Bartkira Animated Trailer / The Bartkira Project
In the days of old, deep in the dredges of the “Do the Bartman” VHS, there was a trailer. In partnership with Chicken Tonight, Butterfinger, and CC Lemon, the early 90s execs of Fox and Toho made an animated short. An attempt to appeal to American consumers without having to spend a lot of money. […]
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L$D(Official Music Video) / A$AP Rocky
A$AP Rocky has released the second video off his upcoming album At.Long.Last.ASAP. The video definitely takes a nod from Gasper Noe’s 2009 film, Enter The Void. The visuals take you on an acid trip through the Shibuya and Shinjuku districts of Tokyo. The video was directed by Dexter Navy and also features Korean designer and […]
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Ribbon Chapel / NAP Architects
Two Spirals Become One This wedding chapel stands in a garden of a resort hotel, “Bella Vista Sakaigahama,” in Onomichi, Hiroshima. The site is midway on a hill enjoying a panoramic view of the Inland Sea of Japan. By entwining two spiral stairways, we realized a free-standing building of unprecedented composition and architecturally embodied the […]
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Soundsystem: Status EP / Watapachi
Tokyo based DJ’s, Watapachi just dropped their new EP, Status. The EP is solid. Status offers the perfect balance of electronic music infused with hip hop/trap melodies. Be sure to check out previous releases and mixes by Watapchi Here. The Status EP is available as a digital download on Bandcamp.
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Cake or Death / Guillaume Ospital
Ospital’s style and technique harken back to that time, with a distinctly late-1980s, early-1990s look. The colors are bright, the characters long and exaggerated. Ospital’s world is full of adventure and life, and while much of his work is done for clients, he also takes on plenty of personal projects that give him the freedom […]
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You’re Dead!(Visual Teaser) / Flying Lotus
You’re Dead!’ is a shamanic pilgrimage into the psychedelic unknown of the infinite afterlife. A sonic, visual and metaphysical fusion of technological innovation and technical virtuosity that amounts to a transcendent, mind-expanding plasm that could only exist between our world and another. –Flying Lotus Superslice favorite, Flying Lotus released a sensational visual teaser to promote...
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Orange Office Building in Ibaraki / Taku Sakaushi
Japanese architect Taku Sakaushi of O.F.D.A. associates (Office for Diverse Architects) has designed a vibrant and inviting office building that serves as a meeting point for the region’s local business community. the scheme, which is located in the country’s Ibaraki prefecture, is readily identified through its distinctive orange cladding, which allows the structure to stand […]
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Soundsystem:Enter-Infinity-vol-003 / Properpedigree + Watapachi
Here is the third installment of the Enter-Infinity mix series presented by Tokyo based clothing line, Properpedigree. Enter-Infinity-vol-003 serves that perfect combination of Trap, Cloud Rap and electronic music that we cannot get enough of. Enter-Infinity-vol-003 features track selection from Watapachi’s Nixon and mixed by Marzy. –@ybaynes Track Selection: NOXIN Tracks Mixed By: MARZY...
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SunnyHills Japan / Kengo Kuma and Associates
This shop, specialized in selling pineapple cake (popular sweet in Taiwan), is in the shape of a bamboo basket. It is built on a joint system called “Jiigoku-Gumi,” traditional method used in Japanese wooden architecture (often observed in Shoji: vertical and cross pieces in the same width are entwined in each other to form a […]
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Soundsystem:Enter Infinity v-001 / Properpedigree + Watapachi
The good folks over at Properpedigree in Tokyo just released this fierce mixtape. The vibe is about 10 years in the future but touches on contemporary sounds of the ever expanding trap genre. Infinity v-001 was arranged by Noxon and mixed by Ishikawa of Watapachi. –@ybyanes Track List: 01. Cosmetic Surgery – GLASS TEETH 02. FDB (Chopped & Screwed) […]
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Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop / Keiichi Matsuda
The latter half of the 20th century saw the built environment merged with media space, and architecture taking on new roles related to branding, image and consumerism. Augmented reality may recontextualise the functions of consumerism and architecture, and change in the way in which we operate within it. A film produced for my final year […]
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Fairies Forest / Yume Cyan
For the last month or so photographer Yume Cyan has been shooting some magical long exposure photographs of fireflies in a forested area around Nagoya City, Japan. By keeping the camera’s shutter open at a low aperture Cyan captures every bioluminescent flash of each insect resulting in dotted light trails that criss-cross the frame. Via: […]
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