21_21 Design Sight on iPhone

The 21_21 Design Sight museum — part of the Tokyo Midtown complex in Roppongi — has just released a new free iPhone app.

The World According to Paramodel

Artist unit Paramodel — aka Yusuke Nakano and Yasuhiko Hayashi — has a new show at the Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya entitled “The World According to Paramodel.”

Spectrum by Tokujin Yoshioka

Can’t catch Tokujin Yoshioka’s installation at the Museum Beyond Museum in Seoul? Relief comes in the form of this video.

SNOW Magazine Cafe Flyer

And here’s a look at the flyer that was produced for the upcoming SNOW Magazine Cafe.

SNOW Magazine Cafe Poster

We’re very happy to reveal the official poster for the upcoming SNOW Magazine Cafe, a month-long celebration of art, design, and culture magazines from around the world, happening at Cafe Pause in Tokyo during the month of August.

AZITO

Online gallery of
Japanese Contemporary Art
www.azito-art.com

AST Art News Round-up

Here’s another round-up of Japan art news courtesy of Art Space Tokyo, this time covering the month of June.

ABUKU

The “Nike78” exhibition will be part of the London Design Festival 2010, and brings together 78 pairs of “remixed” Nike sneakers.

International Triennale of Kogei Exhibition Design by Nendo

Nendo produced the design for the first International Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa exhibition space.

Design to Change the World

A new exhibition at Tokyo Midtown’s Design Hub and Axis Gallery in Roppongi called “Design to Change the World” covers design concepts that seek to offer solutions to third world problems.

Gelmatica in Pictures

To commemorate the upcoming second edition of the Gelmatica electronic music festival (May 15), an exhibition of photos from last year’s edition is being held at Combine in Daikanyama.

My Famicase Exhibition 2010

All of the contributions to this year’s “My Famicase Exhibition” have now been posted online.