Month: July 2012

“Ukiyo-e” Artwork Is a Window to Life in the Edo Period

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In line with the sophisticated outlook of people in the Edo period, ukiyo-e artists were more interested in vividly designed subjects rooted in daily life, than in accurately portraying the human figure or nature. As a result of that approach, the artists were able to convey to the world a Japanese worldview that differed from […]

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Interview with Oliver Reichenstein

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Arriving in Japan without any knowledge of the language, I lived in a world without words, where, almost like a baby, I had to learn everything from scratch. I think the experience of being illiterate and then slowly growing back into society has made me a better designer. When you can’t read or write and […]

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Sion Sono – Koi No Tsumi

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In this, Sono’s evocatively but misleadingly titled “Guilty of Romance” resembles Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut,” which also treated sexual desire as dark, mysterious and dangerous, in a setting placeless and timeless. The film begins, though, as a “Silence of the Lambs” take-off. Called from an assignation with her lover, Detective Yoshida (Miki Mizuno) investigates […]

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DESIGN GYMNASTICS @ Berlin 2012

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The 2nd edition of the summer design workshop “DESIGN GYMNASTICS@Berlin 2012” directed by Masayo Ave will take place in 16-20 July 2012 in Berlin. The 5 days concentrate workshop will be held in the institute’s new workshop atelier in the historical masterpiece architecture designed by Pier Vago, which is deeply hidden in Berlin Tiergarten – […]

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