2026-08

—Who decides the value of things? This year, 2026, I accompanied a vintage shop on two buying trips to Thailand. Thailand has a huge used clothing wholesale market, and warehouses and shops are piled high with clothing from all over the world. From among them, we look at each garment, estimate its age, and check the tags...

—Talking Heads, Rauschenberg, The link between film and music I finally read David Byrne's "The Function of Music," a book by Talking Heads that had been sitting on my bookshelf unread. I thought it would be a book about music production, but it was much more interesting than I expected. What's written...

I went to see NEIGHBORHOOD's "Incense Chamber" exhibition at Stand By in Omotesando. The brand's worldview was consistently well-defined. While using ceramics as a material, it wasn't just a simple craft; it retained the distinct cultural essence of NEIGHBORHOOD...