday night..
Location scouting at Comeback Kid.
Next year is the year of the tiger. What will it entail for you? Get it?
