MANGART (”Manga” + “Art”) BEAMS T

I went to the opening reception of “MANGART BEAMS T” brand in Daikanyama. “MANGART” means “Manga” + “Art”. This brand is selling mainly T-shirts printed with Manga.

Osamu Tezuka (as known “Astro Boy“, “Princess Knight“), Kazuo Umezu (as known “Orochi: Blood”, “The Drifting Classroom“) , Takehiko Inoue (as known “Slam Dunk“,) and so on., Many manga artists’ characters are on T-shirts.

New BEAMS Daikanyama store has three buildings of 2 floors. One of them is “MANGART BEAMS T”.

BEAMS TOPICS

Great Ukiyo-e in Harajuku!!

How do you imagine or know about Harajuku?
Yeah, it is very exciting young people’s fashion sacred place.

But this time I recommend you Ukiyo-e Ota memorial museum of art!
The museum is at the back of Laforet Harajuku.

You can see a lot of beautiful Ukiyo-e. just like into Japanese house,
you need to take off your shoes to enter the Museum. Unbelievably calm & serene place.

You can get some Ukiyo-e printed stationery at the reception.

Ukiyo-e Ota memorial museum of art

24 HOUR TELEVISION T-shirts by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami

24 HOUR TELEVISION is a once-in-a-year summer event in Japan. This is a TV program featuring a lot of artists, a lot of events, and the funds are all for charity and the disabled.

24 HOUR TELEVISION T-shirts are designed by different artists every year. T-shirts of 2008 are designed by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami who became well-known as the collaboration with Louis Vuitton and Kanye West.

24 HOUR TELEVISION T-shirts by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami

Skull lover 10 : Takashi Murakami

These are Black Dokuro Stuffed Dolls by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami.

You can get them from the Brookly Museum exhibitions.

Brooklyn Museum: © MURAKAMI
Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.

Chanel Omotesando

Now Chanel held the art event “Mobile art in Tokyo” at Yoyogi.
It is so popular, I can’t get the exhibition chicket!! :(

the Omotesando boutique windows became special. it looks like moving
to somewhere…

I always pass by the boutique to coming 8tote office. it makes me
little sad I can’t go the event.

CHANEL mobile art

Taro Okamoto Museum of Art

Taro Okamoto’s was born in Kawasaki 1911, so the museum is in that city park. His most famous work must be Tower of the Sun, made for Expo 70 in Osaka 1970.

Unique, cute, sometimes serious his arts in & around the museum! You can take a photo with board sets of Taro or Tower of the Sun ;)

Taro Okamoto Museum of Art
Taro Okamoto （Wikipedia）

Design Festa!

Design Festa is a big art event open to all artists.
It is one of the biggest art event in Asia.

You can enjoy every type of arts, live painting, many zakka, performance, SFX make-ups, or something we can’t say what it is ;)

I’d like to share you some kawaii at the festa! Enjoy~!

A to Z cup House (Yoshitomo Nara)

Sake cup for exhibition of Yoshitomo Nara ;)

the exhibition was held in Aomori 2006, however this kawaii sake cup is sooo popular still now.

I will reuse when the cup become empty… simply for cup? or bud vase? or jam bottle? what is the best way do you think? ;)

A to Z (Yoshitomo Nara exhibition )
about A to Z cup House; sake maker

Mika Ninagawa : sweet & lovely photographer

Mika Ninagawa is a photographer most popular among Japanese girls. The photographs which she takes seems to be the picture that a girl nurses delusions.

She took a fashion photo and CD jacket from 90’s. A lot of models and musicians, an actress respect her, and there are many fans of women from the teens to 30 generations.

I am excited to watch the pink, red and the blue light and shade in her photograph.

NINAGAWA MIKA OFFICIAL WEBSITE

ami-mation

What is “ami-mation” ?
It is an “Amigurumi” animation video created by illustrator Yosuke Kihara.
“Amigurumi” is a knitted stuffed doll ( knitted is “ami” in Japanese). Using wools in various colors, thickness, patterns or gages, he can create his original amigurumis. It is amazing that a pretty doll is produced with a single string of wool.

Moving and talking amigurumis - check his great “ami-mation” here.

ami-mation