HAPPENING
What comes to mind when you think of photographs of the human face? The sullen expressionless passport photos, smiling pop stars in teen mags, people all dressed up, looking prim and proper in formal anniversary we...
PEOPLE
This issue, I decided to feature my friend Sam Brodie, who was selected as a New Zealand Design Ambassador. He won the Design Ambassador Award organised by The British Council in 2002. This award aims to create lin...
HAPPENING
For most of today's emerging visual artists, drawing is where they got their creative start. You know, a Metallica logo penned on their binder, unicorns, puffy clouds, skulls and crossbones, a precious sketch of a gir...
HAPPENING
I had not been to an opening for over 3 months. This last Friday 25th I programmed myself to go to the Deitch project's openings, mostly to cover the story & take pictures, but also to see what was being shown thi...
THINGS
Nike was born from a track coach's obsession with making his runners faster. With the Art of Speed project, Nike sought an outside perspective, asking 15 digital artists to create their own visions of speed through a ...
HAPPENING
"Pixelesque", eBoy's first Barcelona exhibition opened at Maxalot Gallery, Barcelona on May 7th. The 3-d world of the Berlin-based pixel-masters is a hubbub of hot chicks, functional robots, spectacular vehicles, weap...
PEOPLE
Graceful graphics, dynamic editorial design, graphical typeface born from free way of thinking and feeling. Such graphic designer, Hideki Inaba designed the cover this month. Under the project "Newline", a collaborati...
HAPPENING
IdN My Favourite Conference and Exhibition 2004 was held in Singapore, from May 13th to 15th. Dedicated to the ideal of melting of different design aspects to give rise to unique insights into creativity, the organis...
HAPPENING
Tekko, based in Canada, is going to hold an exhibition both in Toronto and Singapore to show print and motion pieces by 39 artists and designers. Tekko is an on-going, project-based design collaboration...
HAPPENING
For two weeks, four strangers put their lives on show to the whole of Singapore. Sounds familiar? Indeed, it is almost like the Truman show, just without the tear jerking scenes. Daily activities ranging from sleeping...
HAPPENING
What is the most familiar media form of "image"? Hmm... TV? Well, it's all right but I seldom watch it. Rather than TV, I find more familiar things for everyone on my way to work. It is scenery or the simple spect...
HAPPENING
In the age of the new economy where design excellence is pursued, the new generations of designers are regarded as the hope of the new design age. New blood join the movement to innovate and create. This is ours......
