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...
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...
When you follow the feeling only you know through and through, you'll find a narrow road that leads to universality. Masakatsu Takagi is a musician and video creator. He has been a pioneering artist that represents ne...
Sometimes fashion events bring you to discover something really special, something that cautivates you. During the Bread & Butter Summer 06 Show, I got to know Nando and Silvia and their amazing brand POTIPOTI. ...
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...
Tujiko Noriko, A princess of the experimental pop/sound world, gaining an international reputation after several releases from major indie labels. She is based in Paris, and has also received high praise from the musi...
"Drah di net um oh oh oh - schau schau der Kommissar geht um oh oh oh." Is this abacadabra to you - or does it make any sense? And what about this phrase: "Amadeus Amadeus Amadeus Amadeus Amadeus Amadeus Amadeus Amade...
They say you find things when you're not looking for them. In this case, this is completely true. I don't know what led me to the Internet that night but I surely know what kept me there, cruising for a long while as ...
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...
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 ...
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...
SHIFT 2007 Calendar has been released, and also DOTMOV 2006 has finally started. In the both competitions which gathered a number of submissions from all over the world, we found a young creator who won with total of ...
Suddenly it seems everybody is into jewelry. Fashionable pieces keep spreading around everywhere. In exhibitions it's almost as if there was more jewelry designers than clothes makers. It must be so. Actually, Fashion...
This month's cover of SHIFT was created by Trevor Jackson based in London and well known as a designer, a remixier, a producer, a DJ, and a label owner of music industry. His broad career started in the late 80s by d...
Let's consider this gig the real re-opening party for a city that have languished for the whole summer break since the alternative celebration provided by the art world - Start, a weekend of vernissages - has been dis...
One of the most prolific contemporary artists from Japan, Bikky Sunazawa was a man of great vision. Using traditional art and techniques as a base, he created truly inspirational works. Though primarily working with w...
This month's cover of SHIFT was created by WOW, a creative production of TV commercials and promotion videos which sets its bases in Sendai and Tokyo. Commencing with "Motion Texture" project revolving around the axis...
Some people still have a childish look in their eyes. When I look at them, I can clearly imagine their faces as little boys or girls. Something in their eyes and smile still holds some kind of hope. It is hope I see i...