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Ping Mag Make

Introducing Ping Mag Make. Here is a blurb from their website:

ingMag MAKE is the sister site to  PingMag. We use an interview format to put the spotlight on a wide range of people active in rural areas. We document the voices of these unknown heroes and broadcast them to the world. It’s the Japan-based magazine about people and making things, coming out once a week. We’re passing on the passion, ideas, skills, and life stories of people who are building today and exploring tomorrow: craftsmen, engineers, entrepreneurs, and inventors. Stay tuned!

Ping Mag was previously reviewed on Black Tokyo. It happens to be one of my online favorites. Here is information on Ping Mag: 

PingMag in one word: Inspiration. PingMag in one sentence: About Design and Making Things! PingMag in detail: PingMag is an online design magazine based in Tokyo. Defining the term  design as broadly as we can, PingMag writes about ideas and inspiration coming from both world class designers, and from the little store on the corner. We look at everything; product design, packaging, architecture, web design, typography, illustration, photography, fashion, programming, graphics, video, art, toys, traditional crafts, graffiti, set design…. anything, in fact, that we consider inspiring and we think will excite you too.We’re sure that there is so much to be learnt from both the very big fish, and from the amazing local artist you’ve never heard about before. And a rapidly growing readership proves that we can’t be too wrong! Design is unlimited. It can be found in anything, anywhere, anytime. PingMag has the honor to spend time finding those treasures and talking to those people who put love and thought into creating.

 You can check out Ping Mag's Flickr Photostream here. Click on the shoppingmag logo above to purchase items found on Ping Mag or Ping Mag Make.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

UPDATE

PingMag, the Tokyo-based magazine about “Design and Making Things,” has halted publication due to money problems brought about by the global financial crisis.This is a damn shame, since PingMag/PingMag MAKE has long been one of the best Japan-related sites on the net. We wish its staff the best of luck in finding new work, and hope that things will one day improve to a point where the magazine can be resumed.