PEOPLE
DESIGNINGS
Observing the font boom amongst the young designers, one can tell that fonts are a very good mean to express the designers' identity. Then, how about 'patterns'? As there have been many different 'patterns' out there ...
PEOPLE
Observing the font boom amongst the young designers, one can tell that fonts are a very good mean to express the designers' identity. Then, how about 'patterns'? As there have been many different 'patterns' out there ...
HAPPENING
Takashi Murakami has been the center of the attention in the Japanese modern art scene ever since he made up his original character DOB-Kun a few years ago. He runs an art factory Hiropon Factory that is firmly ...
PEOPLE
The singing voice such as a transparent lake. It was my first impression when I listened to saju. She went back and forth between Japan and Peking, and produced the 3rd album. The foremost ambient musicians including ...
PLACE
A new shop GOOD NEWS SHARING has just opened in a building in Harajuku, Tokyo. They deal in a variety of 'products' such as misprinted fax prints sent from Tomato, T-shirts with memorandums by Malcolm Mclaren, nicely...
HAPPENING
A solo exhibition by Takehiko Sanada is taking place on the basement floor at Tokyo International Forum. Weaving the animal hair of sheep, horse and goat, he creates hand-made coats of the felt which is meticulously m...
HAPPENING
Yokohama France Film Festival aims to introduce the French films which are not on show to Japanese audiences. As it's the 6th year of the festival at Pacifico Yokohama, more people joined to enjoy the rare Fren...
THINGS
Cover illustration: Ed. Tsuwaki commons & sense, a post card sized visual magazine, has been redesigned with its 5th issue, featuring fashion visuals, photos, illustrations and interviews regarding fashion an...
THINGS
Felissimo, a publisher that specialises in mail order catalogue book, launched 'dico', a email order catalogue exclusively for the internet shopping service, whilst a lot of publishers of the kind are trying to br...
PLACE
sasquatch. is rocking with the collection of the product created by Japanese promising fashion designers and artists. It deals in a great deal of fashion gears such as clothes, accessory, shoes, even furniture,...
PLACE
There is a unique western style house along the Aoyama Kottoh Street in Tokyo. It used to be the house of Taro Okamoto, a prominent Japanese artist who passed away in '96. The house has been refurbished and open to th...
HAPPENING
As one of the events of UK98, a retrospective of Derek Jarman took place at Cine Vivienne in Roppongi. Simon Fisher Turner came over to Japan to dj to the footages of BLUE. a great deal of mixed ambient sounds whi...
HAPPENING
The first ceremony of the Media Art Festival that is organised by the Agency for Cultural Affairs was held at Opera City in Shinjuku. The festival was set up in order to support and develop game software, CGs, animati...
HAPPENING
In Japan, this was the first photo exhibition by Mark Borthwich who photographed for fashion magaines such as I-D, Self Service and an advertising campaign for Parco. Mark Borthwich who had initially worked a...
THINGS
Dedicated to the glitter. The Life, love and work Derek Jarman went though. "Why I like this film is that everyone just laughes in there, feeling no pressure at all" - Derek Jarman Glitterbug includes a lot of ...
HAPPENING
HANA-BI (Fireworks), 1997, Takeshi Kitano HANA-BI (Fireworks) directed by Takeshi Kitano won the grand-prix at the last Venezia Film Festival. Prior to the roadshow in Tokyo, Takashi Kitano Gallery was held featu...
HAPPENING
Known as a painter who drew the cover of 'Junior Sweet' by Chara and Honey Moon by Banana Yoshimoto, MAYA MAXX, the originator of the recent boom of cute and punkish illustrations, through this exhibition. "The...
HAPPENING
What is it like if the web space is juxstaposed and expressed corresponding to this real world? Sony Computer Science Laboratory underwent an unique installation project in which the laboratory's own websit...