CHRISTIAN HOSOI
"He was a rock star." - Tony Alva "Christian was the guy to beat." - Tony Hawk To those of you, like myself, who have experienced the 80's skateboarding boom, the name Christian Hosoi will ring a bell and bring ba...
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HUDSON-POWELL
This month's SHIFT cover was designed by Hudson-Powell, a London based creative studio that focuses on the dual development of concept and medium. They produce work that uses the medium as a tool to expand rather than...
KONONO NO.1
Konono No.1 returned to New York to play at SOB's (Sounds of Brazil) on a hot, humid Monday night. They had given a free concert the day before in Central Park, so instead of two shows they played one - we thought we ...
NICOLAS CLAUSS
In 2004, while I was preparing my dissertation on digital art, I came across Nicolas Clauss' website. I immediately fell in love with his work so I dared to contact him to tell him. I guess it was a bit crazy but this...
HECTOR AYUSO
Hector is founder and director of the OFFF festival as well as general director of the inofffensive Agency since 2000. He studied Cinematographic Direction in Barcelona. He has produced five short-films, two feature-l...
HENRIK VIBSKOV
The first time I saw a Henrik Vibskov creation was in a grimy club in Berlin. It was late, very late, and a vision suddenly struck me from across the dancefloor. It moved towards me, nothing more than a graphic patter...
RICARDO LINIERS SIRI
"There is a scene in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories where he is complaining about everything bad in the world: evil, destruction, cancer, war. Suddenly some aliens come from a spaceship and Woody asks them to tell hi...
DIMA KOMISSAROV
If someone says the word "design", Russia doesn't usually come to mind. Dima Komissarov is here to change that. Having drawn since a young age he eventually gravitated to the world of design and has been immersed in ...
REALA
This month's SHIFT cover "Dead web triptych and counter" was designed by REALA, a design team since 1998 based in Stockholm and London. Not only designing, but they are also marked as eminent filmmakers producing lo...
SUPERSTUDIO
The Superestudio members are graphic designers, but they are also curious filmmakers who produce their own movies. And they also belong to a punk band. And they play awfully, but they like it so much. They embrace sur...
MOZARTBAND
So you thought the Viennese might have had enough of celebrating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 250th birthday? Ha! Quite the contrary! The party will go on for a while. Whereas you can still enjoy the famous composer's cl...
CATALINA ESTRADA
Born and raised in Colombia, Catalina lives in Barcelona where she develops many art works at the same time. She is a freelance graphic designer and Illustrator, a teacher in at the Barcelona Design School IDEP...
ANTONI & ALISON
"I should have bought that one." We must have many of these feelings of regret for not buying something at "that time" and at "that place". In my case, the item is a bright colored cotton skirt with two cats printed o...
PETER SUTHERLAND
Peter Sutherland is a New York based artist who moved to the city from Colorado in 1998. After arriving and working at a vegan restaurant to get by, his "big idea" of what to really do here wasn't at first evident to ...
EDVARD SCOTT
This month's SHIFT cover was designed by Edvard Scott who operates his little one-man-studio from the usually cold country of Sweden. Since he started doing illustrations and design he's been involved in numerous proj...
HEKTOR BY FIELD TRIP
The exhibition and installation of the drawing machine "HEKTOR" by creative unit Field Trip was performed at gallery Information in Tokyo. This drawing machine HEKTOR is a bit unusual, incorporating a spray attached t...
VIDYA GASTALDON
The Kunstmuseum Thun is presenting the first comprehensive solo exhibition of works by French artist Vidya Gastaldon, who is also the artist participated in "DOTMOV2004" with her film work "Yellowrama". The exhibition...
