HAPPENING
Essentially, everything that surrounds us, except nature, is, one way or another, designed. From the clothes we put on and vehicles we ride, to books we read and letters that compose those books, everything that we en...
HAPPENING
"Japan might be the future of the world. And the Japan of today is SUPER FLAT." The quote above is from the 'Super Flat declaration' by Takashi Murakami. The exhibition with the same name curated by Takashi Murak...
PEOPLE
This month's cover design was produced by David Oppenheim aka Day-Dream who has three different faces as a musician, designer and director. As most of you already know about him for his contributions to Gasbook 4...
PEOPLE
I'm always pleased to meet people who give a shit. STATE are such an outfit. Progressive and inspired, the group have generated a solid fan base in the London design community. Mark Hough, Philip O'Dwyer and Mark Bre...
PLACE
The Gallery Rocket in Harajuku was closed on February 29th, 2000. This gallery was started from Yasushi Fujimoto's hope that he wanted a place where he could see more artworks by young creators. He is the preside...
PEOPLE
Hong Kong design has made a big impact in Japan the last few months. You may have visited Tokyo's Spiral and saw the much talked about Expo "Bun Bun Show-Hong Kong Alternative Art Now". Maybe this show could have been...
HAPPENING
I've been in Hamburg for 2 months and I somehow think of that place as my home now. Before that I lived my whole life in the south of Germany, which is definally very different. Not as cold and rainy. But Hamburg also...
HAPPENING
I'm sure you're all thinking the London section is a bit crap. It's rarely about London and always about things that have happened already. Not this time. Those wonderful onedotzero people, Matt and Shane put on the p...
HAPPENING
When I first walked into the Guggenheim Museum in the Upper East Side of New York City recently, my immediate reaction was "This is what an exhibition should be." With a dazzling array of video installations, proje...
HAPPENING
Linda.com and United Digital Artists, both well known for web design education and training in the U.S, will launch Flashforward, the world's premier expo exclusively focusing on Flash technology. Flash, developed by ...
THINGS
This year's Yubari International Film Festival screened a number of animations. 'Toy Story 2' (invitation) was one of the special-feature films, and another special one must have been 'Jin-Roh, The Wolf Brigade' (mad...
HAPPENING
The 11th Yubari International Film Festival was held over the course of 5 days starting February 18th at Yubari, Hokkaido. With the invited films from overseas, lots of films by young and amateur creators were collect...
