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15 Feb 2012

SILENT COMEDY CUT-OUTS

Hiroki Suzuki has been using Origami papers to make unique edgy textures by ripping and cutting them. The zine he released last year "Silent Comedy Cut-outs", which has a story per page without dialogues, yet has humor to make you giggle, has been well-received. We provide you this time a serial of 10 parts from the zine, adding a brand-new pieces.

7 Dec 2011

Editorial Design Today Vol.1 - 4

We're hearing more and more about how magazines just aren't selling anymore, and that arts and culture magazines in particular are being discontinued, one after another. What this means is the environment in which our arts and culture exists and is communicated is changing on a daily basis. Now, in the aftermath of the Tohoku Pacific earthquake of March 11, the magazine industry in Japan is battling shortfalls in paper and ink supplies, creating further problems for the already struggling market.
Which is why we've decided to launch this feature series, in which we talk to some of the editorial designers who have been central in shaping the magazines and books that have promoted and supported arts and culture in Japan since the 1990s. How do they feel about books and design now, and what do they think the future holds? This feature turns the spotlight onto the designers who have been key figures in shaping contemporary editorial design and the 1990s culture scene, for their take on the future of cultural publishing in Japan.
From Left Vol.1 Ayako Yabe (Kidd), Vol.2 Madoka Iwabuchi, Vol.3 Yuko Shouji & Shinji Abe (KARERA),Vol.4 Mina Tabei

9 Nov 2011

Manga × Culture Vol.1

Manga is a form of presentation in which a story advances with words and images using frames as its time axis. There are lots of different definitions ways to define it, but the goal here isn't to reference these but rather turn the focus on to designers and artists whose creations are based upon this manga that is so ingrained into our culture.

2 Dec 2010

Music x Graphic Vol.1 - 3

culture that's tied most intimately to the act of physically going out to buy records. With the state of music as we know it changing to suit the times, the old, familiar relationship between music and covers is breaking down. So, we decided there was no time like the present to give some thought to the graphic art that is the "face" of an album.
From Left Vol.1 A talk with Takeaki Emori & Ken Fujieda, Vol.2 Hitoshi Odajima, Vol3.Midori Kawano

12 Oct 2010

Planted Revolution Vol.1 - 4

"The duty of the arts is not to imitate nature, but to express it." These are the words of the great literary master Balzac. "Planted Revolution" is a new column in which we speak with artists who use flowers, trees, and other forms of plant life as motifs or materials about everything from their perspective on nature to how they make their art.
From Left Vol.1 Makoto Azuma, Vol.2 Takashi Kuribayashi, Vol3. Aiko Yamada, Vol4. Tetsuro Kano