When Tokyo artist Ookuba went abroad and wanted to buy something typical foreign, she was deeply disappointed. “You’d like this bag in a different color?” the American shop assistant told her, “Sorry, there are none left, they’ve all been bought up by people from Tokyo.” Ookubo used this as inspiration for the t-shirt she designed for Tokyo Art Beat
All Bought Up by Tokyo
Japanese artist Ayako Ookubo uses manga, surreal characters and symbols in her creations. Recently Ookubo was interviewed by Tokyo Art Beat about the t-shirt she designed for the site.
About the AuthorInspired by the stunningly creative street fashion that exploded on the streets of Tokyo and Osaka in the late 1990’s, photo-journalist Kjeld Duits launched JAPANESE STREETS in 2002. This makes JS one of the first fashion blogs on the net, and the very first to cover Japanese street fashion.
Recent articles by Kjeld Duits:
DESIGN FESTA - Asia's Most Exciting Art Festival - PART 2 - The People
DESIGN FESTA - Asia's Most Exciting Art Festival - PART 1 - The Art
With Love from Japan — Truly Cute Embroidered Patches
rooms 32 - February 2016
DESIGN FESTA - Asia's Most Exciting Art Festival - PART 1 - The Art
With Love from Japan — Truly Cute Embroidered Patches
rooms 32 - February 2016
DESIGN FESTA - Asia's Most Exciting Art Festival - PART 2 - The People
The second part of this two part series focuses on the people at Design Festa 8 comments
DESIGN FESTA - Asia's Most Exciting Art Festival - PART 1 - The Art
The first part of this two part series focuses on the art at Design Festa 4 comments
With Love from Japan — Truly Cute Embroidered Patches
Dorothy Vacance—one of Tokyo’s hidden gems—is offering really cute embroidered patches featuring traditional images of Japan 0 comments
rooms 32 - February 2016
One of Tokyo’s most important fashion and design exhibitions, rooms, took place again this week. JAPANESE STREETS picked a few favorites 3 comments
A Look Back at Last Year's JAPANESE STREETS Photo Exhibition
Last year, Israel’s famous Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art exhibited over 100 of JAPANESE STREETS photographs 6 comments
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