We have been putting the finishing touches a Multiply Encoded Messages, a new podcast by MEM gallery in Ebisu which is now available for all to listen. For now, the podcast can be found through the gallery website as well as Spotify and in due course will be available on…

Rhythm and pattern — more drawings from this year’s CIT workshop, this time using duck tape to make sense of Harajuku’s retail madness.

Started another short run of teaching with 4th year students at Chiba Tech (Chiba Institute of Technology). We’re 3 sessions into an 8-week course, scouring the city for words which they bring back to Tsudanuma and turn into models, drawings and minor discoveries. Good times.

ちょっとお知らせですが、いま仕事を探しています・Seeking opportunities。 もし何かご縁や情報、アドバイスなどありましたら、ぜひご連絡いただけると嬉しいです。 主にライターやコミュニケーション関係の仕事を探していますが、建築やデザインのバックグラウンドもあるので、その周辺の仕事にも興味があります。割と柔軟に対応できるタイプなので、いろいろ挑戦できればと思っています。

Once upon a time … 1st draft exploring three years in the life of Japanese punk and New Wave. (magazine pitch)

More research: DRIVE TO 80s @Shinjuku Loft 5/6 She Talks SilenceTotsuzen DanballAuto-ModS-Ken & Bim Bam Boom feat. Ko ‘Machizo’ Machida (Inu)Lizard tribute feat. Chuya (vo), Yukino (g), Masahiko Okamoto (b), Sizlla Okamura (k), Kiyoshi Nakamura (d) + Kazunobu Mineta / Taguchi Tomorowo / Kankuro Kudo (vo)

Further research: Hideaki Tsushima’s 1979 documentary Rockers starring Friction.

Researching lesser known locations, circa 1978 to 1981, for an upcoming piece of writing on music and a handful of musicians searching for a new sound.