THINGS
SANAA HOUSE
The house, as metaphor of life and happiness, openness, a component of approach to the natural. Kazuyo Seijima and Ryue Nishizawa are probably more well known for their work on the 21st Century Museum for Contempor...
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HAPPENING
DESIGN FESTA VOL. 25
Design Festa recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The festival is called ‘the biggest international art event’, so about 6000 people from 32 countries and all over Japan came to exhibit, sell and present their or...
HAPPENING
DESIGNMAI 2007
I saw the sunshine through the clouds just after the rain. But then I heard thunder as I went out. I was all wet when I got home then again, the sun came out. In this dramatic weather, DESIGNMAI was held from May 1...
PEOPLE
GI MYAO
Gi Myao is the artist behind this month's Shift cover, based in London, she has graced us with her artwork. Having a strong art background she started out at the tender age of five with lipstick and mud. With a strong...
PEOPLE
ALEJANDRO PARISI
As most painters, he began drawing as a little boy and he was very good at it. He remembers using the same colours now than when he was in primary school. Then, he studied many careers and got bored of them all. And a...
THINGS
ATSUSHI TOYAMA “BIRDBOOK”
Atsushi Toyama's book, "BirdBook", there are several pictures depicting many types of birds in a unique artistic style. While that style might seem a bit childish, in fact to this writer as well as the many that might...
PEOPLE
TAKAHI KAWANISHI
Takahi Kawanishi opens a solo exhibit after an interval of 4 years entitled, "ONI NO KO". First stopping off at Tokyo's POINT and then Sapporo's SOSO. The destruction of aesthetic, the strength by natural consequences...
HAPPENING
DOCVILLE FILM FESTIVAL 2007
Publicity about International Documentary Film Festival Docville on national television and radio attracted our attention. Between May 30th and June 5th, Docville's third edition, held in student city Leuven, brough...
HAPPENING
TAKAHI KAWANISHI “EVERESTS”
On Saturday, June 9th, 2007 I had the fortunate opportunity to attend the opening party of "Everests" held at Shift's own, SOSO. Having met Takahi Kawanishi, the artist behind "Everests" the night before, I could tel...
HAPPENING
FABRICA FEATURES “YOU ARE HERE”
After Paris, Fabrica, the Benetton communication research center, inaugurates at the Blaak 10 space in Rotterdam a new temporary store which will stay open until December 2007. The occasion is the opening of YOU ARE ...
HAPPENING
JORDAN WOLFSON “OPTICAL SOUND”
The first thing you experience when arrived at Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Conteporanea to visit the show “Optical Sound” is a sound indeed: Jordan Wolfson, a young American born artist living in New York and Berlin, ha...
PLACE
UT STORE HARAJUKU
UNIQLO has had a T-shirt campaign every year for the last 4 years. It consists of over 1,000 shirts they produced. On April 28th, UNIQLO opened a new store on Harajuku Meiji Street called "UT STORE HARAJUKU." which i...
