hitotoki.org — sketching a narratve map of tokyo
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Launched on May 1st, 2007 Hitotoki is a collection of stories. Stories connected to specific place. Stories happening in Tokyo. This project was a fully collaborative effort between Paul and Chris of the Tokyo web design firm AQ and myself. Bruce and David here at Chin Music Press led us all, pens madly waving, into editorial terriotory, slashing and reworking hitotoki submissions. Sharpening them all to a fine point. The end result of our efforts is an offbeat, quirky response to traditional publishing in an increasingly digital age: strong typography and layout combined with meaningful interactivity (place mapping, RSS push publishing, ultra quick submission->publish workflow, modular construction) and solid editing. Had a "hitotoki" experience in Tokyo? Submit! |
The goals of the site: As people travel through an environment that is new or foreign to them, they often develop brief, intimate and intense memories that combine their emotions, experience and sense of place. This often happens spontaneously and in places that are taken for granted or overlooked by regular commuters. The end result is a private, internal map of a city. Our goal is to illuminate these personal mappings into a greater whole through short narratives tied to and describing these spacial/emotional relationships. As the number of narratives increases, one hope for the site is that it will become an alternative resource for looking at Tokyo. |
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The Hitotoki stone-carved logo stamp:
The Site on Launch Day:
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