Ryuichi Ogino is a Japanese artist,working between Tokyo and the West Coast. For his creations, he uses a variety of mediums: from handmade paper-clay toy figures, acrylic paints, wood, lined paper, and canvas, to digital renderings. He has more recently shown his works at Giant Robot, Receiver Gallery, White Walls, Park Life, and Project. His …
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If you are into Japanese pop culture, the bizarre sense of humor and the absurdity of Big Man Japan will surely entertain and amuse you. Director, protagonist and famous comedian, Hitoshi Matsumoto, has reinterpreted the familiar path of traditional daikaiju (big monster) pics, creating a mockumentary with CG monster battles and Power Rangers parody. But …
Do you like French macaroons? Do you love chocolate? Do you crave for sweets? Japanese brand Q-pot creations cannot satisfy your discriminate taste, but they are a joy for your eyes and they will make you drool. Q-pot designer, Tadaaki Wakamatsu, makes small jewelry pieces out of wax: he moulds and cuts the wax to …
The famous Japanese T-shirt brand, Graniph, has launched is annual graphic design award. The prize is 1.000.000 yen (asbout 9.000$) and the commercialization of the design by Graniph. So let’s start to create and good luck!
I heard many people comparing Uniqlo to H&M, but I think it’s like comparing fish and meat…Uniqlo is a Japanese brand based on simplicity, good quality and simple design. Same philosophy of Muji, another worldwide famous Japanese brand, but maybe Uniqlo is less “posh”. and it produces just clothes. They have a great choice of …
Koichiro Tsujikawa is the name behind most of Cornelius videos. He is a self-taught video artist who began to create concert visuals at the invitation of his friend Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius). He has worked as a freelance director in a variety of fields doing music videos and commercials. According to his point of view, music …
Hokuto Katsui and Nao Yagi founded Mint Designs in 2001. Together, they have been creating amazing and playful fashion, but they also explored different fields of design collaborating with various brands like Shu Emura, sony Ericsson, Nume…
Takashi Murakami “Kumo-kun (Mr Cloud)“ 2002 Resin, acrylic / Résine, acrylique 31 x 31 x 9 3/4 inches / 80 x 80 x 25 cm More @ Gallerie Emmanuel Perrotin
The concept behind Hirocoledge is simple: a repetition of circles which creates amazing patterns. Japanese designer, Hiroko Takahashi, was successful in the difficult process of evolving traditional culture. She has mananged to give a fresh and more contemporary look to Japanese traditional items such as kimono, yukata, furushiki and tenugui, and at the same time …
I saw Luminodot on a Japanese TV programme, where a young idol was handing a board with a luminous Mount Fuji to Jodie Foster. At the beginning I wasn’t really impressed, maybe it was Jodie Foster’s skeptical face or the Fuji itself. But I looked for this gadget in the toy shop and when I …
Che risultati si ottengono quando si uniscono le menti creative giapponesi di una ditta di giocattoli, Bandai, e una di videogames, Namco? Ovviamente una Sushi Roll Machine. Un must per tutte quelle bambine giapponesi che aspirano a diventare la casalinga perfetta che prepara bento superdecorativi da cartone animato. Io, ovviamente, cuoca giapponese disastrosa, l’ho già …
September the 7th, Nagi Noda – Japanese art director, creative genius and extraordinary artist – died at the age of 35. She created ads for Nike and Coca Cola and music videos for various artists. In 2003, she established her studio, Uchu Country, and has been an active member at Partizan. Nagi was a brilliant …
