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ECUADOR
If you ever go down to Ecuador, close to Quito (it's capital city) you'll find a monument telling you that you are visiting the Center of the World. It's located where a commission of French engineers decided that it ...
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ROBERT SMITHSON “FLOATING ISLAND”
It became chilly after being on the pier for ten minutes, fall was announcing itself as we waited for the tugboat that cloudy Sunday evening. A crowd was gathered to see one of New York's most anticipated visitors for...
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SAL VANILLA “+813”
The performing art unit Sal Vanilla provides very unique spatial art. They recently held a live performance event "+813" and a sound media event ".JP" at BankART Studio NYK, in a former postal administration building ...
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SHIFT 2006 CALENDAR
The Shift calendar competition started in 2003 with an aim to discover fresh creators. The number of entries have increased year by year and have received 1253 entries from 47 countries this year. 12 carefully selecte...
COLETTE
COLETTE NEWS OCTOBER ’05
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...
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EXPERIMENTA DESIGN 2005
Experimenta Design was founded in 1998 by Marco Sousa Santos - Industrial Designer - and Guta Moura Guedes - Designer and Cultural Manager. Creating an international platform for cultural and design in Lisbon, was the...
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FONS HICKMANN “TOUCH ME THERE”
Fons Matthias Hickmann is a 37 years old German graphic designer. He is born in Ruhrgebiet, Germany. Fons Matthias Hickmann is the fourth son of Franzi und Erwin Hickmann. Fons Hickmann lived in Duesseldorf for ten ye...
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ARTE PIAZZA BIBAI
Kan Yasuda was born in 1945 in the city of Bibai, on Japan's northern Island Hokkaido. He spend his high school and collage years in Hokkaido. During his boyhood he was an enthusiastic high school baseball player. Wit...
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LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2005
For not only Londoners but also for design hungry people from all over the world, September must be one super busy month since 2003. Because according to the official guide of London Design Festival, there are over 17...
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HIDEKI INABA “NEWLINE 2”
The first work of Hideki Inaba I saw, was the advertisement he create for iPod Japan in Relax Magazine issue 101 July 2005 and his Bursted Helvetica typeface for Shift's cover design. Two very beautiful artworks with ...
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YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2005
The 2nd Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art got underway on September 28th, 2005. The Triennale features the work of 86 participating international and Japanese artists, and two enormous warehouses lo...
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THE ANTIDOTE
For far too long, Shanghai has been plagued by loud, over-advertised and generally cheesy parties. From Thursday nights at Pegasus, the city's biggest hip hop night, to the overflowing taverns (complete with wenches) ...
