tag:www.shift.jp.org,2012:/en//3 2012-02-06T12:06:40Z Japan-based international online magazine features creative culture. Movable Type 3.33-ja tag:www.shift.jp.org,2012:/en//3.22652 2012-02-06T12:06:21Z 2012-02-06T12:06:40Z

Diego Fellay is a graphic designer born ...

Diego Fellay is a graphic designer born in Switzerland who works between Paris and his own country. I met him when he was staying in the Swiss House in the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2012:/en//3.22649 2012-02-05T12:37:10Z 2012-02-05T12:39:01Z

Ryoko Suzuki, an artist from Hokkaido, w...

Ryoko Suzuki, an artist from Hokkaido, win popularity not only in Japan, but also in abroad. Her works remind us humanism and make us to reconsider original ourselves somehow. Besides to her past work... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2012:/en//3.22641 2012-01-31T16:08:27Z 2012-01-31T16:12:27Z

Guillaume Salmon is PR for colette since...

Guillaume Salmon is PR for colette since 2002, enjoying to be in the middle of different culture and microcosms... From the west coast of France, he is a Parisian since ever and for ever for one reaso... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2012:/en//3.22634 2012-01-30T14:53:36Z 2012-02-03T01:58:22Z

Food, art, and community are on my list ...

Food, art, and community are on my list of beautiful things in life. When I first learnt about the Artists' Soup Kitchen from Toronto’s beloved artist Jess Dobkin, I was excited by the marriage of the... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2012:/en//3.22597 2012-01-16T08:31:08Z 2012-01-19T05:48:59Z

Where is a hot spot of contemporary art ...

Where is a hot spot of contemporary art in Berlin? I would answer that it is a neighborhood of Potsdamer street if asked (as of 9/2011). There are several areas composed of many art galleries as sam... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2012:/en//3.22588 2012-01-10T14:14:36Z 2012-01-10T15:36:42Z

Figure of a future city floating in the ...

Figure of a future city floating in the sky. Tomás Saraceno Cloud Cities, 2011. Installation view at Hamburger Bahnhof. Photo: Tomás Saraceno Tomás Saraceno's huge installation works are now in exhib... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22565 2011-12-21T02:13:57Z 2011-12-21T02:14:31Z

Body myth, image myth and technology myt...

Body myth, image myth and technology myth. 'Moving Target' Ballet National de Marseille © Olivier Houeix The 18th’s Cannes Dance Festival was held for a total of five days from the 22-27 November in... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22569 2011-12-19T06:12:33Z 2011-12-19T13:59:16Z

The 22nd edition of Stockholm Film Festi...

The 22nd edition of Stockholm Film Festival left lots of exciting proposals. The two main awards – the Bronze Horse, so to speak – were the Lifetime Achievement Award to French actress Isabelle Hupper... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22567 2011-12-15T02:06:28Z 2011-12-15T02:08:25Z

Homework is a design studio based in Den...

Homework is a design studio based in Denmark, Scandinavia. Their work range from art-direction and design for international fashion magazines to visual creation for the world leading fashion brands su... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22555 2011-12-06T02:42:01Z 2011-12-06T02:42:17Z

Most of people named “Hideki Iinuma” as ...

Most of people named “Hideki Iinuma” as being asked about a noteworthy artist at an art fair “TOKYO FRONTLINE” this February. That was his first show in Japan after he had studied and worked in Euro... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22554 2011-12-05T06:32:06Z 2011-12-06T10:17:50Z

Makito Takagi’s illustrations are meta-v...

Makito Takagi’s illustrations are meta-visual characters. They seem to have inherent superpowers and are set in ordinary scenes using simple colors. His illustration chosen for the cover of SHIFT 2012... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22553 2011-12-05T06:25:47Z 2012-02-02T06:26:54Z

Following the successful launch in March...

Following the successful launch in March at the Sunday Issue, "Mount Zine" took place again for a second time. The event aims to offer an occasion to enjoy the zines, a zine employs different media, f... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22542 2011-11-29T12:59:04Z 2011-11-29T12:59:15Z

I remember that sometime ago when you ha...

I remember that sometime ago when you happened to be in New York and wanted to see an amazing concert you have a big offer every night in the city around Bowery, Lower East Side… and so on. Nowadays, ... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22546 2011-11-29T11:05:21Z 2011-11-29T11:32:51Z

Probably you are wondering what is the m...

Probably you are wondering what is the meaning of his name. Well, it is Danish for “Remember my name”. Copenhagen-based artist Husk Mit Navn is one of the current references in the illustration and st... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22540 2011-11-29T08:04:04Z 2011-12-01T07:27:56Z

From November 18th, Diesel Art Gallery h...

