1980 YEN (ICHI QU PPA)

2010.12.31　 Text: Mariko Takei

A home appliance music group formed by Teppei Kuroyanagi and Tyousinkai. “1980 yen” is a reasonable price for Japanese, it reminds us of electronics retail stores where you can easily find a number of price tags wi...

SILNT

2010.12.23　 Text: Rebecca Toh

SILNT - pronounced 'silent' - is a design practice from Singapore. Run by Felix Ng (art director) and Germaine Chong (studio manager), the studio is best known for their clean, smart, understated and gorgeous work. Be...

KENSHIN

2010.11.17　 Text: Akihiko Hamada

Currently based in New York, a hair stylist KENSHIN works across the world for Editorial works for fashion magazines, runway collections as well as produces whole visual images for a hair salon “THE SALON” located in ...

YUI ONODERA & CELER

2010.11.14　 Text: Mariko Takei

Just released in October, "Generic City" is a first album collaborated with Yui Onodera, who works on sound designs in Japan and overseas, and Celer, who makes a number of ambient and experimental music based in Calif...

LUCA YETY BATTAGLIA

2010.11.4　 Text: Yukiko Oyama

Luca "Yety" Battaglia, when I saw his bizarre but interesting middle name, instantly, I knew there was something unique about him. Looking at his artwork, I sensed his anarchic/punk spirit along with deeper messages t...

MAX HATTLER

2010.11.1　 Text: Mariko Takei

This year's DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2010 has kicked off from November 1st. Among the selected works, SHIFT features a London-based artist Max Hattler, who made two different world that continues forever. One of them, "1925 ak...

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...

MESSY MSXI

2010.10.21　 Text: Minnie Pommiegranate

The childlike characters and playful, dream-like aesthetics of Messy Msxi's art might draw one to savour its intricate details up close, only then to realise these canvases tell of a much darker tale. Messy Msxi illus...

DAI SUZUKI

2010.10.1　 Text: Mariko Takei

Released on October 1st, SHIFT 2011 CALENDAR includes one of the 12 visuals, was created by Kanagawa-based graphic designer Dai Suzuki. He created a cover work for this month, SHIFT will deliver how he started his car...

SOULLAND

2010.9.28　 Text: Victor Moreno

Youngest European fashion designer Silas Adler runs Copenhagen´s menswear Soulland. He is in the middle of his twenties. In 2008 he was nominated for best Danish up-and-coming designer by Danish Fashion Awards. Since ...

BLONDE REDHEAD

2010.9.26　 Text: Victor Moreno

It is seven o´clock in the evening. I´m waiting with the label manager outside the corridor in the backstage. It is quiet. Blonde Redhead is waiting for me. – “Oh, please you can come in”. We are in the dressing room....

KIYOSHI TAKAHASHI

2010.9.1　 Text: Mariko Takei

With the theme of “Visualization of the momentum”, Kiyoshi Takahashi is a Sapporo-based artist, exploring his installation works and performance art that combines aspects of manga, calligraphy and music. His bold and ...