John Burnham Schwartz
In summer of 1987, I met a handsome Harvard student in Tokyo. He was staying in Japan during the summer break. I don’t remember why he wanted to visit Japan but clearly do re
Correction and Addition
I am probably was wrong about the news on Takasago yesterday. It might be It’s Firmenich. Many rumors are circulating in the secretive industry. It’s simply fun to spec
Damn, I Was Right!
Yo, Thierry! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!! Do you remember what I predicted 3 years ago? … man, you’re the best. A huge congratulations !!! Nobi (what a day…)
蔡國強 (Cai Guo-Qiang)
Cai Guo-Qiang has been known as 蔡國強 in Japan, and many (or most?) of us still pronounce his name ‘さい・こっきょう’, which sounds terribly different from
Takashi Murakami @ Brooklyn Museum
Following the show at MOCA, Takashi Murakami’s retrospective opened at Brooklyn Museum yesterday. The image below is from the opening gala on Thursday evening. While Kanye We
David Adjaye
It’s good to see a BROTHER in a world dominated by whites. Born in Tanzania, David Adjaye based in London is one of the most talked about young architects today. Museum of Co
Gwenael Nicolas’s Curiosity
Philippe Starck seems to have been consumed by his own profession, but designer Gwenael Nicolas may have found something almost spiritual in being a designer.
design is dead
I was a producer of materiality and I am ashamed of this fact. Everything I designed was unnecessary. I will definitely give up in two years’ time …design is a dreadful form of
Clayton James Cubitt a.k.a. Siege
Two decades ago, when I first saw several images taken by a then unknown artist David LaChapelle (he was more of an artist than a photographer), I felt like being hit on the head w
Julius Popp’s Bit.Fall
Just take a look at this. Here’s the artist. Related link: Design and the Elastic Mind
Two Dudes from Echo Park
These guys are awesome. This is Americans at their best. They are not trying to be sophisticated or stylish. Like Pollock, Serra and Gehry, they are cowboys with amazingly creative