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Category: Art

  • New TAB Tees

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    Tokyo Art Beat has just launched two fresh new tees for your buying pleasure — remember, all proceeds go to help support the site. On the left is “Modularly Yours” by Ian Lynam — which I promptly ordered — and on the right “White Discharge” by Teppei Kaneuji. It’s interesting to note that TAB is…

  • Little Pink

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    Starting tomorrow (April 21), Cafe Pause is hosting the “Little Pink” exhibition, a collaboration between Alexander Gelman and Shantell Martin. It’s a fun project: Shantell drew over — or as she would say, “bombed” — 100 flyers that were produced for Gelman’s “Little Black” installation at the Nanzuka Underground gallery back in 2007. Here’s a…

  • Louis Vuitton + Murakami QR Code

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    How’s this for a QR barcode! Produced by Tokyo-based creative agency SET, it was put together to promote the ongoing collaborations between LV and Takashi Murakami. I’m pretty sure it’s the first time I see a stylized code like this, and I’m quite surprised that it actually works.

  • Tape4fun

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    Before heading off to NYC, Shantell had another Tape4fun event this past Monday in Yoyogi park — see the Flickr photoset.

  • A.i.R. Project

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    The A.i.R. Project — it stands for “Art in the Room” — is a new device from Bandai that acts as a sort of high-tech sculpture, with a combination of lights and blown air creating a soothing yet dynamic effect. It was designed by artist Taro Suzuki, and you can see it in action in…

  • Chocolate Cake Blogs

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    Cape Town-based — but Japan loving — production company Chocolate Cake is now blogging. To find out more about the Japan connection, see this post from last year.

  • Suming Up Tokyo Art Week

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    Antonin (Digiki) — one of the founders of 101TOKYO — gives his take on the art week (101TOKYO, Art Fair Tokyo) that was.

  • Luis Mendo’s Tokyo Diary

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    Art director Luis Mendo decided to take a 3-month “inspirational retreat” in Tokyo, and he’s been keeping some brilliantly illustrated diaries of his everyday experiences — see the Flickr photoset of some of the pages. He’s also putting together a great web-based diary of his Tokyo adventures, featuring photos, videos, etc.