THINGS
BOUDDHOURS (A BUDDHA BEAR)
A design group led by Philippe Di Meo called RESO Design reached the tenth anniversary of its founding. As a celebration project of this anniversary, ten pieces of original objet d'art such as Bouddhours (a Budd...
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HAPPENING
OUTBREAK OF WEST NILE-LIKE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS
Cases of a rare West Nile-like encephalitis virus started surfacing in and around the New York City area. Because the virus was supposedly being spread by mosquito bites, Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs had he...
HAPPENING
SPIKE AND MIKE’S SICK & TWISTED FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION ’99
Remember the early 90's when Beavis and Butthead's wacky giggle infected all the suburban kids through cable TV? Before MTV started to recognize the big marketing potential of this politically incorrect animation, th...
PEOPLE
JEREMY HOLLISTER
Jeremy Hollister is a visual effects artist living in NYC and working mainly for music videos and television commercials. He sent us a videotape. It's a promotional video for the ColdCut track titled 'Music for 18 Mus...
HAPPENING
OSAKA PRO-WRESTLING
Osaka Pro-Wrestling commanded by Super Delfin and launched on this April will land in Kobe for the first time! Delfin himself is a mask enthusiast and many of his masks and costumes from among his past fights...
HAPPENING
AIRBOARD BY KAZUHIKO HACHIYA
An experiment to make the skateboard just like the one in the movie 'Back to the Future 2'. For two days on September 4th and 5th, an experiment to work the AirBoard by Kazuhiko Hachiya was carried out at Gallery A...
HAPPENING
MY TECHNO IS DEAD
Ok. It's an old old debate. Is an underground movement still interesting when mass medias, ugly TV channels, sport clothes sellers and beer sponsors find interest in it? Is it a shame to find it boring at this moment?...
PLACE
PROGETTO
For several years, I've sometimes heard that `there's no spirit in bookstores compared with what they were' or what is worse, 'it's not interesting'. In fact there's some interesting books at bookstores. It's not too ...
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SHINICHIRO ARAKAWA
Shinichiro Arakawa has been developing his collections with innovative ideas and approaches (such as collaborations with Honda and Jenny) since he went to France alone in 1989. He made his first appearance in the '93 ...
THINGS
NOTE 02
"A pen and paper. They're the most familiar tools to output one's impulse of expression. And paper which we can bring with us everywhere is note. "NOTE" is a showcase of works and new talents. Whether they're well-...
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LEMON
Lemon was started in 1995 by David Mok. Since then, it has grown from one man band to one of, if not the leading internet companies in Hong Kong. The secret to Lemon's success in my mind is that in a city where ...
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SPICE & UNIQUE
While most writers tend get married and settle down (eventually...), Spice (female) and Unique (male), both writing since the mid - 80's, continue writing graffiti together, as a part of the International IBS Crew, an...
