GENGA BY HIRAKU SUZUKI

2010.2.28　 Text: Mariko Takei

1000 signals dedicated to language (GENGO) and the galaxy (GINGA)." With an excavating method of understanding and engaging with the urban environment, Hiraku Suzuki is an artist who works on various forms of a...

AZITO NEWS FEBRUARY 10

2010.2.10　 Text: Teriha Faye Yaegashi

Paramodel "tommy sushi" & "tommy ca". AZITO is an online gallery which brings the hottest contemporary Japanese artworks to the international scale. By collaborating with Japan’s leading galleries and artists,...

SINGAPORE SOUVENIRS

2009.12.17　 Text: Adib Jalal

Triggered by a lack of meaningful and representative local souvenirs, Singapore Souvenirs is a project to explore, design and produce objects that fill this gap. A Singapore souvenir should serve as a meaningful memen...

V FOR VASE

2009.12.16　 Text: Adib Jalal

V for Vase presents the results of a workshop collaboration between Hans Tan Studio and the National University of Singapore’s Industrial Design Programme. A vase is a hiding place by Tan Jun Yuan The ‘imagina...

NEULAND

2009.12.3　 Text: Asami Miyamura

Actar has released "NEULAND: The Future of German Graphic Design" a design book featuring about 50 graphic designers from Germany. The recent graphic design in Germany has drastically changed with a new focus on young...

CENCOROLL

2009.11.12　 Text: Asami Miyamura

Cencoroll - a short animated film created entirely by the emerging artist Atsuya Uki. Cencoroll, an animated short film that took Atsuya Uki and a half years to create by himself, finally came out on DVD on 28t...

UNFOLDED

2009.10.1　 Text: Asami Miyamura

Featuring sculptural pieces using different kinds of paper, the collective book UNFOLDED was released by Swiss publisher Birkhauser in September 2009. Paper can be found everywhere in our daily lives. Nowadays,...

SHIFT 2010 CALENDAR

2009.10.1　

12 visuals have been selected for SHIFT 2010 CALENDAR! The Shift Calendar Competition started in 2003 with an aim to discover fresh creators. For the 7th competition of this year we have received 1,837 entries ...

HONBACHI

2009.7.30　 Text: Mariko Takei

Breathe life into old books with a HONBACHI. You should check out this new type of flower pot, HONBACHI released by the design company Tokyo Pistol. HONBACHI means "book pot", and as its name suggests, HONBACH...

WASARA

2009.4.30　 Text: Mariko Takei

Beautiful disposable paper ware for spiritual enrichment. The increase of people’s awareness of environmental issues globally, we start to refrain from using one-time only paper-made plates and cups, but we still d...

POP ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE 1980S

2009.4.3　 Text: Asami Miyamura

"Pop Illustrations in the 1980s" is an archive collection featuring the 80s when the high summer of illustration existed. In recent years, it has been remarkable for reissued revival hit tunes and reunited musical ba...

MEGANE

2009.4.2　 Text: Mariko Takei

A small zine was delivered to our office the other day. Launched in LA on March 20th, Megane is a portfolio zine that collects works of young Japanese artists released by StarGraphics, who works on designs and suppor...