FASHION PLAY

2009.8.30　 Text: Victor Moreno

Stockholm has an strong background within high education in art, crafts and fashion design. Perhaps Konsfack (The University College of Arts, Crafts and Design) and Beckmans School are the most representative ones int...

7TH BRAZILIAN FILM FESTIVAL

2009.8.18　 Text: Patrick Burns

For one week in early August, New York reveals its Brazilian side. And, judging by the 7th Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil at Tribeca theatre, distance alone can’t separate Manhattan from feeling the vibrancy of Brazilian ...

WILLOUGHBY WINDOWS

2009.8.4　 Text: Katherine Lorimer

Up until about a year ago, it seemed there was no end in sight to the real estate boom devouring New York City neighborhoods. Brooklyn in particular was hit hard by developers rushing to cash in on a market they assum...

MATTSON FAMILY ART BENEFIT

2009.7.31　 Text: Nico

The Surfindian is one of the surf/art galleries in Pacific Beach, San Diego. Featuring surf and art related items, the place is both shop and gallery and is located only a block away from the beach. The people in ...

VERNER PANTON COLLECTED WORKS

2009.7.27　 Text: Fann ZJ

Think Scandinavian furniture design, and more often than not, handcrafted, sleek, contemporary and minimalist come to mind. Think Verner Panton and one forgets that his works originated from the 60s. The Panton Ch...

SELFRIDGES CENTENARY EXHIBITION

2009.7.7　 Text: Sayaka Hirakawa

It was a fuchsia pink MIU MIU purse. The first thing that I ever bought at Selfridges in my life. Its golden metal fittings and smooth leather skin shined in the show case almost winking at me. I couldn’t move. Ev...

LOUIS VUITTON: A PASSION OF CREATION

2009.6.30　 Text: Justin Tsui

Exhibition view Louis Vuitton is not just a renowned international brand; it is also the name of elegance and exquisite French lifestyle with over 150 years history. Besides producing the well-made luxury product...

SONAR 2009

2009.6.27　

Barcelona's International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. A burning hot sun welcomed in Sónar 2009. The first day was relaxed, it almost seemed that the audience was saving their energies to last the...

50 YEARS OF IKEA

2009.6.24　 Text: Victor Moreno

This summer Liljevalchs tells the story of IKEA. At a first glance, you might wonder how the product of a established company with a final consumer porpuse can delved into art or well, where is the divisor line...

DAVID LACHAPELLE RETROSPECTIVE

2009.6.21　 Text: Kana Sunayama

Contemporary art exhibition boom in the historical buildings in France? Museum, 2007 © David LaChapelle Lately, France is absorbed in having contemporary art exhibitions at historical buildings such as Jeff Ko...

LA FORCE DE L’ART 02

2009.6.19　 Text: Kana Sunayama

Better than last one? The failed La Force de l’Art 02. As a triennial art event first started in 2006, proposed by Dominique de Villepin, the Prime Minister of France at that time, aiming "to put on stage contempor...

PUBLIC/IMAGE.METHOD

2009.6.15　 Text: Tatsuhiko Akutsu

It's not really that unusual for design/art portals to organize creative conferences, like OFFF Festival, FITC, and My Favorite Conferencea and Design Edge of IdN. Now this trend has widened to the media art and w...

PRIMAVERA SOUND 2009

2009.6.12　

Even with their best expectations, Primavera Sound organizers probably never thought, that this year with the huge economical crisis in Spain, they would have the biggest attendence in their history. 80.000 people tur...

DESIGN FESTA VOL. 29

2009.6.4　 Text: Tatsuhiko Akutsu

Design festa Vol.29, one of the biggest events in Asia, took place in Tokyo Big Site on the 16th and 17th of May. 8500 artists gathered together and expressed their original world in their booths. Some beginner...

ALTER/MODE

2009.5.28　 Text: Victor Moreno

A world in Between. Fashion beyond clothes. Andrea Ayala Closa and Bogomir Doringer “A world in Between. Fashion beyond clothes” is the first exhibition project of Curator Tomas Rajnai, graduated by Stockholm ...

ART DUBAI 2009

2009.5.25　 Text: Mamiko Kawakami

The third edition of the annual Art Dubai festival opened its doors at the popular Arabic-style entertainment complex Madinat Jumeirah. Art Dubai, evening, Courtesy of Art Dubai 2009 The art installations gath...

OFFF FESTIVAL 2009

2009.5.19　

Fail Gracefully. Coinciding with Oeiras 250th anniversary, OFFF leaves the LX Factory in Lisbon and moves a few miles to the Fundição de Oeiras; an old foundry which might be exposed to controversial plans of renov...