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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...
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...
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...
An artist bridge between digital and analog. Aren't you the kind of person that prefers a digital-acoustic guitar, electric dictionary over a hand-writing pad, a digital camera over a LEICA, or reading the newspaper ...
© Photo by Hideyuki Sudo T-shirts made under PRE ORGANIC COTTON PROGRAM produced by Kurkku was introduced for the first time in last February 2009. On the front of the t-shirts dates that we all remember close...
"new real". real(adjective): something that is real exists and is important; something that is real is actually what it seems to be and not false or artificial (by Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) What is...
"Balinghou" means people who were born in the 80’s, labled a new generation. They were first generation of China's One-child Polity after the Cultural Revolution. After nearly thirty years, the politics and economy ha...
The 2008 [12th] Japan Media Arts Festival will be held from February 4th to 15th 2009 at The National Art Center, Tokyo. The question "What is Media Art?" has been asked over and over again. At the same time, the ...
I felt like if I became a dwarf. Having more than double of my height, many of big, shiny, silver and gold colored, and heart and star shaped paper structures were built up in the entire gallery space. As a kid, I use...
Design Festa Vol. 28 was held on the 28th and 29th of November at Tokyo Big Site. You are familiar with this festival, for this is usually picked up in SHIFT. Today, I will suggest some special ways to enjoy it. At...
When I walk through Omotesando on business I'm curious to see what is going on in Omotesando Hills and look at the many interesting people on the street. So I had never walked through Aosando until I visited this ar...
A trip to forest of illusion. Chisato Shinya aka Kinpro is a Sapporo-based illustrator, who works in various fields including advertisements, magazines, and publishing. Her name should be familiar to you from past ar...
It's the season for fashion. 2009 Spring/Summer Collection. On September 1st, Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, or JFW, was held in advance of four of the largest collections in the world. The JFW Organization has been w...
Cutting Insights Leaving Nippori St. and passing some gravestones in a cemetery and temples, I took to the street with traditional houses. And a few minutes’ walk took me to the gallery SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, where “Cut...
Throwing yarn into cosmic space. Taku Anekawa's exhibition vol.1 mixed media will be presented at Gallery ef in Tokyo from September 26th, 2008. © Taku Anekawa / phil co., ltd. Taku Anekawa is an artist who ...
“France’s leading female artist” is what’s used to describe Annette Messager, who will turn 65 this year. I was led to have a certain impression, but the works were surprisingly fresh and young. Remains (family II)...
A man came to Tokyo to sow "seed". His name is Fabrice Hyber, is an artist representing France creates a lot of works about environment. Now, "Seed and Grow", an exhibition at WATARI-UM museum in Tokyo reveal what his...
Tokyo Art Beat is a non-profit organization that provides raw Tokyo art and design news through a bilingual site. They bring the Japanese art and design scene closer with services such as the Tokyo Art Map, which hi...