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D&L gallery is a platform that Design&Life provides

for artists or designers who would love to show

their works to people from more than 50 countries

around the world! Besides free of charge, we will

also interview the artists on our issues and introduce

them & their wonderful pieces to our readers. There

will be a link to their websites after the online show

so people will find them easily afterwards. We might

not have the most fancy website, but we believe

D&L gallery is the most efficient choice to show your

works! Take the chance & show off now!

Please contact us for more detail :

[email protected]

Please also visit our BLOG for more interesting news

! (English / Chinese)

* Because the platform is free of charge, please

understand that all applications must go through the

selection of Design & Life .

We will contact you once yours is chosen. Each

exhibition period will be 1 month.

www.designandlife.com

www.phtaipei.com/blog
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Jil Sander returns! After the partnership was

established months ago, we finally saw some of

the collection which is called "J+" published on a

Japanese magazine! Remained Jil Sander's style,

the design is clean, modern, and well-executed.

The main color is black which develops a very

neat style.

J+ identity is designed by Mr. Kashiwa Sato. (D&L issue 15 feature.)

UNIQLOJil Sander

During the economic crises, UNIQLO is one of

the few succeeding companies in Japan. They

have collaborated with a lot of designers such as

Phillip Lim, Alexander Wang and Alice Roi through

its Designers Invitation Project, but this is the first

time they developed a long relationship with the

design master. UNIQLO is going to open up their

first flagship in Paris this fall along with the official

launch of "J+", we are looking forward to it.

www.uniqlo.com

www.kashiwasato.com
http://kashiwasato.com/http://www.uniqlo.com/http://www.kashiwasato.com/http://www.kashiwasato.com/http://www.uniqlo.com/http://kashiwasato.com/


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Swatch Young Illustrators Award

The Swatch Young Illustrators Award exhibition showcases

the newest artist generation. The prize annually awards

extraordinary new talents, handpicked by an international

jury. It encourages and supports illustrators and graphic

designers in their personal work and offers them aninternational platform. Members of the jury include, among

others, Julius Wiedemann (Publisher Illustration Now),

Olaf Hajek (Illustrator), Jennifer Helfand (Design Observer)

and Keiichi Tanaami (Illustrator). The winners of the Young

Illustrators Award 2008 were illustrators Rebecca Manley

(GB), Miriam Frei from Switzerland, Christian Montenegro

(ARG) as well as Jenny Rope from Finland with her

animation work.

Background

ILLUSTRATIVE Berlin 2009 is a project of Illustrative e.V., a

non-profit organisation based in Berlin. The project is led by

Katja Kleiss und curated by Pascal Johanssen. Following

the success of the first exhibition, ILLUSTRATIVE 2007 was

held in Berlin and Paris. In 2008, the fourth Illustrative tookplace in Zurich.

For more information, please visit the website at

www.illustrative.de

IllustrativeBerlin 2009

Christian Montenegro / Pride

William Edmonds / The Team
http://www.illustrative.de/http://www.illustrative.de/


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Julien Vallee / Hyper Real


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Ville Savimaa / A1


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OFFSET 2009 is week long creative festival culminating

in a 3 day conference taking place in Dublins Liberty Hall

Theatre from Friday 6th-Sunday 8th November. Bringing

together the worlds leading creatives we are producing an

event that will both showcase the best work being done

today as well as engaging with the creative community at

large for a week of celebration, debate and inspiration.

Offset is held by The Small Print which is an independent

project with creativity at its core. It's run by Graphic

Designer Richard Seabrooke, illustrator BRENB and street

artist Asbestos. For more detail of OFFSET 2009, please

check on their website:

www.iloveoffset.com

OFFSET2009
http://www.iloveoffset.com/http://www.iloveoffset.com/


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C O P Y R I G H T 2 0 0 9 K E N J I A O K I

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Thank you for the interview.

Please introduce yourself to the readers.

I was born in Tokyo in 1968. I entered

Kuwasawa Design School where educational

policy is based on Bauhaus philosophy. Yet

my speciality at school was graphic design,

it was photography assignments that I was

particularly interested in. I studied photography

for art, photography for advertising and a

comprehensive art direction, from all angles.

And then, I was aspired to be a professional

advertising photographer so I started doing

shooting jobs professionally at the age of

22. For 5 years since then, I worked in such a

wide variety, mainly for coverage in overseas,portraits and still life. Then, I decided to shoot

still life as my speciality, got my own studio in

Tokyo, and had been doing product shootings

till now.

Recently I am also working positively on some

projects from NY.

When did you determine to choose

photography as your career and why?

As I also mentioned in my introduction, it

was when I was 18 years old. The history

of photography is not as long as the one of

painting, but because of that, I felt that the

photography carries more sense of future

potential in terms of the freedom of expression.

Your works are almost like paintings. How

did you develop your photography style?

I completely abandoned an idea of recon-structing three dimensional world in an image

but kept it 2 dimensional all the way through.

Objects in photos bring us back to the three

dimension in any time.

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Which project was the most impressive o

for you so far? Why?

