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...
PEOPLE
Welcome Gary Mui to the Internet world. He has worked with me on a few projects with Chalk, as a photographer. Last week, Gary and I met up again at the HK Fashion Week. He asked me to shoot some video of the fashion ...
PEOPLE
The Salon of objets d'art and furniture titled "Now!" and "Salon de Meuble" was held at two places in the suburbs of Paris. The former was held in Villepinte, close by Charles de Gaulle Airport, and the latter was he...
HAPPENING
The Dome's a flop, the wheel still hasn't been turned on and, well, basically everyone has stopped talking about the millennium. Despite these failures, post 2000 London is on a high. Everything seems to be going s...
HAPPENING
Issey Miyake has been described as "the world's most original fashion designer" by the British newspaper The Sunday Times. He has been chosen as one of the "1000 Makers of the Twentieth Century." He is immensely compl...
PLACE
Last year's Christmas here in the U.S. was the season of the Internet shopping wars. The rapid growth in the online mail-order business triggered start-up entrepreneurs launching newly developed shopping sites almost ...
PEOPLE
This month's cover design was produced by Adrian Luna living in Los Angeles. He is a creator of Purus Design which means 'beautiful' in Latin. As the name shows, you can see simple and beautiful designs on his site. ...
THINGS
Gasbook 7 consists of a Video (60 min.), CD-ROM, T-shirt, and catalogue, and features very important creators in visual and graphic design from all over the world including Me Company (well-known for producing the...
PLACE
Anticlimactic millennium, anticlimactic millennium dome. We've all heard about it and how much it cost (although this is still less than boo.com) The place was described by Lina (who took the photos) as half circ...
HAPPENING
In the recent years, I have been skeptical of art in general. As evident in the current art exhibition in New York "Sensation," many artists rely on the "shock" and controversy to attract attention. Not too long ago o...
PEOPLE
This month's cover design was produced by Otto Greenslade, a multimedia creator living in London. You can see a number of interactive works with unique interfaces on his web site Chaotic. Though he has only been work...
HAPPENING
As you know reading the interview in last month's issue, Furi Furi Company did an exhibition from November 2nd to 14th at Harajuku Gallery. They have mainly been participating in overseas exhibition until now. This fi...
