HUMANS BY MIKE MILLS
Mike Mills is a graphic designer who has been taking active part in the graphic and film scene since the 90s, working also for x-girl, CD jacket designing, and so on. His design project since 2004 "HUMANS BY MIKE MILL...
Mike Mills is a graphic designer who has been taking active part in the graphic and film scene since the 90s, working also for x-girl, CD jacket designing, and so on. His design project since 2004 "HUMANS BY MIKE MILL...
"Man is the only creature that can purposely make joyful happenings in such a cold place on a cold day." said Takeshi Hosomi of Ellegarden, one of the live performers of this event. Tens of thousands of spectators who...
Christmas in Japan is not usually included as a national holiday, but it was different in 2005 since Christmas day fell on a weekend. Because of this, there might have been more Japanese who had a special Christmas ho...
It is hard to define music. In the narrow sense, it can be music is what has a scale, a melody and rhythm. However, to define that this is all about music might shut the possibility music has. Taishi Kamiya i...
Designer's Week began 20 years ago, in Tokyo. Last year, they hosted it in Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagoya as well. The fever has caught, and this year they Designer's Week will occur in Sendai and Sapporo too! In Sapporo, t...
The first work of Hideki Inaba I saw, was the advertisement he create for iPod Japan in Relax Magazine issue 101 July 2005 and his Bursted Helvetica typeface for Shift's cover design. Two very beautiful artworks with ...
Let's think of "time". We need "time" to make anything. "Time" might be the "origin" of all creatures, objects, and everything. "FINE TIME" is an exchange meeting of creators in Sapporo started from a mailing list....
One night in Sapporo when white seagulls flew above the city like white crows, colorful birds in Soso cafe were celebrating the spring season. Atsushi Toyama Exhibition "And Your Bird Can Sing" had started. T...
Soso Cafe is a flexible, sophisticated space into which various situations can easily fit. Starting march 5th at the opening party, the white captivating room was dramatically colored by Tomoaki Ryuh. Tomoaki...
As every city does, Sapporo a base of Shift, has own colours in each area. I'd like to introduce a map for those who want to enjoy walking in a residential street. My recommendation is Maruyama area. Stepping out from...
Soso Cafe in July hosted the solo exhibition of Imaitoonz, whose career as an illustrator reaches 10 years this year. He recently opened the door to a new direction by producing the film "DEADLEAVES" (distributed by S...
Graceful graphics, dynamic editorial design, graphical typeface born from a free way of thinking and feeling. Such is the philosophy behind graphic designer Hideki Inaba, and works with Shift on various collaborative ...
Yayoi's career began with pictures that were influenced by hallucinatory experiences she had in childhood. She has received high international praise for her renowned work with the dot motif and meshes of net prolifer...
What is the most familiar media form of "image"? Hmm... TV? Well, it's all right but I seldom watch it. Rather than TV, I find more familiar things for everyone on my way to work. It is scenery or the simple spect...
The event "SUCH" is held by three performers based in Sapporo who each take charge of "music", "photograph" and "language". It is a three person collaboration event which sets up a fictitious girl named "Sachi" ...
Chisato Shinya, a Sapporo based illustrator who did the Shift cover design for the March issue, held an exhibition called "Imagine Story" at Soso in March. In this exhibition, she created a kind of picture book with o...
Do you know a female artist, named Tujiko Noriko? She debuted on an Austrian experimental label, Mego in 2001. Now she lives in Paris but works world wide. She has been participating in several international festivals...