It’s probably safe to say that anyone who has been interested in American indie-rock in the last five years or so knows the Cocorosie, the duo formed by two sisters - Bianca and Sierra Casady – which has released,...
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Audacious art venture in Austria. Excuse us, but has anybody ever given the pitiable flock of art lovers, fashionistas and design aficionados a caring thought? With fashion, art and design weeks popping up like mus...
Officiating guests about to connect to oranges for electricity. Photo: Shong Lam for Microwave International New Media Arts Festival It’s no doubt that technology takes up a big part in our daily life. On the ot...
Design Festa Vol. 28 was held on the 28th and 29th of November at Tokyo Big Site. You are familiar with this festival, for this is usually picked up in SHIFT. Today, I will suggest some special ways to enjoy it. ...
Within a span of two weeks, Asia alone saw over ten major art events launched. Amidst the glitter of the world’s first Formula 1 city circuit night race at Marina Bay in Singapore, the city state’s second internationa...
"FITC", the latest design and technology conference mainly taken place in North America and Europe hailed from Toronto in Canada, hit Asia for the first time. It pulled off a great coup taking place at COEX in Seoul,...
When I walk through Omotesando on business I'm curious to see what is going on in Omotesando Hills and look at the many interesting people on the street. So I had never walked through Aosando until I visited this ...
A trip to forest of illusion. Chisato Shinya aka Kinpro is a Sapporo-based illustrator, who works in various fields including advertisements, magazines, and publishing. Her name should be familiar to you from past ...
The sky was a perfect uniform blue, and the air fresh and crisp, as I touched down at Zurich airport from London. I’d just enjoyed fabulous weather there too, while at the London Frieze Art Fair, so I was in a good m...
The cafe played a crucial part in city life. It is not only the love story born in a café. It is also where culture is born. The greatest art, literature, even revolution began in cafes. From the late nineteen...
DOTMOV is a digital film festival organized by an online magazine "SHIFT", aiming to discover unknown talented creators and provide an opportunity to show their works. We had a total of 289 works from 37 countries thi...
Okay, I know this write-up is late. My body is totally being over run by the wicked sleeping spell that is the Northwest in the Rainy season, which accounts for 9 months out of the year, or so I’m told. So sleeping in...
