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Jean Snow
A longtime resident of Tokyo, Jean Snow lives and breathes design, pop culture, and gaming, sustained by an unhealthy addiction to magazines and frequent visits to his favorites cafes. He has reported on these obsessions for various online and offline publications.
For Jean Snow's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jun 4, 2013
From paperclip holders and cityscape planters to corner lights and sustainable cameras
Even though we are moving — forcibly — toward the paperless office, the reality is that we still at some point find ourselves with piles of physical documents to deal with, which usually means a desktop covered in paper clips.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 2, 2013
Wooden simplicity and pop-color spring fun
Paying tribute to traditional Japanese crafts with a touch of pop sensibility, Jin Kuramoto has produced a really attractive Japanese tea set.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Mar 5, 2013
Keeping your desk in order: from bookish obsessions to tidy-up toys
A few cupfuls of things
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 26, 2013
Clipping candlesticks, JetClean air, cooking fun, coat stands and kids's stuff
We love the idea of things that clip together, so Nendo's new Clip Collection for Italian brand Discipline immediately caught our attention.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jan 28, 2013
Living with birds, communicating with flowers and OnDesign favorites
Traditional chochin (Japanese paper lanterns) are beautiful, but that doesn't mean they can't also be modern and playful.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 25, 2012
Stuck on a Good Design Award winner
The Good Design Award winners were announced last month and there are plenty of great ideas to take in — make sure to check out the GDA website to browse through all of the new ideas.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Nov 27, 2012
Double-A seating power
The AA Stool is the lovely result of a collaboration between Torafu Architects and the Ishinomaki Laboratory, a platform that brings together creators in one of the hardest-hit areas during last year's earthquake and tsunami, Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 30, 2012
Tokyo Designers Week: Say hello to the best again
Something old, something new Halloween is here, which means Tokyo Designers Week is, too. The latter is, of course, what we're particularly interested in, and since you are reading this on the day it kicks off, we forego our regular product-recommendation format and instead offer some guidance on what to look out for in the next seven days.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 25, 2012
15.0% keeps ice cream cool
15.0%'s ice-cream spoons have already been featured in this column, and now they're being complemented by Naoki Terada's new Ice-Cream Cup.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Aug 28, 2012
Purifying plant power
The Airleaf Mini is an interesting product that makes use of your fan or air conditioner. It contains little beads filled with oils extracted from fir trees, which purifies air as it's blown through by cutting down the carbon dioxide and restricting production of oxygen radicals.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 31, 2012
Creative thinking inside the box: the Koloro Desk, FeltFelt folders and matching stationery
Personalized cubicle There's nothing enticing about working in a cubicle space, aside from a sense of privacy, but Torafu Architects have somehow made the cubicle a desired option for the home.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
May 29, 2012
A spring jewelry collection
Kouichi Okamoto of Kyouei Design, who usually creates household items, has launched his first line of jewelry — and of course, it's not your average collection of fashion accessories. The series is titled "form of the function," and all the pieces are made from repurposed industrial components.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 24, 2012
Rethinks that reboot familiar concepts
Pretty as a doll
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 28, 2012
A stylish support crew for the home
TRE chic and very sturdy
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jan 31, 2012
Ideas of note
Note pads that snap into action We revisit Postalco for yet another piece of stationery we've fallen in love with. This time it's the brand's new environmentally friendly Snap Pad.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 27, 2011
Let's not forget the little things
Good design in focus Nendo's design-conscious goods for Elecom were featured earlier this year, and it's keeping up the good work with its latest batch of digital accessories to spruce up your desktop.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Nov 22, 2011
Small surprises and understated brilliance
Spread a little light Idea International's new multipurpose LED interior lamp shows that just a little light goes a long way.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 25, 2011
The natural tide of the times
Back to basics Ki no Kami paper — the result of a collaboration between the Shiodome Innovation Studio (a creative unit that teams Japan's leading advertising agency, Dentsu, and Keio University's Shonan Fujisawa Campus with various creators) and the PaPaCo Yoshino wooden-toy maker — is designed to give kids some eco-friendly fun.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Sep 27, 2011
Upgrading the ordinary
Ice-cool statements Here's a fun example of the power of design: Turning something as simple as ice cubes into a political/environmental statement.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Aug 30, 2011
Cleverness in things great and small
Milestones for cyclists There's a bicycle craze currently sweeping the nation — or so the media would have you believe — and in the midst of it, we're starting to see designers pay particular attention to cycling accessories. Design trio Mile has introduced a beautiful take on the bike stand with its Milestone (great self-referential name, too).
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.

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