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FARM
FARM is a collective, a new generation of designers, who evocate cross disciplinary exploration, championing the spirit of sharing and of bringing together. Started off as the organisers of Rojak, it is since grown in...
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HAPPENING
VIENNA FORUM TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
There’s increasing political talk about “sex workers”. Front-page articles deal with prostitution, sexual violence and even murder. But while listening to our politicians and reading the stories in our newspapers, ca...
PEOPLE
ROMEO GALDáMEZ
Hollywood superstars, soldiers, and indigenous people live in perfect harmony among bar codes, lotería cards, and sweatshop sewing machines. This is the world as seen through the eyes of Romeo Galdámez, the Salvadoran...
PLACE
N ID
Just on the other side of the part of Meiji Street that connects Shibuya to Harajuku, you will find the store N id which has been open for about three years. The average select shop will choose clothing that fi...
HAPPENING
RONI HORN “BIRD”
On first impression of entering Hauser and Wirth, the series of dual images lend themselves to what seem like patterned and abstract images of a phallic nature, yet on closer inspection, a detailed and quizzically hum...
PEOPLE
VLIEGER & VANDAM
Vlieger & Vandam comprise Carolien and Hein (respectively), a Dutch husband-and-wife team who's happy union was the result of a friend's casual match-making exploits. This cupidinous friend may well be eligible fo...
HAPPENING
KIMIHIKO OKADA “ANOTHER GEOGRAPHY”
Kimihiko Okada has won many prizes, especially in design competitions. His long-awaited residence will be completed this year. This exhibit could be a pre-cursor for that. You can see a sense of floating or transparen...
HAPPENING
CAMP BERLIN
People leave their home for various reasons; some in need for work to support themselves financially, some desperate to move because of wars or other forms of tragedies, and others longing for progress in life. People...
HAPPENING
LONDON FASHION WEEK A/W 2008
When I arrive at the venue in Poland Place, all the buyers and members of press were mingling in front of the beautiful Victorian house waiting for the opening. Black cabs keep dropping off excited looking clients a...
NEWS
SUB-TLE. “PRE_MARY”
"sub-tle." is formed by 2 Japanese guys based in Germany, who currently participating in "la! Dusseldorf/japandorf", a project led by Klaus Dinger (ex-Kraftwerk). Their new album "pre_mary" will be released on Ap...
PEOPLE
CHILLICHILLY
For their brand, ChilliChilly, a Hong Kong based product design brand, Arthur Yung and Clement Cheung use narrative form in their design. Having studied architecture, they apply a subtle twist to their design, which ...
HAPPENING
HONG KONG & SHENZHEN URBANISM / ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2008
The Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture is the first ever exposition on architecture and the urban environment co-hosted by Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The Hong Kong exhibition has the the...
