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...

SONNI

2009.1.26　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

This month's cover design is made by Sonni, an illustrator, artist and graphic designer. He lives and works at Buenos Aires, Argentina. He works in illustration with great passion in a happy and fun world, in differen...

GABRIELA MACIEL

2009.1.23　 Text: Biljana Ciric

A large exhibition for the first time of this year "A Starting Point: Intrude Art & Life 366" is held at Zendai MoMA (Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art). And the show has featured works of Gabriela Maciel, an a...

ARNAU SALA

2009.1.20　 Text: Julio Cesar Palacio

Arnau Sala is a rare creature in a town where culture is partly based on hype and fashion. In Barcelona you can constantly feel like something is going to happen in the art and music context but like any other city ba...

AU LAIT

2009.1.19　 Text: Kazumi Oiwa

There is a cute and sweet world that every girl has dreamed of. It stays somewhere in our hearts and sometimes makes us excited even after we grow up. The “au lait”, an accessory brand, reminded me of that excitement....

KINETA KUNIMATSU

2009.1.17　 Text: Mariko Takei

Kineta Kunimatsu works in the atelier in Shiraoi located about 90 kilometers south of Sapporo and on the middle coastline between Tomakomai and Noboribetsu. His works vary in taste from soft and gentle to strong and r...

MIKHAIL KARIKIS

2009.1.14　 Text: Mariko Takei

You might have listened to his strong and mysterious, classical and expeimental voice once when listening to Bjork's Army of Me or when visiting to see the upcoming season's clothing lines shown on the catwalk at coll...

MIMIPONG

2009.1.9　 Text: Vicente Gutierrez

Ms. Mimi and Mr. Pong are a design duo under the collective title, Mimipong. Their latest project, The Saddest Place on Earth, gathers the creative artists, writers and musicians we all love to come together and conqu...

GARETH MOODY

2009.1.8　 Text: Fiona Killackey

“I design for me” says Australian designer, Gareth Moody from his Sydney-based studio, “ As for a muse, I don’t have one. I’m still trying to find her”. Initially entering the fashion industry as a model, Moody made h...

GRAPHIC AIRLINES

2008.12.28　 Text: Justin Tsui

Hong Kong creative group Graphic Airlines has been flying around the city to spread their love of design. With a wide range of works and being unbelievably active in a variety of projects, their name has grown signifi...