Husband-and-wife designers, Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto (aka Eley Kishimoto) opened their first archive store in June 2003 to coincide with the celebration of their ten years in business. Eley and Kishimot...

RON MUECK “MAKING SCULPTURE”

2003.5.31　 Text: Tim Spear

The National Gallery in the heart of London's Trafalgar square has been running an 'associate artist' scheme since 1990, whereby a respected artist is invited to work in the gallery itself and produce work in response...

DAMIEN HIRST EXHIBITION

2003.5.21　 Text: Sari Uchida

A major retrospective of Damien Hirst is currently showing at the new Saatchi Gallery, which opened its doors to the public on 17th April 2003. The gallery is situated on the first floor of County Hall, (renovated by ...

POCKETS EXHIBITION

2003.4.30　 Text: Tim Spear

Pockets, where would we be without them? To mark the launch of the pocket sized Gameboy Advance SP console in the UK, Nintendo decided to hold an exhibition celebrating the history of the pocket. This you ma...

DON’T THINK, JUST SHOOT

2003.3.31　 Text: Tim Spear

From 15th to 23rd of February this year, the Victoria & Albert Museum in Kensington, London ran a photographic workshop, exhibition and competition under the title 'Snap Happy Days'. The event was timed to c...

EVAN HECOX “TOKYO: TRAVEL VISUALOGUE”

2003.1.30　 Text: Benjamin Roy

Skateboarding is Art. It is Craft. It is Culture. The creativity is continuous. The brush will roll. The canvas in this case has evolved beyond the concrete and into the temporary. The subject matter is co...

GRAPHICS: DESIGN NOW

2002.8.27　 Text: Alistair Beattie

Someone emailed me recently to complain about my review of Game On. I was secretly delighted, I took it as ultimate proof that anyone actually reads these articles. My own personal SETI project. Anyway, his point was ...

“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 ...

MILIA 2002

2002.3.29　 Text: Jerome Lacote

Cannes, February 2001 Each year, Milia takes place in Cannes. This world's interactive content market is an event where professionals can do buisness in online entertainment for Internet, wireless and interactive TV. ...

ICA DIGITAL FESTIVAL “WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT”

2001.12.26　 Text: Natsume Shiroyama

A Digital festival "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT?" is held in ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art). 10 computers and 10 chairs are displayed in a small room of about four mat half that exists in ICA. When I...

PETE FOWLER “MONSTERISM”

2001.11.26　 Text: Natsume Shiroyama

A creator, Pete Fowler is the one and only 'Monsterist'. His most well know work so far has been the illustrations including the covers of Super Furry Animals albums. But his long lasting interest in toys and animatio...

URBAN GAMES 2001

2001.8.26　 Text: Natsume Shiroyama

As long as it doesn't rain, the best activity to spend the summer in London would definitely be out door events and festivals. On the last weekends of July in every year, an event called 'Urban Games' takes place at S...