UNIFORMS FOR THE DEDICATED

2010.4.22　 Text: Victor Moreno

They are plenty of talent, energy and an ambition that follows, and as their name claims, with a committed work. Every single collection becomes a universe where different platforms in art, design, multimedia and musi...

BORIS HOPPEK

2010.4.15　 Text: Mariko Takei

Boris Hoppek is a German artist who currently lives and works in Barcelona. Many of you might have seen one of his trademark works known as Bimbo dolls, which appeared on various international stages. From April 21st,...

THE RAVEONETTES

2010.4.5　 Text: Victor Moreno

The Danish duo, The Raveonettes hits the road again. “In And Out Of Control” (Vice/2009) is their 4th LP if we include “Whip it on” as their EP debut. After an European tour to introduce the new album the will be back...

BILL WOLFF

2010.4.2　 Text: mina

A New York based sculptor specializing in using wood and bronze, Bill Wolff will be participating the international art fair ART SHANGHAI 2010, held in Shanghai in May 2010. He once studied at Tokyo University of the ...

HIROKI TSUKUDA

2010.3.30　 Text: Mariko Takei

An artist who collages fragments of memories. Hiroki Tsukuda is a Tokyo-based artist who creates a range of works including drawings, paintings and 3D pieces. His collage and reconstructed works somehow bring b...

KOSHI KAWACHI

2010.3.29　 Text: Mariko Takei

Koshi Kawachi is an artist who has been creating some hilarious works using things he focuses on, such as manga comics and snacks which are familiar to the Japanese. While he made a cover work for SHIFT April issue, h...

DIRTY PROJECTORS

2010.3.26　 Text: Monika Mogi

2009 was an impressive year for art-pop, Brooklyn-based band Dirty Projectors. Their single 'Stillness is the Move' seemed to be streaming on every indie music blog imaginable and the band received amazing press for t...

ANTE VOJNOVIC

2010.3.22　 Text: mina

Ante Vojnovic, an invited artist of H.P. FRANCE, relishing the joy derived from creation, alone in his atelier in the suburbs, about 40 minutes away from the city center of Tokyo. There is nothing to delude or bind hi...

THE DESIGN SOCIETY

2010.3.12　 Text: Adib Jalal

The Design Society is a non-profit organisation in Singapore dedicated to the goals of raising the general standard of design in Singapore and growing its reach internationally. Focusing on Applied Graphic Design, the...

MARUWAKAYA

2010.3.9　 Text: mina

January 2010—The Kamide Kutani Keigo Exhibition, "KUTANI CONNEXION" (Spiral, Omotesando) and "Medicine and Art" (Mori Museum, Roppongi) are some of the exhibits for which Kamide Choemongama's Kamide Keigo is garnering...

BEN NAGAOKA

2010.2.28　 Text: Mariko Takei

DIESEL DENIM GALLERY AOYAMA is holding an installation "Labyrinth of Woods" by an unique architect Ben Nagaoka and his unit POINT who create individual environment as inner landscape fusing furniture and space concept...

THE INTELLIGENCE

2010.2.25　 Text: Victor Moreno

Noise and Seattle, how many times have we ever heard these 2 words together? Lars Finberg carries on with such an heritage. He is a musician Seattle-based who dives into low-fi, reverbs and distortion still with melod...