VLIEGER & VANDAM

2008.3.10　 Text: Lotje Sodderland

Vlieger & Vandam comprise Carolien and Hein (respectively), a Dutch husband-and-wife team who's happy union was the result of a friend's casual match-making exploits. This cupidinous friend may well be eligible fo...

CHILLICHILLY

2008.3.6　 Text: Kyoko Tachibana

For their brand, ChilliChilly, a Hong Kong based product design brand, Arthur Yung and Clement Cheung use narrative form in their design. Having studied architecture, they apply a subtle twist to their design, which ...

ZANPON

2008.2.29　 Text: Kyoko Tachibana

"UT inspired", the T-shirt design project with world artists throughout the curator in each city in the world. The 5th series was curated by Shift, and the unique artists gathered and designed UT under the theme of "...

THE WHIP

2008.2.28　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

An electro-pop band from Manchester, The Whip, who have been released by such notable labels such as Southern Fried and Kitsune, had a live performance at Club Unit in Daikanyama, Tokyo last year. At the live show, w...

OCTOBER SALON

2008.2.26　 Text: Eduard Prats Molner

The October Salon, initiated in 1960, is regarded as the most important exhibition of contemporary art in Serbia. Since 2004, the October Salon has been organised as an international exhibition. In the form of art dia...

AYAKO MARUTA

2008.2.21　 Text: Masaaki Takahashi

DIESEL, the world fashion brand, also has lots of fans in Japan. The DIESEL DENIM GALLERY, developed by DIESEL, is a space with a shop and gallery located only in New York and Tokyo. Since it’s opening, they have c...

DAYDREAM NATION

2008.2.8　 Text: Waiming

Daydream Nation is an intriguing collaboration between a sister and a brother, fashion and theatre, stories and memories, catwalks and narratives, voice and silence, reality and imagination, dreams and daydreams, betw...

FOO AIWEI

2008.2.4　 Text: Wee Ling Soh

Ms Foo Aiwei is a 29-year-old multimedia artist better known as the founder of quirky creative label, See You Tomorrow. Through the label, Ms Foo has created whimsical and one-of-a-kind artworks blending design and ar...

MERCE DEATH

2008.1.31　 Text: Hiroshi Kotake

The playing style piecing each guitar-riff in the loop is like a graphic drawn by each pixel. Because of the style, it is more enjoyable to see a set of his performance than to listen to only the sound. If you listen ...

BRUNO MUNARI

2008.1.30　 Text: Francesco Tenaglia

One of 20th century’s most interesting Italian creative force. Scultura da Viaggio, 1958. Ferro Verniciato, 43x50x54cm. Private Collection, Milano The presence of Bruno Munari spanned so many decades of Italia...

SAKANACTION

2008.1.29　 Text: Madoka Suzuki

The band consisting of Ichiro Yamaguchi (vo&g), Motoharu Iwadera (g), Ami Kusakari (b), Emi Okazaki (key), and Keiichi Ejima (dr), "Sakanaction" were born in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Their debut album "Go To The Future"...

CLAUDIO RONCOLI

2008.1.25　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

"Never forget to look at the stars", he said. That’s what I was doing some days before we met. And I was also looking at the stars when I found his book, this colourful and brilliant book with his art all over it. I r...