Urban Outfitters

From Japan 06/18/09

Hysteric Glamour Loves JT

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While I’ve got no plans to have a kid anytime soon, I am totally loving this I heart Johnny Thunders kids shirt from Hysteric Glamour. Calling for adult sizes ASAP. X - Jen

From Japan 06/17/09

Frank and Easy

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Crabs (the crustacean kind you eat) are one of summer’s many pleasures. This crab ring from Frank and Easy, though, is something even the landlocked can enjoy.

From Japan 06/12/09

Koji Horigome

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Duck shoes

From Japan 06/05/09

Rainbow Lashes

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Shu Uemura’s latest false eyelashes are good for channeling Rainbow Brite or your inner candy-raver.

From Japan 05/08/09

Migh-T Pillow Bag

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How many times have we been stuck in a plane, train or automobile and wished we had a cushy pillow for our head? Too many too count. Maybe we should just buy the Migh-T Dream Pillow Bag, and never have to worry about it again. 

From Japan 05/06/09

Metal Burger

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Why shop at metalburger.com? Because they have “famous people in the forest” print hoodies, that’s why. 

From Japan 04/15/09

Naoto Fukasawa

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Industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa‘s amazing juice boxes mimic the appearance and texture of the fruit they contain—strawberries, bananas, kiwis—and beg to become an entire juice-box cornucopia.

From Japan 04/03/09

Matabi

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Want to peruse an endless selection of Japanese fabric but don’t know where to look? Done!

From Japan 04/01/09

Shin Murayama

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From I Don’t Like Mondays‘ gallery series, something to be hung on the wall and not worn. At least not often. 

From Japan 03/16/09

Mitsuru Koga

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Eat your heart out Andy Goldsworthy (well, maybe): Mitsuru Koga carves tiny bud vases from tumbled sea stones. 

From Japan 03/13/09

Memebon

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Because you needed a new desktop wallpaper, that’s why.

From Japan 03/11/09

Q-Pot

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Q-Pot‘s last confectionary collection is Eraberu Macaron: jewel studded macaroons accessorized with the occasional velour top hat. 

From Japan 02/18/09

Yuken Teruya

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To create his ”Notice Forest” series, artist Yuken Teruya cuts out one side of a disposable paper bag to create a tree, which he then stands inside it. The result is the most beautiful thing to ever—inadvertently—come out of McDonald’s. Catch them currently at the Museum of Arts and Design‘s Second Lives exhibition. 

From Japan 02/02/09

Gun O'Clock

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For the mornings when you want to shoot the alarm clock, now you actually can. 

From Japan 01/05/09

The Ramen Girl

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If it were a less-annoying actress, it might be sad. As it’s Brittany Murphy, we’ve already watched the trailer four times.

From Japan 12/01/08

Blackbird Camera

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Clean and mean (and they’re quite a bit cheaper than a Hasselblad). (Via Secret Forts.)

From Japan 11/19/08

Cosmic Wonder Light Source Mind/Body Training with Kim Gordon

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The fashion arm of nebulous spiritual entity Cosmic Wonder, Cosmic Wonder Light Source, created Mind/Body Training with Gordon for their AW collection, which was spotlit in a deliberately austere and beautiful portfolio in Purple.

From Japan 11/13/08

BlueNotch Leather Pants

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With the cold months rapidly approaching I’ve been searching the out best leather pants and short of sewing up my own, I think this pair I came across from BlueNotch are exactly what I’m looking for. In my book, there’s nothing that beats perfectly cut skinny and soft leather pants.—X, Jen

From Japan 11/10/08

Ambush Beeeeethoven

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With a love for classical music I was beyond excited to see these Beeeeethoven rings from Japanese brand Ambush. While you’re trying to pick a favorite color, let me remind you they also made these as necklaces! Too cool. Maybe Vivaldi is next?

From Japan 10/24/08

Cute Eats

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Mom, we love you, but how come you never put anything like this in our lunch? (Via Cute Overload.)

From Japan 10/03/08

Patrick Stephan

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Tokyo based designer Patrick Stephan spent many years behind Dior and Galliano and has been creating marvelous clothes under his own name for a few seasons now. What’s not to love about the aesthetically marvelous designs, monochrome dark colors and inclusion of body chains!

From Japan 08/20/08

Dome House

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Heard about the affordable, environmentally-friendly igloo-shaped house made of Styrofoam that two people can assemble in a week?  It’s no joke.  The Dome House is another amazing Japanese design innovation.  We’ve got our fingers crossed that they’ll land stateside soon.  (Via Buzzfeed.)

From Japan 08/13/08

Annette Messager

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Disassembled stuffed animals, embroidery, found objects and photographs find their way into French artist Annette Messager’s wry, smart body of work.  A current traveling exhibition, entitled The Messengers, highlights over 30 pieces from her eclectic oeuvre. After a stint at Paris’ Pompidou Center, the show recently opened at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.  It’s up through November 3rd.  (Via Delicious Ghost.)

From Japan 07/17/08

Timex Black Collection

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Like most things sophisticated, tech-y, and beyond our reach, the Timex Black Collection is available first in Japan.

From Japan 06/26/08

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Built by a pair of artist/architects who believe that “It’s immoral that people have to die”, these reversible destiny lofts are intended to outlaw aging and it’s consequences. It wasn’t our intention to get super deep here...we like ‘em for their whimsy quotient and their colorful exterior. (Via treehugger.)

From Japan 06/19/08

Tokyolife

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Since we can’t get there as often as we’d like (read: that means ever) we definitely take any Japanese art and design culture we can get, especially when it’s wrapped up in a book like Tokyolife.

From Japan 05/19/08

Terry Tennies

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We know how hard it is to find the proper sneaker to match your aqua terrycloth robe. Well, your search is finally over. (Via the coolhunter.)

From Japan 05/14/08

Mochi

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Is this what Japanese rain looks like? These cute droplets are a collab between Devilrobots and Kidrobot and are the mascot for Destination: Japan, the latest of the MoMA Design Store’s Destination: Design series. (Via freshness.)

From Japan 04/30/08

Money Folder

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We’re getting a distinct Juelz Santana vibe off of this Yen fold up.

From Japan 04/15/08

Supreme X Kermit Kubrick

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Ok, so maybe we got a little ahead of ourselves by saying that Supreme’s Kermit collab was jumping the shark. When your product gets turned into a Kubrick, you’re definitely doing something right.