Andy Warhol is synonymous with pop art. Rolland Berry, a street artist from Los Angeles, has been working actively as one of the third generation of Andy Warhol. His pieces are very colorful and challenging, and have ...

ESTHER KIM

2011.3.29　 Text: Noriyuki Abe

Esther Kim illustrates an "HYPER GIRLY" world by focusing girls who like fashion, polka dots, and teddy bears. Since she was young, born in LA and raised in Tokyo, Esther Kim was in the middle of many different kinds...

ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI

2010.10.27　 Text: Victor Moreno

His music is catchy and eccentric. He has been squeezing the possibilities of the demo sound with an 8-track recorder for a decade. He reckons his new album “Before Today” is his actual debut. Now he got the necessary...

OVERTURE

2008.11.6　 Text: Yurie Hatano

DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2008 has been started worldwide from November, 2008. One of the selections is "Bryum & Kapok: A Memory" that was produced by Overture, a creative team by Jason and Aya who are based currently in th...

CHRISTIAN HOSOI

2006.9.5　 Text: Christopher Lenz

"He was a rock star." - Tony Alva "Christian was the guy to beat." - Tony Hawk To those of you, like myself, who have experienced the 80's skateboarding boom, the name Christian Hosoi will ring a bell and bring ba...

YOFFY

2005.9.4　 Text: Reto Caduff

As a young artist, Los Angeles based Yoffy has already grasped the basics of making it in the fickle art business. With a short, one word name, Yoffy has already become a brand, a label that sticks to his sleek, minim...

NORMA V. TORAYA

2004.11.3　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

It looks sad or depressed, but not pessimistic and even looks to have firm strength. You can't help but have your curiosity aroused to know more about the creator. Norma V. Toraya's work submitted for this year's DOTM...

RAINBOWS & VAMPIRES

2004.9.3　 Text: Reto Caduff

It sounds like the latest cereal offering, an 80's animation series or some kind of gay goth band. Well, wrong. Behind the unusual name Rainbows & Vampires hides a duo of respectable animation talents cum music vi...

LARRY SULTAN

2004.8.3　 Text: Reto Caduff

Larry Sultan's "The Valley" photographic series explores the middle-class homes of the San Fernando Valley — and the porn industry that rents these homes for use as film sets. Born in Brooklyn and raised in the Valley...

JASON TREVINO

2004.4.3　 Text: Mark Buswell

After a bit of scrambling to pull this feature together, I finally caught up with Jason Trevino between one of his many appointments. Trevino is one of the most talented up-and-coming textile designers and has worked...

TAKESHI MURATA

2003.12.4　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

A cover design of this month is designed by Takeshi Murata whose work was selected by one of judges, the Designers Republic in DOTMOV festival held in November. Although his animation is plane, it has made special spa...

WE WORK FOR THEM

2003.5.21　 Text: Sachiko Kurashina

WeWorkForThem is a design team of Michael Cina and Michael Young. They recently temporarily took down their sites Designgraphik, Trueistrue and Submethod and has released a book CD-ROM, called "ONE", containing those ...