From November 18th, Diesel Art Gallery has been exhibit the work of the UK/Bristol-born documentary photographer Beezer, who spent time with Massive Attack, Mark Stewart and Tricky in the 80’s and pho... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22538 2011-11-29T06:26:03Z 2011-11-29T06:26:15Z

When you visit the home of a contemporar...

When you visit the home of a contemporary art collector...　 Art space “CUPSULE” and the cafe “SUNDAY” opened at Mishuku, Tokyo in summer 2011. At the cafe “SUNDAY”, you can relax with delicious meal a... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22544 2011-11-29T05:31:34Z 2012-02-02T06:46:55Z

"Andrea Crews" is a fashion brand which ...

"Andrea Crews" is a fashion brand which also embodies activism in Paris; it is fashion and a statement about fashion. In Paris it is well known for being at the heart of current trends, while also bei... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22531 2011-11-28T07:13:19Z 2011-11-28T07:18:27Z

AZITO is pleased to introduce new artwor...

AZITO is pleased to introduce new artworks by Keiichi Tanaami. "Lost and Wandering Bridge 4" by Keiichi Tanaami... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22527 2011-11-19T20:21:43Z 2011-11-19T20:22:32Z

Typography and Calligraphy At Cross Hote...

Typography and Calligraphy At Cross Hotel Sapporo, Wabisabi, a Sapporo-based graphic design duo, is exhibiting their new works at "Black Beauty - Typography and Calligraphy". This is an art project or... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22519 2011-11-14T11:29:52Z 2011-11-14T11:30:46Z

As soon as you detour off Meiji Street ...

As soon as you detour off Meiji Street in Harajuku, you enter the world known as Ura-Harajuku (Behind – Harajuku). It has a different character from the wide cosmopolitan main street. The area is fil... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22489 2011-11-11T02:24:05Z 2011-11-11T02:24:18Z

I first meet Kathy when she was working ...

I first meet Kathy when she was working at Deitch Projects Gallery a few years ago… it was briefly cause they were organizing the Amazing Art Parade project and also a big exhibition called "Mail Orde... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22517 2011-11-10T14:46:04Z 2011-11-14T09:58:10Z

Here is a selection from what the Nation...

Here is a selection from what the National Postal Service in Sweden has released this year. Philately and stamp collecting is a vast field, so we just wanted to show this collection from the perspecti... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22509 2011-11-06T12:33:20Z 2011-11-15T09:35:22Z

Susan Bijl, the designer of the most wel...

Susan Bijl, the designer of the most well known eco bag "The New Shoppingbag", has just started her new label in collaboration with fashion creator Maria Jobse called "SUSAN BIJL MARIA JOBSE". SHIFT h... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22476 2011-11-04T04:13:46Z 2011-11-04T04:14:01Z

OUR MAGIC HOUR - How Much of the World C...

OUR MAGIC HOUR - How Much of the World Can We Know? A triennial international art exhibition, the 4th Yokohama Triennale, kicked off at length from August 6th. It was also a favorite topic that both f... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22475 2011-11-02T03:58:02Z 2011-11-02T03:58:16Z

Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost. Ev...

Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost. Even if you are not familiar with Contemporary Dance, you might have heard of Pina Bausch, who is one of the most internationally well-known dancers and Choreogra... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22462 2011-11-01T05:22:56Z 2011-11-09T06:16:28Z

Following his 2009 entry, Yasushi Hori's...

Following his 2009 entry, Yasushi Hori's work has once again been selected to this years DOTMOV. His works are humorous and unique in some way, as they sometimes remind us to renew our understanding o... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2010:/en//3.21203 2011-11-01T01:27:27Z 2011-11-01T01:27:43Z

The Shift Calendar Competition started i...

The Shift Calendar Competition started in 2003 with an aim to discover fresh creators. For the 8th competition of this year we have received 1,279 entries from 30 countries. 12 carefully selected work... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22438 2011-10-31T23:59:57Z 2012-01-22T14:57:19Z

Screening start from November 2011 throu...

Screening start from November 2011 throughout 2012 around the world. DOTMOV is a digital film festival organized by online magazine "SHIFT", aiming to discover unknown talented creators and provide an... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22488 2011-10-29T07:36:50Z 2011-11-14T08:32:41Z

In the age of multi-media, computer grap...

In the age of multi-media, computer graphics, apps and iPads, the medium of painting is not losing its popularity or its edge. Just as how print and photography as art forms have come along and develo... tag:www.shift.jp.org,2011:/en//3.22477 2011-10-27T16:09:25Z 2011-11-28T08:56:58Z

'XYZ collective' and 'CAPSULE', two newl...

'XYZ collective' and 'CAPSULE', two newly opened space in Setagaya, Tokyo are currently hosting a joint exhibition. This was initially a project set up by a former Royal Academy of School student, Pet...