A smoked food project for New York Time

Magazine. Their request was to create one

image that represented smoked food. I ha

never wished the miracle in shootings before

was one of those 350 shots I took, which

that "smoke" turned out to be the one that I

imagined in my head.

What is your recent project?

Shooting chairs of MAGIS, an Italian compan

Who or what brand would you love to

collaborate with?

Fabian Baron.

What is the most challenge object for yo

to shoot?

Air.

Which city is your favorite and why?

NY :

The c i ty has a l l thecreat i ve w isdoms and

they are compet ingeach other a t thevery h igh leve l .


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Who is your favorite designer?

How would you describe your style?

Do you like music? Which one is your favorite album or band?

Do you cook? What is your comfort food?

Anton ioC i t te r io

Photography isnot g raph ic .Nobody isper fec t .

"Kanpaku Sengen"(a song) by Masash i

Sada

I don ' t cook. Mycomfor t food is Sush


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We found that you always have a different

angle to present an object.

Where do you get your inspirations or

ideas? What inspires you the most?

Objects for shooting in general always have

hundreds of appealing elements.If we tried to show all the elements, we

would definitely fail to do so.

What I do is to focus on only one attractive

element. And my work is to elicit the one and

only element.

The process is more like to "search" than to be

inspired or to get ideas.

What color do you like the most?

Red.

What is the best moment of your life?

When I shot a very beautiful photograph.

And what is the worst moment?

When I failed to shoot a beautiful photograph.

What is the next step for you?

To get more works from/in overseas.

Could you choose one important object from your every day life and

tell us why you love/need it?

The most important thing for me is my mood. When my mood is not good, it surely gives the immense impact on my

shootings. To create a better image, the priority is to keep my mood the best shape.

So, my answer would be "everything" since my action to gain the mood in the best shape is based on everything in my life.

What does "Design" mean to you?

What does "Life" mean to you?

Apurpose.

To havecomein to thewor ld .


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PEACE2In the Wallpaper August issue, they introduced

the exclusive typeface for Wallpaper designed by

Neville Brody, the London-based, internationally

renowned designer and typographer. At the age

of 31, with the classic work for the Victoria and

Albert Museum, he already became one of the

most popular and reliable designers around the

world. He then established Research Studios in

1994, lecturing and contributing to a variety of

cultural and educational initiatives.

The font for Wallpaper magazine is called "Peace

2." According to Brody, it is started with his

project called Peace & Love back to 2003. He

made a stencil font called "Peace" for the Tate

+ Lyle logo and slightly transformed it when he

designed a Victoria and Albert Museum poster

before it became "Peace 2" for Wallpaper. "Peace

2 smoothes out the original's sharp edges and

adds a lower case version."The font is very

geometric & architectural, which Brody admits

himself, and it is designed not only on the pages

but also can be fused into architecture itself. / v

Wallpaper

www.wallpaper.com

www.researchstudios.com
http://www.wallpaper.com/http://www.researchstudios.com/http://www.researchstudios.com/http://www.wallpaper.com/


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Taiwantypographic crisis

Rixingis one of the rare typographic printing factories

in Taiwan, located at a small alley in taipei. Lots of old

chinese type letterpress were preserved here and all of

them are very precious and fragile now. Although the

typefaces are considered more elegant than computer

type, they are almost eliminated due to fast growing

printing technology.

Mr. Chang, The owner of "Rixing" has a decision. He

doesn't want to watch with folded arms and give up all

those decades of efforts. He decided to start a project to

save all those beautiful typefaces. He is going to buy a

CNC computer modeling cutting machine, copy all those

letterpress and send them to related organization to store

up. He asks for volunteers to participate this meaningful

project and help to accomplish the huge mission.

Nowadays, it is very hard to find stylish, refined

Chinese typeface for designers. Or we should say

the Chinese characters are too complicated and

difficult to develop and systemized. If the dream of Mr.

Chang comes true, not only he preserves the history

of Chinese printing but also provides some perfect

typefaces for the designers.

The project is still undergoing. If you are interested,

please contact them :

rixingtypography.blogspot.com

(in Chinese)
http://rixingtypography.blogspot.com/http://rixingtypography.blogspot.com/


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item 01.

T i l eStove

Royal Tichelaar Makkum, the Netherlands oldest company, takes its

long history serious without being smugged down by it.

Designe: Dick van Hoff

Manufacturers: Royal Tichelaar Makkum

www.vanhoffontwerpen.nl

www.tichelaar.nl

What we likeWe love good designed things,

things that are both practical &

beautiful. Things that enrich your

life & brighten every day.

Designer Dick van Hoff designed this

wood-burning stoves made of tiles for

Dutch ceramic manufacturers Royal

Tichelaar Makkum. In order to further

broaden the scope of ceramics, Dick van

Hoff had already been asked to ponder

a reshape of the traditional tile stove.As

a functional designer, Van Hoff was the

right man for the job: well known from

previous cooperation projects, he had

also proved to master the intricacies of

artistically and technically designing a

properly working wood burning stove.

/ via Dezeen
http://www.vanhoffontwerpen.nl/http://www.tichelaar.nl/http://www.tichelaar.nl/http://www.vanhoffontwerpen.nl/


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item 02.

