Louis Vuitton Tokyo: High-end homelessness?
Too drunk to even reach the toilet
So near and yet so desperately far.
Where’s Wally? In Shibuya with Astro Boy of course
Small Tokyo bar, big friendly smile
This fella’s bar might well be small, with an open window having to double as a service hatch of sorts for the few seats outside. But, what clearly isn’t lacking in size is his big, welcoming smile.
Not to mention his equally large, and similarly smile-inducing, drinks.
Unique Japanese office space after artists take over
Japanese offices generally aren’t the most inspiring of places, with conservatism and practicality the overriding themes. Work is what’s to be done there, so that’s their sole, and thus soulless, role. No startup-like table tennis tables or soft seating — just desks, chairs and drab surroundings.
However, when such spaces are emptied due to a building’s planned demolition, and a bunch of young artists are let loose inside, things can be really quite different.
So much so in fact that it’s almost impossible to imagine the more than likely banal, day-to-day drudgery that once went on there.
Instead there is now brightness.
Colour.
Imagination.
Plus a real feeling of space.
And perhaps more than anything, a genuine sense of escape.
