HAPPENING
In the early spring of 2002 designer and artist Roosje Klap initiated the already infamous Club Plak (Club Paste). One evening (there was) a group of 20 friends, all artists, musicians, designers and so on, (were) pre...
PEOPLE
Polyphonic Spree are very unusual. Comparisons have been made with early Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips but that just doesn't do them any justice at all and certainly doesn't capture the mood of the band. For me the...
PLACE
"Welcome to the Film Center, " greets two friendly faces, and sometimes more. These are co-founders Paolo Davanzo and Ken Fountain of the Echo Park Film Center, located in the heart of Alverado art complex. Being next...
THINGS
The culture of free magazines - printed magazines, that is - is something of a thriving phenomenon. Most of the magazines you open nowadays are covered with advertising. In magazines such as Vogue and Wired, clo...
HAPPENING
The title: How will I ever Be Simple Again, is the title of a Richard Thompson Song. Included in this group show are four artists working in mediums ranging from drawing to video. Upon entering the gallery, Jo Jackson...
THINGS
His illustrations look poor but they are really good. A CD album "Pillow Talks" was made with a motif of Teruhiko Yumura a.k.a. Telly Johnson before and this album is reborn through motions and graphics in DVD now. Th...
PEOPLE
A Brazilian artist, Nando Costa produced the cover design for this month's issue. He is a 24-year-old young artist but his talent has bloomed after gaining many experiences in a printing media, an interactive media, ...
PEOPLE
They look cute but strange and mysterious. People tend to touch them to make sure what they are. Keiko Miyata is an artist who is creating these sorts of things in objects and photos. Her starting point is "a stuffed...
THINGS
A book for all Flash users and creators is released this autumn. The book, called "Flash Design 2002-2003", is edited by Shift and art directed by Hideki Inaba. Flash is now an essential tool to interactively express ...
HAPPENING
Farmers Manual (Presentation+Live) by Salon/Sputnik invited Mathias Gmachl to be the main guest from Farmers Manual, performed on August 9. In "Roppongi Hills Information Center/Think Zone", the feast of image and sou...
PEOPLE
Paris in July gathers the World in a happy vision of Luxury. The race from one show to another started again, mixing International poach VIP's. Though the weather has not always been part of the annual summer mess, th...
HAPPENING
I understand design to be more as graphic design. I see design as an attitude and as a understanding. Therefore in Berlin, where graphic design or outstanding advertising just is not, I would like to concentrate on th...
