Category Archives: Art

Mirror’s Hairstyle by Hisakazu Shimizu

Japanese designer Hisakazu Shimizu will show his work at an art gallery @btf in Katsudoki, Tokyo between January 22nd to February 28th. Here is the summery of the press release. WHY DO WE NEED HAIRS ON MIRRORS? -BECAUSE WE USE … Continue reading

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White noise machine by Yuri Suzuki

Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki designed “White noise machine” in Delhi, India. This machine calculates the quantity of street noise and generate the same amount of “white noise”.

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CAMPER and Tokujin Yoshioka

The new Camper store in London has been designed by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka. Camper has been collaborating with many artists and designers, and this time they are working with Yoshioka, who is internationally recognized with his design for Italian … Continue reading

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Architect Sou Fujimoto with Lexus

Lexus has been working with some of the top Japanese creators since they started participating in Milan Design Week. This year they chose architect Sou Fujimoto. The title is “Lexus – L finess Crystallized wind”. It is all made of … Continue reading

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Mobile phones by Yaoi Kusama

Japanese mobile phone manufacturer KDDI and internationally renowned artist Yaoi Kusama collaborated and released a new mobile phone series called “iida”. These are very exclusive models since there are lots of manual works and high-tech involved. Even though these phones … Continue reading

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Taiyo Kimura

Japanese artist Taiyo Kimura’s exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.

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Yuichi Higashionna

Artist Yuichi Higashionna is exhibiting his works at “CALM&PUNK CALLERY” at Nishiazabu, Tokyo. The concept is to “refract” how people view the works.

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Takashi Murakami

According to the auction house Sotheby’s, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami’s My Lonesome Cowboy was sold at $15,160,000. Apprently, it was expected to be somewhere between $3,000,000 – 4,000,000, but the price went up much higher than expected. This figure was … Continue reading

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Graffiti designer Kami at Point Gallery in Ebisu

Graffiti designer “Kami” has been active internationally, but this is the first time in seven years that he has an exhibition in Japan. This exhibition is titled “The ressurection”. Visitor can purchase some of his products at the gallery. Kami … Continue reading

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Renowned art gallery Kyubido in Roppongi hosts first exhibition

Kyubido gallery, which was originally located in Ginza, moved to Nishiazabu, Tokyo and is hosting their first exhibition titled “Nine stories 2008”. The following is the nine artists participating in this exhibition. shisei hashmura kaoru hironaka yayoi itami yumiko matsui … Continue reading

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