BillboardBag Los Angles-based design studio

Artenica announces a new collection

born out of an exciting venture recycling

advertising billboards. The concept is

similar to FREITAG bags, but they design

a simpler bag. A single cut without

glue or a stitch, this bag lies flat and

weightless just like the recyclable plasticbag which is often used in convenient

stores such as 7-11 in Asia. The bag can

carry up to 33lbs. Advertising agency

TBWA is impressed by the idea and

requested Artecnica to recycle their large

format billboards exclusively. In the future

they intends on launching the second

phase of this venture which focus on

designs and systems for communities in

need.

Designe: Artenica Studio

Manufacturers: Artenica Studio

artecnicainc.com


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N i k aZupanc N ik a Z up a nc i s a communicat i ve

product designer with a special touch for

emotional extravagance. With her diverse

range of projects, she extends desires

into design through materials, qual ity

and conflict. In her works, Zupanc deals

with everyday subjects and themes that

practically iconically personify mediocrity,

boredom, and time constraints, and

themat ize the constructed ro le o f

women in modern society with clear and

intentional features.

Her work was described as everything

from punk elegance (El le USA) and

Techno chic (BUSINESSWEEK), tolarger than life (CLEAR MAGAZINE). In

2007, Urbis magazine selected her as

one 17 most perspective names in field

of art and design. In October 2008, Lolita

lamp was featured in the latest design

fal l 2008 NEW YORK TIMES STYLE

magazine as one of the hottest trends in

the story House of fun. / via Dezeen

Designe: Nika Zupanc

Manufacturers: ------

www.nikazupanc.com
http://www.nikazupanc.com/http://www.nikazupanc.com/


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TAPISSERIE AND PHONIQUE

SOFAS IN C MINOR (above and below)

Lolita Lamp

SCARLET

A SMART TABLE WITH A TWISTED NATURE


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M a r u ifurniture

T h e f a m o u s J a p a n e s e d e s i g n

Naoto Fukasawa has designed a new

collection of furniture for the company

Maruni collection. The design is part of

their HIROSHIMA col lection, and the

range includes a lounge chair, a side

table, and three variations of sofas.

Compared to the Traditional Series

that Naoto Fukasawa has designed for

Maruni, this series seem to be pithier and

modern while the HISTORY collection

me rg e s E u ro pe a n de c o ra t i v e ne ss

with the craftsmanship of Japanese

woodworkers.

Designe: Naoto Fukasawa

Manufacturers: Maruni

www.naotofukasawa.com

www.maruni.com

HIROSHIMA collectioin (this spread)
http://www.naotofukasawa.com/http://www.maruni.com/collection/en/http://www.maruni.com/collection/en/http://www.naotofukasawa.com/


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Traditional Series (this spread)


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Society6 is essential a platform for artists to showcase their work and for those who wish to

fund them to provide grants to fuel this artistic creativity. It does all of this with an interface that

is social by design. Grants are a central part to the Society6 platform and movement. Anyone

is welcome to offer a grant or apply for one via the website. Grant offerers can set the terms of

the offer as well as the reward. It has some similarities to online marketplaces, but is clearly not

about making money, but about sharing art.

The last important part of Society6 is studios, which is essentially an artists' presence on the

website. Users can create studios and bring in friends and team members. They can then use

their studio presence to promote work and offer grants. What makes Society6 most useful,

though, are the social aspects, specifically the ability to follow specific studios, to create profiles,

to add subscriptions, and to provide feedback and support via comments.

www.society6.com

Founders:

Locas Trirgall

Justin Cooper

Justin Wills
http://www.society6.com/http://www.society6.com/


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TOMATO &

EGG PASTAwith Paprika Chicken Winigs

1/2 recipe by Small

Less is More.

The best way to enjoy the food is to use as less seasonings as possible. I

have made kinds of tomato sauce for pasta, and I always been thinking

what ingredients can be omitted from my recipe. Too many different

tastes would reduce the fun enjoying the meal and would destroy the

wonderful taste of tomato. So it is very obvious that the most important

ingredients we need here are fresh tomatoes & basil.

This Tomato & Egg Pasta is based on my simplest tomato sauce andtwisting with soy sauce. Soy sauce? That's right! Believe it or not, soy

sauce is so perfect to tomato sauce that you cant even imagine Besides,

chive goes well with basil as well. If you are curious about the result of this

dish, its time for you to try. Bon appetite!

1 chive 7 chicken wings

Tomato & Egg Pasta Paprika chicken wings

3 tomatoes 1/2 pepper

2 eggs 1T salt

150g penne 1T paprika

1T soy sauce

Salt

Basil

Extra virgin olive oil


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1. Peel tomato, and cut them into chunk pieces.

2. Pan fried scrambled egg

3. Stir fried tomato and chive for 10 minutes

4. Put in soy sauce

5. Add scrambled egg and some pasta cooking water

to the pan cook for another 10 minutes

6. Mix up pasta and tomato and egg

Tomato & Egg Pasta

1. Season both sides of chicken wings with salt,

pepper, & paprika

2. roast in the oven at 180 degree for 25 minutes

Paprika chicken wings

How to Cook?


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