HAPPENING
A rainy Saturday afternoon on June 24th and I'm on my way to Coney Island way down on the Southern most tip of Brooklyn, NY to catch the 2006 Mermaid Parade. The parade takes place every year and celebrates the offici...
PLACE
In 1993 the brothers Markus and Daniel Freitag founded FREITAG. Legend has it that they were inspired by the heavy traffic that hummed through Zurich in front of their shared flat, in transit from Hamburg in Germany t...
HAPPENING
In the evening on 25th of May, while the sun was sinking in Manhattan over East river and a comfortable wind blew, an exhibition "In You", was started at gallery Riviera in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The weather foreca...
HAPPENING
At the end of Golden Week on May 6th, a live-painting event called "HUOVA" was held in Gallery Conceal in Shibuya. The Chinese word for "torch", HUOVA is a show for those who compete for the title as "the fastest" pai...
PEOPLE
If someone says the word "design", Russia doesn't usually come to mind. Dima Komissarov is here to change that. Having drawn since a young age he eventually gravitated to the world of design and has been immersed in ...
PEOPLE
This month's SHIFT cover "Dead web triptych and counter" was designed by REALA, a design team since 1998 based in Stockholm and London. Not only designing, but they are also marked as eminent filmmakers producing lo...
HAPPENING
It's a little known fact that Berlin is designated as "City of Design" by the UNESCO. The Creative Cities Network of UNESCO awards a city for each of the following seven categories - literature, cinema, music, folk a...
HAPPENING
The sixth edition of the OFFF festival is about to open the doors. This year the small market "el Mercadillo" is set up outside next to the bar making the patio accessible to everybody and not only to the OFFF visitor...
COLETTE
Former Aussie and now try-hard Parisien writer Linlee Allen wholly confesses to being the "all-round groupie" of concept store colette, located in the French capital. Having participated in the world-famous boutique's...
HAPPENING
Introducing a solo exhibition by Ikuko Imamura, "My House". A house inside of a gallery, such that one can pass through and experience everyday feelings. Contemporary Art Institute (CAI), Sapporo's centre for conte...
HAPPENING
This continuous rainy season from May 20th to June 4th, "FOOTBALL THE PASSION" is being held at Speak For, a gallery in Daikanyama. It is an exhibit on the works of the 60th issue of Big Magazine, a culture magazine f...
HAPPENING
On a summery Saturday in June, the stark gallery space of Para/Site will be filled for eight hours with music that breaks boundaries, eleven acts from all over Asia, and plenty of music-lovers. As Hong Kong's fi...
