KAORI KOJIMA

2009.3.31　 Text: Mariko Takei

The cover design for April was created by Kaori Kojima aka KOJIKO, formally a member of harmonica bldg. and now a solo graphic designer based in Hokkaido. She has been working on posters, ad visuals and logo designs, ...

TOMI & CHERRY

2009.3.26　 Text: Mariko Takei

TOMI & CHERRY is a creative team of an artist and photographer TOMI and an illustrator, graphic designer and artist CHERRY, and they are based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Focusing mainly on editorial works like fa...

SEAL

2009.3.12　 Text: Mariko Takei

The tire has a destiny to end up as waste, but there is a new future for the tire...to be reborn as SEAL. SEAL is a product brand which finds different possibilities for materials that will inevitably be discarded by...

PLOTZ

2009.3.11　 Text: Kazumi Oiwa

Established by a Hong Kong based designer Sing Chin Lo in 2007, PLOTZ is a women’s brand that is created by his simple and perfect, qualified and sophisticated design, which made my heart shake as though looking at wo...

KUNTZEL+DEYGAS

2009.2.27　 Text: Mariko Takei

Just like Cap & Pep feeling the nice breeze, we can feel the warm air of spring along with their creator's voice of Kuntzel+Deygas, as known well for their creation of the iconic symbol of colette. The Kuntzel+De...

AZUL DE CORSO

2009.2.26　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

Azul De Corso is a freelance artist, graphic designer and illustrator. She works for clients as Pepsico, MTV, Nickelodeon, Vh1, Unilever, Creamfields, among others. She also worked as art director for editorials in Me...

TOBY YEUNG

2009.2.24　 Text: Justin Tsui

Toby Yeung keeps us smiling by creating the colorful graphics and characters with the happy messages behind them. This Hong Kong-based designer not only uses his fun work as a way to communicate with people, but he al...

STRANGE KINOKO DANCE COMPANY

2009.2.16　 Text: Mariko Takei

Launched in 1990, Strange Kinoko Dance Company has cultivated a remarkable dance style that connects directly to everyday life. Their new performance piece "The Rainy Table", which will be performed at Yamaguchi Cente...

KAWAMURA HIDEO ACTIVITY

2009.2.12　 Text: Kazumi Oiwa

Design is Love. Design is Poison. Design is Reality. Design is Happiness. Design is Living. Kawamura Hideo Activity participates actively in various fields. The work of Hideo Kawamura, the designer/founder o...

ANITA FONTAINE

2009.2.9　 Text: Lotje Sodderland

The work of Australian artist Anita Fontaine is an electro-craft genre unto itself. Bringing together elements of Victoriana, magic, and cutting-edge gizmology, her work is defined by its twisted, retro-futuristic cyb...

AUSTRIAN MENSWEAR DESIGNERS

2009.2.3　 Text: Daniel Kalt

Since 2009 has officially been declared the Austria-Japan-Year comprising a great number of events and features, Shift magazine and AUSTRIANFASHION.NET are happy to present their readers with a joint contribution to t...

TSANG KIN-WAH

2009.1.26　 Text: Justin Tsui

The Hong Kong artist Tsang Kin-Wah is good at playing around with text and patterns. His curiosity leads him to challenge the social norms by creating stunning text and pattern wall installations. His works are not o...