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Seventy ‘Tana’ or ‘Tokowaki’ Variations, in Tetsuro Yoshida’s ‘The Japanese House’ (1935)

November 27, 2013 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

  Japanese architect Tetsuro Yoshida  (1894–1956) was a key figure of architectural interchange between East and West during the early 1930's. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Tagged With: Architecture, form of form, japanism

Drawing the Naked City: Shohei Manabe

November 11, 2013 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 5 Comments

What is striking in the precise drawings of the japanese comic artist Manabe Shohei is their ability to immediately express the feeling of a street or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: Architecture, comics, illustrations, japanism, street

Images of a Changing World: Settai Komura (1887–1940)

December 10, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli 4 Comments

Settai Komura (1887–1940) was a refined yet prolific Shin Hanga artist. As a kabuki stage set designer, he produced around 200 works. He also was an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Architecture, Art, illustrations, japanism, psychogeographies, world weird web

Tsunehisa Kimura’s Digital Apocalypse

November 20, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

Tsunehisa Kimura (1928-2008) was a Japanese artist, specialized in photomontage. His works usually depict scenes of surreal destruction, caused by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Architecture, Art, illustrations, japanism, satire, Technology, urban chronicles, virtual chronicles, visions, world weird web

Expo 1970 Osaka: the inaugural ceremony

April 3, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

This is a half an hour video of the inaugural ceremony of the most important Expo in the XXth Century. Via: machizukuri.tumblr.com … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Technology Tagged With: Architecture, japanism, past futures, Technology

Kazutaka Miyatake’s Space Ships

July 16, 2011 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Kazutaka Miyatake is an anime designer known for the mechanical design of the Macross TV and Space Battleship … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Technology Tagged With: Architecture, electronic arts, illustrations, industrial design, japanism, past futures, Technology, visions

From AE 2010: Braun Tube Jazz Band

September 9, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Or: Nam June Paik meets Pan Sonic. One of the most amazing performance we attented during the festival was this piece by Japanese artist / composer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Sounds, Technology Tagged With: Art, japanism, past futures, Sounds, Technology, visions, world weird web

Back from Ars Electronica / Linz: “It’s too late to be a pessimist” *

September 7, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli 3 Comments

We are back from Linz and so, so impressed. Despite still being overwhelmed by ideas, imagination and people from this edition of the world's most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media, Technology Tagged With: Architecture, Art, electronic arts, japanism, past futures, Sounds, Technology, virtual chronicles, visions, world weird web

Obrist interviews Maeda

July 11, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

On Klat > interviews. More on John Maeda. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media, Technology Tagged With: Art, illustrations, information graphics, japanism, Technology, visions, world weird web

Melting bananas

July 7, 2010 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Not everybody knows that our beloved Melt Banana (the one band you would play at your party when you want people to leave) sports an eclectic range of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Sounds Tagged With: Art, japanism, Sounds, visions

Kids ♥ SANAA

July 5, 2010 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

After the parkour on BIG's mountain dwelling in Copenaghen, and the trial on Snøhetta’s Opera House in Oslo, here you can find another “extreme” sport … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Tagged With: Architecture, japanism, land art, visions

Koki Tanaka: works of a contemporary Japan artist

November 15, 2009 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

  Koki Tanaka youtube channel Koki Tanaka website … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Art, japanism, world weird web

Motoi Yamamoto

September 13, 2009 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Motoi Yamamoto works with salt.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Art, japanism

We ♥ Katamari (and We ♥ Tunng)

May 17, 2009 by Fosco Lucarelli 4 Comments

"Katamari Damacy is the title of an extremely strange, quirky game made exclusively for the PlayStation 2. The game begins with the King of The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media Tagged With: animations, Art, japanism, world weird itself, world weird web

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