HAPPENING
Much has been written about Zaha Hadid, the Baghdad-born architect with her reputation for being fierce, uncompromising and abrasive. I am told some architects will decide after only ten minutes that they could never ...
HAPPENING
Berlin was host to the first Designmay. A two week design orientated congress where over 100 participants contributed with products, project, ideas. I myself was very wound up in our own activities, so that I w...
PLACE
The couple Bea Demel and Carsten Voeller started their own multi-media agency sometime ago. Bea studied graphic-design and didn't want to work in an agency. Carsten formerly was an industrial-programmer and decided to...
PEOPLE
I met Tcheupel Garanger at Milia 2002, in Cannes, he showed interesting series of short animations based on photography. Last month, he introduced his new work at the last BD4D Paris, so I interviewed him. Can...
THINGS
FAD is a magazine about art and the boundaries of art. This new publication is the brainchild of designers Dan Sumption and Mark Westall. More than a magazine, FAD is a collectable outer sleeve, containing a p...
PLACE
"Earth Music" is a new clothing store that opened in May last year in Harajuku, Tokyo. "Earth Music & Ecology" is a popular street ladies' brand and "Earth Music" is the mens' version of it. The brand presen...
HAPPENING
Samsung Museum of Modern Art's first exhibition of 2003, Mind Space addresses the issue of spirituality long overlooked in contemporary art. Traditionally the refuge of religious sentiment or the secular manifestation...
THINGS
I'm wondering what to do this summer, where to go? Are you thinking the same thing? Then I'd like to introduce a new travel kit to the people who are excited about summer and traveling. Any experienced traveler knows ...
HAPPENING
April 10th marked the first of ten days for the Images Festival, an annual film festival focusing on Independent film and video. The Images Festival was kicked off with an opening gala party, which featured scr...
HAPPENING
The fifth Edition of Buenos Aires Fashion Week was held from 7th to 10th April in the Rural Society. This time, the themes and motivations of designers looked very much alike, but rather unique in their special way. C...
PLACE
On 9th April, Vienna City Library finally opened its doors to the public. The "multi-structured multimedia open-shelf library" is one of the most modern public libraries in Europe and covers 6,085 square meters of usa...
PLACE
Probably one of the most incredible things I have ever seen, definitely future city ala Tokyo style, was the CargoLifter Ag Arena in Breisen-Brand, a 45-minute drive from Berlin. During the bus trip out we were shown ...
