ICONOCLASH

2002.7.27　 Text: Timo Linsenmaier

Perhaps it should rather be called Exhibitoclash. Somehow Manfred Wolf-Plotteggs architecture contributes little to find your way through the current exhibition Iconoclash at ZKM Karlsruhe. If one finds the as...

ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL 2002

2002.7.27　 Text: Jeremie Cortial

Annecy festival is the animation meeting for the professionals as well as for animation films bulimics. More than the huge competition including short films from 33 different countries, various events take place all o...

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2002.6.28　 Text: Tomohiro Okada

The existing things and things that we are looking for in the belief that they exist. Although it is unfortunate that we can't find these things when we want to, there is possibility in some degree that we don't get t...

IDN FRESH CONFERENCE 2002

2002.6.28　 Text: Fann ZJ

IdN celebrated its tenth anniversary with a bang during the third Fresh Conference in Singapore. The two-day conference brought together designers from across the globe. Almost three thousand delegates from over thirt...

OKI LIVE

2002.6.28　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

We are in the time of digital media. Designs, movies, music... Creators are now able to create anything with a desktop. This is fantastic progress in terms of "efficiency" and it makes me feel the future is waiting fo...

THE 3RD BUENOS AIRES FASHION WEEK

2002.6.28　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

The third edition of Buenos Aires Fashion Week (BAF week), from 22nd to 25th April, in the capital city of Argentina glittered with a light of its own and real inner poise. The local fashion fair, which took place ...

“GAME ON” EXHIBITION

2002.6.27　 Text: Alistair Beattie

I play video games, a lot. I guess it started when I was 10, I remember the hours spent pumping 10p coins into Defender, Asteroids and all the other early 80's twitch classics. This time went hand in hand with owning ...

THE BRITNEY SPEARS SHOW

2002.6.27　 Text: Aya Muto

It was 1999 when Britney Spears danced out to the stage with "Oops, I did it Again", costumed in now historic school-girl look. Initially tickling public's curiosity while flirting with both innocence and physical ma...

STANFORD UNIVERSITY MFA SHOW 2002

2002.6.27　 Text: Amy Franceschini

The Stanford University Master of Fine Arts Program in Studio Art will be graduating five students in June. The program prepares a small number of carefully selected graduate students for professional careers in the v...

NUMER.02

2002.5.28　 Text: Jerome Lacote

Numer organized for the second time from April 19th to 21st 2002, at the Centre Pompidou a set of international conferences about interaction design. This event is titled "interaction design - look ahead" whereas the ...

FASHION DOLL “MOMOKO”

2002.5.27　 Text: Satoshi Ota

It was last summer when dressable doll Momoko was born. Namie Manabe, who is a founding mother of "PostPet" from So-Net, has made a dressable doll. The fact that Namie is a doll enthusiast is an origin of this project...

THE 15TH SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

2002.5.27　 Text: Fann ZJ

The annual Singapore International Film Festival is back with a vengeance. With the advancement of digital technology, local films are seeing a reprisal. With low costs and simple to use editing software, it is no won...