Tokyo Underground 2: Toy and Design Culture in Tokyo (Tokyo Underground: Toy & Design Culture in Tokyo)

Flynn, Brian; Bernard, Joshua; Dey, Jeff

ISBN 10: 0867197390 / ISBN 13: 9780867197396

Published by Last Gasp, 2010

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Synopsis:

As much a treasure map as a travel guide, Tokyo Underground breaks down the countless confusing barriers that face visitors to Tokyo and simplifies the journey to its essence. Providing advice about what to pack, where to go and how to read underground maps and make telephone calls, this book covers every step of the reader's adventure with straightforward, useful information. A comprehensive resource, Tokyo Underground makes the most secret shops and the coolest destinations accessible in a single book for the first time ever.

About the Authors: Brian Flynn was born in the midst of a hurricane in 1875. He spent his formative years underachieving at various tasks, but decided the world was not ready for his forward-thinking vision of the future and was cryogenically frozen until 1994. After reawakening, Brian hit the streets and decided that ruling the universe through the hidden mysticism of arcane Star Wars references, binary pulsar radio emission patterns, vintage Japanese vinyls, & Coca-Cola. Brian is publisher & founder of Super 7 magazine, founder of Hybrid Designs, an award-winning designer, and a highly-obsessed toy collector.

Joshua Bernard, like many children born in the early 1970s, was raised by Speed racer, Force Five, and George Lucas. in 2001, his obsession for Japanese Toys and culture caused him to create CollectionDX.com, a Popular website for toy collecting. Since then he has written for Super 7 magazine and made the pilgrimage to Tokyo on several occasions. Joshua currently lives in Massachusetts with his wife, four children, two cats, two guinea pigs, and several dozen fish.

Born outside of Detroit, but growing up a stone's throw from NASA in Clear Lake, Texas, Jeff Dey spent his early years obsessing over rockets, spaceships, Batman, a certain dark-haired drama class girl, and losing to Lance Armstrong in bicycle races. After graduating with a design degree and becoming a design director for Nike, Jeff turned to the allure of elaborate photo shoots, realized a childhood dream of going to NASA's neutral buoyancy lab, and exceeded his mother's expectation. Jeff is currently in an exotic localed, shooting beautiful photographs, and making bad jokes.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tokyo Underground 2: Toy and Design Culture ...
Publisher: Last Gasp
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: good
Edition: 2nd Edition