Posts tagged with Japan
May 12, 2008 | Products | by Gerry Mak |
Man, going green is so hip these days, even Hello Kitty is getting in on the action. Read more
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May 5, 2008 | Architecture | by Snell |
The young architect Junya Ishigami is pushing the boundaries of the weightless aesthetic stream of architecture. Read more
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April 23, 2008 | Illustration | by Zolton |
New York-based Japanese artist, Chichi creates elaborate illustrations that are both colourful and exotic. Read more
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April 5, 2008 | Video | by Zolton |
Ok, so now I’ve seen everything. Following on from the Japanese version of Human Tetris comes this even more ridiculous offering: Human Pacman. Read more
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March 14, 2008 | Art | by Andres Colmenares |
Something ’stinks’ on Latin American walls, and we like it. This vivid, powerful graffiti from Stinkfish, a proud member of the Excusado Printsystem collective, recently featured in Japan’s PINGMAG. He is one of the most visible street artists of the region. It’s impossible to ignore his gigantic and aggressive traces and brushes all over Bogota streets. Read more
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March 12, 2008 | Art | by Kate Barnett |
Artist Yumiko Kayukawa states: ‘I’d rather my paintings hang next to rock star pin-ups than on museum walls. Ultimately, I want to connect with people all over the world on that level’. Read more
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March 12, 2008 | Photography | by Yuko Shimizu |
If I was a fashion photographer instead of an illustrator, I would probably be Maki Kawakita, or at least be like her. Read more
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March 11, 2008 | Illustration | by Kate Barnett |
I’ve never had a head for languages. I was terrible at French and, despite living in Hong Kong, I can only swear and bargain in Cantonese. I also can’t understand a word of anything on the Ankoro Rock website. Lucky then that a picture is worth a thousand words, no matter what language it’s in. [see also the work of Japanese printmaker Naoji Ishiyama]
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March 7, 2008 | Art | by Yuko Shimizu |
I needed a good reference of a dandelion for an illustration I’m working on, and then I bumped into the website of Naoji Ishiyama, a Japanese printmaker who lives and works in Finland. You can feel the zen-like quietness and coldness of the north mix together just perfectly. Read more
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February 15, 2008 | Design | by Gerry Mak |
Sitting on a grass lawn may be pleasant, but it isn’t always elegant when you’re wearing nice clothes or you have back problems. Read more
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February 2, 2008 | Video | by Zolton |
Oh man! To be young enough to bop, groove and scratch like these kids. For Japanese superstars DJ Sara (8 years old) and DJ Ryusei (5 years old), there’s no such thing as tomorrow. Read more
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November 28, 2007 | Architecture | by Snell |
Too beautiful to simply pass by, this is the Ring House by young Japanese architectural firm, TNA. Read more
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September 6, 2007 | Places | by Snell |
The Super-Kamiokande, or Super- K as it’s known, is not the latest nightclub VIP booth but is, rather, a neutrino observatory designed to search for proton decay, study solar and atmospheric neutrinos, and keep watch for supernovas in the Milky Way. Read more
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July 7, 2007 | Music | 
by Zolton |
Grinning Cat is a beautiful electronic album from prodigious Japanese producer, Susumu Yokota. It borrows liberally from the melodic melancholy of classical music and features subtle drum loops throughout. We interviewed him about the artwork that he creates for each release. Read more
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April 15, 2007 | Video | by Andy |
‘Lost’ is the most recent film production in the urban art series produced by Tokyo-based art crew Rinpa Eshidan. Read more
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I’ve been waiting for a group like this. These New Puritans are balls in your face, 100 miles an hour, pure attack! A young British group that has most of the UK press in the palm of their skinny pale hands, they hint at a sonic mash of Bloc Party mixed with what White Rose Movement were supposed to be. What more could you want?
Listen to the These New Puritans track, Elvis.
The master of the minor key lament, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone is not quite as alone as he thinks he is. Or is he? Hmmm, that’s kinda deep. Anyway, we interviewed him recently. Read more
It seems only fitting that New York’s first eco dining experience, Habana Outpost, is located in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Read more
Diva Pittala is the designer of edgy and glamorous fashion label, Pleasure Principle. Read more
Many moons ago, when my hair was longer and my eyes were wider, I played guitar in a Sydney rock band. Over a period of several years, the four members in the group went from relative normality to the very personification of imagined rock glory. Read more
You heard it here first. Singer-songwriter Julian Perretta might just become the most exciting new artist of 2008. Read more
There are few more joys an artist has in life than coming across great resources for inspiration. Lately I’ve been studying typography, the meaning of words, and then something as simple as trying to find all the ‘7 letter words’ I can so that it might fit into my latest musings. Read more
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LA-based renaissance man David Choe draws from toy culture and comics as much as he does from Japanese painting and conceptual high art. Read more
Brazilian artist Carla Tennenbaum has come up with some pretty awesome decorative pieces made completely out of discarded EVA foam, the non-biodegradable stuff usually used to pad sports equipment. Read more
Travis Louie’s paintings are inspired by 19th-century portrait photographs. Instead of people, however, his subjects are goofy-looking monsters. Read more
I’ve known Tiffany Bozic’s work for years, but I think her paintings are now looking better than ever. Read more
Maki Kawakita’s fashion photography
If I was a fashion photographer instead of an illustrator, I would probably be Maki Kawakita, or at least be like her. Read more
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