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KLEPTOMANIAC
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 ...
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PEOPLE
ADRIAN LUNA
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
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
MILLENNIUM DOME
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
BRADLEY MCCALLUM & JACQUELINE TARRY “WITNESS: PERSPECTIVES ON POLICE VIOLENCE”
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
OTTO GREENSLADE
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
FURI FURI THANGKA
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...
PEOPLE
GILL WONG
Gill Wong is a talented graphic designer, experimental photographer plus an art director for film and design. Her studio, BILLIE & SUZIE, is located in a refurbished art community, formerly an area used as a Gover...
PLACE
GALERIE LILIANE & MICHEL DURANT-DESSERT
There are several shops with strong individuality in the 11th district located in the east side of Paris. For example, at a flower shop, you find rare plants that you have never seen and birds freely flying inside a ...
THINGS
LONDON ZOKU
I am astounded by the ability of Japanese magazines to collect information about London. They have already covered all the where-to-go in new cutting edge areas and now they are looking for the next hot spot which eve...
HAPPENING
SENSATION: YOUNG BRITISH ARTISTS FROM THE SAATCHI COLLECTION
So naturally, I had high expectations for this gallery opening. The whole notion of Damien Hirst is transcendental. He is probably the most provocative artist of the late 20th century. He is literally the superstar of...
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COLLEGE RADIO STATION “KUSF”
As if the skull logo implies a renegade spirit of a pirate radio station, KUSF is a college station provided by the University of San Francisco. Located about a mile from Haight Street, the signal coverage is only a f...
