KNOTAN

2009.6.18　 Text: Victor Moreno

First time I saw his photographs I found a unique and special power behind, composed by striking result. Well, his name Knotan actually means the bone of any part of the body when is visible under the skin. When I ...

JULES JULIEN

2009.6.11　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

Jules Julien is an artist and illustrator, works in Paris, who was born in 1975. After working as a freelance art director, he started making art work, mainly drawing and design, since 2006. His works appear in lots ...

AUSTRIAN ACCESSORY DESIGNERS

2009.6.9　 Text: Daniel Kalt

"You can never have enough hats, shoes and bags" was the advice Joanna Lumley aka Patsy Stone fed to the avid fan following of the glorious Absolutely Fabulous britcom. Indeed indeed, we feel tempted to add. So that's...

MARIA VITTORIA BENATTI

2009.6.4　 Text: Mariko Takei

Maria Vittoria Benatti aka hi! works as a freelance visual designer based in Modena, Italy, one hour half away from Milan by train. Her works are characterized by cute and lovely figures which she calls them as Pupett...

MAKOTO AZUMA

2009.5.29　 Text: Mariko Takei

Makoto Azuma is an owner of the flower shop Jardins des Fleurs as well as an artist who not only explores the visual beauty of colors and shapes that are given off from plants and flowers, but also creates works of ar...

JOHNNY NEON

2009.5.28　 Text: Bertina Appel

Johnny Neon was founded by Johnny Kotze about four or five years ago while experimenting on an old laptop and second-hand gear in his bedroom. Besides using vintage gear to create the music, the music itself draws ins...

STEVE PAXTON

2009.5.27　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

Steve Paxton is an experimental dancer and choreographers who developed Contact Improvisation (C.I.). He is one of the main people in American post modern dance. At this time, his exhibition, workshops and talks hav...

YOKO KAWAMOTO

2009.5.22　 Text: Mariko Takei

Yoko Kawamoto is an illustrator who is a self taught painter that started to paint in the end of the 90’s. Up to now she has explored her career through presenting her works at exhibitions nationally and international...

CASSIAN LAU

2009.5.22　 Text: Justin Tsui

We know that Cassian Lau is a successful businessman in the local fashion world, but he thinks it’s the time to shift back to his lifetime passion – painting, and now he’s presenting himself as an artist. He started o...

CHRISTIAN MONTENEGRO

2009.5.21　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

Christian Montenegro is a systematic guy. He’s so organized in his life as he is in his work. He studies everything, each detail and each fragment of our encounter as if he was planning a new illustration. His illustr...

HRUKI

2009.5.16　 Text: Bertina Appel

“There is something beautifully musical in the flow of Murakami’s writing that mirrors our own passion for and inspiration for music”- Daniel Hampton, co-founder of Hruki Hruki (derived from the name Haruki, with t...

AKIRA NISHITAKE

2009.4.29　 Text: Mariko Takei

Taking a look at the August visual on the SHIFT 2009 Calendar, you will see somewhat weird fantasy world created by Tokyo-based artist, Akira Nishitake who explores a wide range of work styles including painting, draw...