UBERSEE 2

2003.4.24　 Text: Sachiko Kurashina

Many people know that Die Gestalten Verlag is an international publisher that releases many high quality design books. Do you know that the company has recently released a magazine, called "Ubersee" three times a yea...

DEMANIFEST

2003.4.24　 Text: Sachiko Kurashina

Demanifest is a creative book that is full of artists' original tastes in every single page. The book, produced by ex-members of Attik, Michael Spoljaric and Steve Johnston, has been released from Die Gestalten Velar...

ROBIN MITCHELL AND JUDITH STEEDMAN “WINDY”

2003.3.31　 Text: Aya Takada

Rustle-rustle, pyuuuu pyuuuuu, wshalalalala. On a fine autumn day, Windy, waking up under the tree, notices the sound of winds. Windy loves a windy day when she can fly a kite. She enjoys a blue kite flying in t...

FRANCOIS KOLTES “GRACIA A DIOS” (THANKS GOD)

2003.3.31　 Text: Jerome Lacote

Last night, I saw a movie in the MK2 film theater. I really appreciate "Gracias a Dios" a short film of Francois Koltes. Francois Koltes is the Bernard-Marie Koltes brother (Bernard-Marie Koltes is a very famou...

BRIDGE MAGAZINE

2003.3.31　 Text: Matt Smith

Bridge Magazine is an independent journal covering just about everything - literature, visual art, music, even philosopher Charles Taylor's 'the end of mediational epistemology'. Published triannually, the quality of ...

HOMESICK MAGAZINE

2002.11.29　 Text: Aya Takada

As I look up watching the sky getting darker day by day, I wonder how many people leave this city and come back. It may be selfish to miss your hometown from the moment you leave. However, missing home represents a lo...

ART WALL STICKER

2002.11.25　 Text: Jeremie Cortial

Relatively discreet during Tokyo Designers Block 2002, Art Wall Sticker offers an alternative way of thinking about interior design, by supplying a collection of silk screen printed patterns, you can stick yourself so...

SHIFT 2003 CALENDAR

2002.11.25　

Shift 2003 Calendar is now ready. The aim of this calendar project is to provide up-and-coming fresh creators a calendar as a medium to let them express their creativity and we invited all Shift readers to submit the...

A BICYCLE IN “E.T.”

2002.9.29　 Text: Satoshi Ota

I think everybody dreamed of having a flying bicycle when the film "E.T." was on screen. Of course, I was one of these dreamers and I clearly remember the scene that the boys were flying in the sky with BMX even...

VICE MAGAZINE

2002.9.27　 Text: Rei Inamoto

The culture of free magazines - printed magazines, that is - is something of a thriving phenomenon. Most of the magazines you open nowadays are covered with advertising. In magazines such as Vogue and Wired, clo...

A TRIBUTE TO TERRY JOHNSON: PILLOW TALKS DVD

2002.9.27　 Text: Sachiko Kurashina

His illustrations look poor but they are really good. A CD album "Pillow Talks" was made with a motif of Teruhiko Yumura a.k.a. Telly Johnson before and this album is reborn through motions and graphics in DVD now. Th...

FLASH DESIGN 2002-2003

2002.9.27　 Text: Matt Owens

A book for all Flash users and creators is released this autumn. The book, called "Flash Design 2002-2003", is edited by Shift and art directed by Hideki Inaba. Flash is now an essential tool to interactively express ...