PEOPLE
KEIICHI TANAAMI
Below is an interview with a superstar in the Japanese Graphic Arts scene, Mr.Keiichi Tanaami, who started his carrier in the 60's and is still active on the front lines. First, please tell us a little bit abou...
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ART VINYL GALLERY
Art Vinyl is the original way to display your favourite music and vinyl record art. A new idea for music enthusiasts and an original interior design concept. Create an original display with vinyl records you ...
THINGS
ATMOSPHERE 04
ATMOSPHERE 04 Spring/Summer 2007 "Feel the ATMOSPHERE's atmosphere" will be released from Gas As Interface. Atmosphere is a creative information magazine published by Gas As Interface. The bilingual magazine in...
THINGS
JEREMYVILLE SESSIONS
Following from the successful publication "Vinyl Will Kill!", the first book in the world on the designer toy phenomenon , Jeremyville, Megan Mair and publishers IdN have joined forces again to create "Jeremyville...
HAPPENING
NORWAY ICE CONCERT
The whole world is speaking of a "warm winter" this year. Hokkaido is not the exception, and many snow or ice statues were exposed to the rain. The 29th Chitose Shikotsu Ice Festival, however, reproduced the fantasti...
HAPPENING
THE 27TH SARAJEVO WINTER
The International Festival Sarajevo "Sarajevo Winter" is a traditional meeting place for artists and citizens from all over the World. The first "Sarajevo Winter" Festival was held from 21 December 1984 t...
PEOPLE
THESEUS CHAN
This month's SHIFT cover was designed by Theseus Chan from Singapore, a founder of WORK publishing a worldwide graphic magazine WERK. His recent feats of receiving the Designer of the Year of President's Design Awards...
THINGS
LOMOGRAPHY KIKUYU BOOK
Lomo Kikuyu is a community aid project by the Lomographic Society in cooperation with the international organisation Light for the World (based in Vienna, Austria). With your contribution of USD 30. you will enab...
HAPPENING
MOBILE ART COMPETITION
SHIFT holds several competitions aiming to discover fresh creators and support their activities, such as SHIFT CALENDAR COMPETITION and DOTMOV. This time, in collaboration with Crypton Future Media, we had been callin...
PEOPLE
HARMONICA BLDG.
This month's SHIFT cover was designed by a Sapporo based design unit Harmonica bldg. Their works are not only cute or only pop, but are filled with playful spirits. One of their works was selected as a winning work of...
PEOPLE
MARTIN LORENZ
This month's SHIFT cover was designed by Martin Lorenz, a founder of Twopoints.Net based in Barcelona. As a start of year 2007, SOSO will hold his exhibition of his project called "The One Weekend Book Series" during ...
HAPPENING
DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2006
Aiming to discover unknown talented creators and to provide an opportunity to show their works, "DOTMOV" is a digital film festival SHIFTorganizes, which has been held during the whole month of November every year sin...
PEOPLE
JUN OSON
This month's SHIFT cover was designed by Jun Oson, an illustrator whose work was featured in SHIFT 2007 CALENDAR. His works show impressive and unique touch with a sense of humor. The cover has a story. Please check...
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DESIGNTIDE 2006
DesignTide in Tokyo 2006 took place at an empty building and various galleries in Tokyo from November 1 through the 5th. About 100 groups of designers gathered for this event from all over the world. This year’s theme...
HAPPENING
BEYES “SNOW WISHES”
Snow will fall at BEYES Omotesando Hills. "Snow Wishes". The falling snow will be your messages. Please send messages for your significant other from the web page to the environmental equipment "EDIT WALL", of BEY...
THINGS
OOOMS USB MEMORY STICK
OOOMS is a design studio based in Eindhoven, The Netherland, working on self-initiated projects, mostly concerning furniture and other interior products. OOOMS released a new design product, a USB memory stick mad...
HAPPENING
VIRGINIE LAVEY “MY INSTINCTS: CUT&COLLAGE”
On Sunday 29th of October, at five in the afternoon, when the weekend had only several hours left, people were gathering at And A shop space on the second floor of Stellar Place Sapporo. And A is a concept shop which ...
