LOUVRE ABU DHABI

2009.6.2　 Text: Mamiko Kawakami

The capital of UAE, Abu Dhabi, has just taken its first step towards realising its Saadiyat Island project (meaning island of dreams in Arabic). Recently it announced the completion of a 5,000 bed accommodation on the...

CUALQUIER VERDURA

2009.3.25　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

Cualquier Verdura could be a dream house. Or a fantastic invention created by the minds of two siblings with plenty of imagination. These two, Violeta and Esteban Brenman, took this house and transformed it into a...

DROOG

2009.2.20　 Text: mina

“Design is not a terminal, but just the starting point of an idea”. Many of you may have once taken a look at droog's Do frame (2,520 yen), the adhesive vinyl tape which enables to set anything in a frame. Marti ...

POSTALCO

2009.2.18　 Text: mina

How do you describe the feeling one gets when they find a letter among lots of direct mail with a printed impersonal sticker in a letter box? In the process of an omnipresent act - communication -, messages are con...

DELAY NO MALL

2009.2.13　 Text: Justin Tsui

Causeway Bay has always been a big playground for people to shop and have fun in Hong Kong. The new shopping mall Delay No Mall (DNM) would be the next cool place for hip youngsters to wander about. Even the name of t...

SAPPORO WINTER SPORTS MUSEUM

2009.1.30　 Text: Mariko Takei

As Sapporo becomes more covered with snow, what could you enjoy on the bitter cold day would not only be snowball fighting and snowman making but also winter sports including skiing, snowboarding and skating. Located ...

THE DRAWING CENTER

2008.12.18　 Text: Garry Waller

I came across The Drawing Center by chance, one day walking down a small back street in Manhattan's Soho district I was instantly curious by it's name and wanted to find out more. As it turns out The Drawing Center is...

TORTOISE

2008.12.11　 Text: Nico

Venice Beach, on the west side of Los Angeles is an area called Dog Town which is famous for tough neighborhoods and the street culture of the West Coast such as a hippy, a skater, a surfer etc… These days, it's becom...

LIFESTYLEBAZAAR

2008.12.6　 Text: Aron Morel

From its swinging sixties days to present, Carnaby street has stood out from central London as the crucible of the funkiest and newest trends. Its twelve pedestrian streets are lined with boutiques, café’s, bar...

BASIS FRANKFURT

2008.12.3　 Text: Catrin Altenbreandt

basis Elbestrasse. Photo: Jakob Sturm Located near the Schauspielhaus (theatre) in the city center "basis" is a not-for-profit cultural institution in Frankfurt am Main. "basis" is not only a curated exhibition s...

JOCKEY CLUB CREATIVE ARTS CENTRE (JCCAC)

2008.11.25　 Text: Justin Tsui

Chinese contemporary art has been rising in the international art market, as 798 Space in Beijing has become a new hip art district for promoting it. As a hub of arts and culture in Hong Kong, we now have Jockey C...

BERLIN NIGHT CLUB

2008.11.19　 Text: Shintaro Miyazaki

Pulsations everywhere - a glimpse of Berliner electronic music. Berlin has an international reputation for being the cutting edge of european and international electronic music. If you live in Mitte, Prenzlauer B...