"QUOTATION "Worldwide creative journal introduces the forefront of creative activities from around the world - Internet and computer technology changed our "creative and design" environment widely. It allows everyone to "create and design" easily, and changed the values in people's mind at the same time. The "creative and design" conscious deeply get into people's lifestyles, not only designers and creators but also consumers and recipients. Now people have strong avidity for more fun, comfortable, and beautiful "creative and design". It beyond national boundaries, surpass borderline of genres, and become essential for present generation. This magazine introduces delights of creations, precious feeling of "creative and design" and the fascinations by voices in interviews and columns.
The latest issue No.12
SPECIAL TOPIC Creatives in London
SPECIAL INTERVIEW
- Paula Gerbase（1205 : Fashion Designer）
- Stefan Siegel（NOT JUST A LABEL : Creative Director）
- Kate Cox（Photographer）
- Conor Donlon（DONLON BOOKS : Owner）
- Andrew Ibi（THE CONVENIENCE STORE : Shopkeeper）
- Ben Benoliel（Photographer）
- Mind Design（Design Studio）
- OK-RM（Design Studio）
- Hato Press（Studio）
LONDON REPORT
- London College of Fashion ［Professor Frances Corner］
- Frieze Art Fair 2011
JAPANESE CREATORS WHO ARE INFLUENCED BY LONDON
- Hasui Motohiko（Photographer）
- Bob Foundation（Creative Design Group）
- Kohzaki Kunio（Head Stylist）
- Keisuke Nakamura（Interior Designer/ Carpenter）
- Akane Utsunomiya（Akane Hasui：Fashion Designer）
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No.11
SPECIAL INTERVIEWS:
- The head editor of Carson, a new magazine art directed by David Carson.
- Alex Prager, an American fashion photographer.
- Partizan, the world famous production company
- The head editor of Carson, a new magazine art directed by David Carson.
- Alex Prager, an American fashion photographer.
- Partizan, the world famous production company
ARTICLE: Design History vol.1 -90's London Graphic Design
EVENT REPORT: Question A, the talk event produced by "QUOTATION"
- vol.1 "Studying Fashion Abroad"
YOSHIKAZU YAMAGATA(writtenafterwards) x YUIMA NAKAZATO(YUIMA NAKAZATO)
- vol.2 "How a magazine SPECTATOR is made and what their ideal media is"
TOSHIMITSU AONO ( the head editor of SPECTATOR) x NORITERU MINEZAKI ( Art Director of SPECTATOR )
COLUMNS: Creative information from cities in the world.
Satellite Voices / Allan Delorme / OLIVE / YASUHIKO ITO / SOJIRO KAMATANI / keisuke kanda / SHOGO KAWATA/ Qosmo / tackom / Coci la elle / Chika Higashi / Unusual Poster Series
Produced by Gradation BluePrice: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-787-3) / Format: 185 x 265 mm, 80 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese ( partly English ) / Release date: 24th June 2011EVENT REPORT: Question A, the talk event produced by "QUOTATION"
- vol.1 "Studying Fashion Abroad"
YOSHIKAZU YAMAGATA(writtenafterwards) x YUIMA NAKAZATO(YUIMA NAKAZATO)
- vol.2 "How a magazine SPECTATOR is made and what their ideal media is"
TOSHIMITSU AONO ( the head editor of SPECTATOR) x NORITERU MINEZAKI ( Art Director of SPECTATOR )
COLUMNS: Creative information from cities in the world.
Satellite Voices / Allan Delorme / OLIVE / YASUHIKO ITO / SOJIRO KAMATANI / keisuke kanda / SHOGO KAWATA/ Qosmo / tackom / Coci la elle / Chika Higashi / Unusual Poster Series
No.10
"This 10th volume presents; the special interviews of remarkable creative agencies & fashion designers, the latest information on creative spots in London, the history of the famous art school "Central Saint Martins", columns around the world."CONTENTS:
- London's latest creative spots, from Eastend to Southeast, pick up new galleries and collectives!
- Focus on the remarkable creative agency "Bianca Redgrave & Co.", very active in a wide range of creative fields such as illustration, photography, art direction.
- What 'creative' means to the energetic designer J.W.Anderson?
REPORT: Memory of Art school: The history of "Central Saint Martins", where many famous designers are born.
COLUMNS: Creative information from cities in the world.
Estonian "HandMadeFont" / Belgian artist "Lawrence Malstaf" keeps beauty of a body / The exciting bookstore "OHWOW Store" / A competition of web fonts "Web Font Awards" is taking place / "So Hashizume" cross-boundary design / " Techno-Shugei Club" technology + shugei (craft)!? A new style of making…and more !
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COLUMNS: Creative information from cities in the world.
Estonian "HandMadeFont" / Belgian artist "Lawrence Malstaf" keeps beauty of a body / The exciting bookstore "OHWOW Store" / A competition of web fonts "Web Font Awards" is taking place / "So Hashizume" cross-boundary design / " Techno-Shugei Club" technology + shugei (craft)!? A new style of making…and more !
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No.9
SPECIAL INTERVIEWS: The Inoue Brothers (Fashion Designer) / TOMOYUKI YONEZU (Graphic Designer)
SPECIAL FEATURES: The new and hot creative shop in London "In-cc"
DIALOGUE:BLINK of Imagination, Blink of Curiosity (KOUKI TANGE x YASUHIRO SUZUKi ) COLUMNS: Pick up : Creative information around the world / "Carsten Seiffarth" a curator who changed a big flush tank of Berlin to a gallery / "Oscar&Ewan" a new design from London / "Cafe Royal Books" Zine from London / The 20th anniversary of german font brand "FontShop(FontFont)" / "Library Man", high quality photography book from Stockholm…and more !
