IZZUE

2001.5.25　 Text: Calvin Ho

This month, I am a little late in my article. Oops, the GraphixBoiy's been busy. Why? Well there has been a plethora of new hip magazine's from Hong Kong this month, and a few improvements through time. Somewh...

BURST THE EARTH

2001.3.8　 Text: Mayumi Kaneko

Have you seen the pictures on BS-i? Dave Spector dancing a strange dance, an alien from planet Magumagu and Takao Osawa in a nonsense SF drama directed by a well-known CF director Gen Sekiguchi, a group in black masks...

OBSCURE TECHNICAL VOMIT

2001.2.25　 Text: Jiro Ohashi

In Europe, 'squatting' is very popular. Artists settle in deserted buildings and use the place as a studio or built galleries inside the buildings... In Japan, especially in Tokyo, those movements have no reality for ...

AVALON

2001.2.7　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

What is needed today is an expression with 'depth'. The urban scene of Poland where the setting of 'Avalon' is laid in looks more futuristically rather than hackneyed scenes of 'Tokyo'. The simple and austere appearan...

LOMO

2000.12.25　 Text: Jerome Lacote

Lomo is a cheap old-fashioned Russian camera, designed in the 70's and produced in St.Petersburg, that has come back into vogue in the 90's. As a look extension, this little camera shoots pictures without skill requir...

BENZIN: YOUNG SWISS GRAPHIC DESIGN

2000.12.4　 Text: Mayumi Kaneko

Benzin: Young Swiss Graphic Design showcases the work of young Swiss designers. The bright pink-colored cover catches your eyes first. As you turn the pages, numbers of works and interviews of spirited young graphic d...

BLISTER!

2000.11.1　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

The Japanese film 'Blister!' won the Fantaland Grand Prize and got the best reputation from audiences in this year's Yubari International Film Festival. It gives a good picture of the everyday life of so-called Geeks ...

HAJIME TACHIBANA “THE END”

2000.9.25　 Text: Jiro Ohashi

In Japan, most people are interested in mobile phone and it's been featured in not only business magazines, but also in general and fashion magazines. i-Mode was started by NTT Docomo last spring. This is, in brief, ...

THE CODEXSERIES 2

2000.9.15　 Text: Matt Owens

The CodexSeries is an ongoing CD ROM project that consists of projects by different talents in the digital medium. The Series explores narrative, design and interactive work. Somewhere between a compilation CD and a d...

GASBOOK 8

2000.7.24　 Text: Akira Natsume

What I'm now interested in is free paintings and illustrations such as 'Scrawl: Dirty Graphics & Strange Characters' published by Booth-Clibborn Editions, and silent visual expressions featured in the IDEA magazin...

TSUKI NO WA “NINTH ELEGY”

2000.6.24　 Text: Akira Natsume

The album “Ninth Elegy” of Tsuki No Wa leaded by a vocalist Fuminosuke has just arrived. This album was produced by Amephone who is included in Gasbook 5 and I can feel the sound of urban night. It's absolutel...

JIN-ROH, THE WOLF BRIGADE

2000.3.3　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

This year's Yubari International Film Festival screened a number of animations. 'Toy Story 2' (invitation) was one of the special-feature films, and another special one must have been 'Jin-Roh, The Wolf Brigade' (mad...