Omar Rodriguez
A 26-year-old Spanish creative technologist. Designer, illustrator and computer engineer. Currently working in Madrid at an advertising agency as interactive-web programmer and moving to Tokyo next year for an interactive graphics research project.
Work description: The main purpose of the piece is to experiment into different ways of perceiving and showing information. A portrait, used for the representation of that process, is both the canvas and the observer. There is a unique idea for visualization information: the line as the basic unit. Basicaly, the areas of interest are analized and classified. Only after that analysis the computer can start to create particular representations for those areas. The features to take into account include: color, contrast, brightness, space, position in the surrounding areas, definition… All that information is collected and translated into more practical factors, such as the importance into the complete picture, the “amount” of relevant information it contains, and the nature of it. The final picture is a representation of the information treated by the computer to show a new look into the way we can represent such information and into the way we can perceive it.

Shinya Inamura
A creator. Born in Shibata City, Niigata, Japan in 1977 and living in Niigata City now. Graduated from the faculty of economy in Niigata University. Running the site “everyday icons“. I would like to express my own images with the most appropriate way in various types of media. The word I dislike is “a fixed idea”.
Work description: I imagined music and liquid when I was creating this piece. A slow flowing and its floating feeling. Rhythm. I hope you will feel a special atmosphere in this piece.

Stephen Crowhurst
Creative Director. Curator of Tekko Exhibition
Work description: This illustration is actually a portrait of my sister Samantka, circa 1985. I am currently working on a series of portraits that involve subjects from my past that are strongly reflected in current trends.

Thomas Andritschke
Thomas Andritschke, a 31-year-old web / graphic designer / illustrator from Duesseldorf / Germany. He studied Communication Technology at University in Ulm, Germany.
Work description: The electric field between an “objet trouve'” (here the photo of my father-in-law) and reduced graphics communicates under-cooled elegance. My design is very emotional and intuitive but also controlled and reduced to very few design elements. Special thanks to my father in law for the picture of him (1967).

Toshifumi Tanabu
A designer. Born in Hachinohe City, Aomori, Japan in 1976. Living in Tokyo now. Graduated from the department of economy at the faculty of economy in Hosei University. Worked at a design agency in Tokyo, N&C Ltd. for three years. Starting to work as a freelance designer from February 2002. I am mainly doing web designs at the moment but hope to expand my field in various media. My site is “TBTF”.
Work description: “The New Year”. I was not making this piece with this theme when I started to create it. First of all, I was thinking of making this piece as the one mixed with all pieces, which I show within my site, but I felt the impression of the New Year on the process in the end. Many of my works I made before remind me of the terminal of the world with the design of snow and ice. Therefore, it surprised me to see this bright feeling piece and I felt something destiny with this. I put my with that this piece will be a new starting for myself. B

William Tsang
A designer, who deals with graphic design, web design, illustration and multimedia design, in Hong Kong. He is 25 years old this year.
Work description: Where will make you feel choky? When will make you feel choky? What will make you feel choky? And how will make you feel choky?

Shift 2003 Calendar
Size: 210 x 210 (mm)
Pages: 28 pages
Price: 2000 yen
Publisher: Shift Production Limited, Japan