No.8
"The cutting edge artists from London and Antwerp", "The significant changes in creative fields"
No.7
"Gifted Creatives in the Fashion Industry"
SPECIAL INTERVIEWS: "The cutting edge artists from London and Antwerp"
Wendy Bevan (Photographer) / Shelley Durkan (Casting Director team) / Christopher Shannon (Fashion designer) / TOM TOSSEYN (Graphic designer or Typography involved)
LONG INTERVIEWS: "The significant changes in creative fields -Young artists start for the future"
WOW ( Visual design studio ) / Tavito Nanao (Singer-Songwriter) / AR 3 Bros ( Creative unit ) / Yoshikazu Yamagata - writtenafterwards ( Fashion designer )
COLUMNS: "Creative scoop from cities in the world -London, Berlin, Tokyo, New York...etc"...and more
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Wendy Bevan (Photographer) / Shelley Durkan (Casting Director team) / Christopher Shannon (Fashion designer) / TOM TOSSEYN (Graphic designer or Typography involved)
LONG INTERVIEWS: "The significant changes in creative fields -Young artists start for the future"
WOW ( Visual design studio ) / Tavito Nanao (Singer-Songwriter) / AR 3 Bros ( Creative unit ) / Yoshikazu Yamagata - writtenafterwards ( Fashion designer )
COLUMNS: "Creative scoop from cities in the world -London, Berlin, Tokyo, New York...etc"...and more
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No.7
"Gifted Creatives in the Fashion Industry"
INTERVIEWS:Daniel Riera / Gary Card / Laura Rule / Martine Sitbon / Jerome Rigaud
COLUMNS: "Adam de Cruz"The most attention Make Up Artist in London / Unique and original project by "BOW" / "Undergrowth" playful mind brings forth sexy magic / "POTTO" reativeness from everyday life / NPO "SOTA" Fonts will save the world ? / Director "Chris Cairns" holographic performance from UK ...and more
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No.6
INTERVIEWS:AI WEI WEI / Damir Doma / Designers Against AIDS
THE LATEST CREATIVE NEWS:"galaxxxy" take the present into making of clothes / Graphic Novel rose up from the comedic daily living in Netherlands / Wallpaper’s first store in Milan / “mash up” from the AR3 Brothers / Typekit revolutionize typography on web design...and more.
INFOMATION&NEWS: Takeshi Nakamura (CAVIA) "Creative circumstance in motion graphics" / The chief editor of Hint Magazine / LeeCarter …and more
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THE LATEST CREATIVE NEWS:"galaxxxy" take the present into making of clothes / Graphic Novel rose up from the comedic daily living in Netherlands / Wallpaper’s first store in Milan / “mash up” from the AR3 Brothers / Typekit revolutionize typography on web design...and more.
INFOMATION&NEWS: Takeshi Nakamura (CAVIA) "Creative circumstance in motion graphics" / The chief editor of Hint Magazine / LeeCarter …and more
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No.5
"Creative scenes in Asian cities", "Products by designer and artists"
INTERVIEWS: Jarno Kettunen / Julia Muggenburg of Belmacz
COLUMNS: Mysterious and tricky hair making by "Mika+CHISHIN" / The fantastic world "Helen Musselwhite" / The apartment hotel in Berlin "St.Oberholz Gasthof"...and more
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COLUMNS: Mysterious and tricky hair making by "Mika+CHISHIN" / The fantastic world "Helen Musselwhite" / The apartment hotel in Berlin "St.Oberholz Gasthof"...and more
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No.4
"10 internationally-active artists in Japan"
"The front-line of creative activities, the hot artists and places in Berlin"
"The front-line of creative activities, the hot artists and places in Berlin"
INTERVIEWS: Dylan Fracareta (PIN-UP/Art Director) / Dan Szor (SUPERSUPER/Art Director) / Martin Creed (Artist)
COLUMNS: "GIFTED"charity Art Auction (London) / "Thomas Voorn"Graffiti clothe?! (Rotterdam) / "DOSSIER" visual journal magazine from N.Y.,...and more
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Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-680-7 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 96 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese / Release date: 23th Jul 2009
No.3
"The latest scene on Design and Art Agencies", "The world's art directors active in fashion scenes"INTERVIEWS: PATRICK LI from LI,INC.(N.Y.) / Homework (Copenhagen) / GERARD SAINT from BIG ACTIVE (London) / MAGICAL, ARTROOM.(Tokyo)
COLUMNS: "Airside" Eco-activity by a design company / "Colophon2009" International Magazine Symposium (Luxembourg) / "Woods & Woods" (Singapore) ...and more
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No.2
"The latest news of creative movements in London" - graphics, fashion, art, gallery, media and more -
INTERVIEWS: SHOWstudio "The creations by Peter De Potter"
COLUMNS: "Hot topics from Tokyo, Paris, Amsterdam, N.Y. and Berlin. "The great selections from world's hot shops, and The bestsellers from world's bookstores ...and more
Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-630-2 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 88 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese / Release date: 24th Jan 2009
Produced by Gradation Blue - Price: 580 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-630-2 ) Format: 185 x 265 mm, 88 pages ( Full color ) Paperback / Language: Japanese / Release date: 24th Jan 2009
No.1
"100 keywords of the forefront of creative activities of the world"INTERVIEWS: TOMATO "Differences of Design between Tokyo & London"
COLUMNS: The front-line of creative movement from Tokyo, Paris, London, N.Y., Amsterdam, and Wien, etc.
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