November 2nd, 2009 - marikot -
The international art event, Design Festa vol.30 took place at Tokyo Big Sight for 2 days on October 24 & 25. Over 8,500 artists from all over the world attended!
Design Festa is a biannual International Art Event, started in 1994. With their 30th anniversary this year, it was open to all artists from all over the world to exhibit their creative talent freely. There were areas for 2600 booths, an Outdoor live-show stage, an Indoor stage, a Mini-theater Space and a Restaurant and Cafe/Bar Area, all for those two days filled with art, energy, excitement and discovery!
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October 28th, 2009 - marikot -
Hosted by +81 Creatives – an editorial team for one of the Japanese creative magazines known as +81 – their first creative event TOKYO GRAPHIC PASSPORT took place over two days from October 11-12, with an aim to offer a place as a communication center for creative minds of the future. For their two main events entitled as Tokyo Visualist Symposium and International Magazine Conference, leading creators and art directors of creative magazines were invited from Paris, Berlin, New York, Singapore, Amsterdam, London and Tokyo to fully deliver their creative senses through the conference.
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October 14th, 2009 - marikot -
Attracting people’s attention by his unique music style and reliable performance techniques, Chinza Dopeness has just launched his first solo album, “100%RAP” on 16th of September, 2009. All songs for the album were made in collaboration with leading producers and artists in the Japanese Hip Hop scene. Here is a digest interview article from SHIFT with Chinza Dopeness who creates new style of rap by mixing various kinds of music such as HIP HOP, reggae, blues and funk.
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October 7th, 2009 - marikot -
Tsukuda Hiroki’s Solo Exhibition “Recollections”. These drawings recall, to me, a kind of architectural plans for future space stations. These are Hiroki Tsukuda’s new works, a series of drawings titled “Imaginary Land”, which has been exhibited at one of Tokyo’s hip gallery NANZUKA UNDERGROUND. Just started out with an opening reception held on September 26, the exhibition welcomed viewers with 10 new drawings and a 8-meter-long big wall drawing.
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October 7th, 2009 - jono -
September 25th, 2009 - marikot -
One of things which made a big buzz in Tokyo this year was the mysterious appearance of a series of Sumo Wrestler Stickers. Tagged in various areas of Tokyo like youth culture hot spots Shibuya and Roppongi, and even the high-end district of Ginza, the stickers were cropping up in an assortment of sizes and designs featuring double faces of sumo wrestlers, with line eyes, different hair styles and a variety of cheek shapes.
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