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Go get your 3,000,000 Yen!
Uniqlo's annual t-shirt design competition "UT Grand
Prix" will be launched on August 15. The deadline is
September 20. As usual, the grand prize winner will
receive a 3 million yen award and also, you might
have a chance to meet Sato Kashiwa, Tadao Ando or
Yayoi Kusama as the judges if you win! Don't miss
this chance this year!
ut.uniqlo.com/utgps
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Scribbled Tiger
A new design from Onitsuka Tiger for the fall/winter collection is announced. Tiger has done a "rakugaki" treat-
ment to a selection of their classic footwear. Rakugaki is a Japanese term which roughly translates to "scribble"
or "doodle" and that's exactly this selection looks like. The Mexico ‘66 and the Samatore features high quality
leather uppers with a graph paper like print.
Also, take a look on their website. You can design and make your own custom origami tiger. Onitsuka has
collaborated with the most famous paper artist Shin Tanaka to create a unique origami design.
www.onitsukatiger.co.uk
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MUJI @ NY
Japanese top brand of life style retailer, Mujirushi
Ryōhin, as known as MUJI, is about to open up its
first and second stores in New York. The first one will
be in New York Times Building at 8th Ave between
40th and 41st streets. It will be its flagship store
with a 5,000 square foot space. The other one will
be at Broadway, between Grand and Howard. While
Uniqlo is also setting up its flagship in NY, it will be
interesting to see how these "Fuji apples" melt into
the Big Apple!
www.muji.com
Designers Circle
From A to B, from B to C;
it is the world of designers;
it’s designers’ circle.
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BrenB
issue 06
BrenB is our guest this month! Besides his funky style
of illustrators and comics, we found out he is also
a humorous man, good cooker, and Want to know
more? Let's welcome BrenB from Ireland!
www.brenb.net
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Hi Bren! Please introduce yourself!
BRENB was born in 1974 at a house called "Mum &
Dad's" in Dublin, Ireland. As a boy he watched too
much TV. But, as a girl he did write little plays which
to be fair to him was pretty creative. Then again he
did act out these plays by himself in the nearby park.
Which at the very least has probably led to him to
talking about himself in the third person.
He continues to work in solitude as an illustrator and
cartoonist.
I am very enjoyed your funky style illustration with
hand written typography. Is your style inspired or
influenced by anyone, anything?
Glad you enjoyed them. Yeah I love hand-drawn type.
As a cartoonist I’ve always been fascinated by the
combination of words and pictures. Artists like Dave
McKean, Henry Darger & Basquiat are never far from
my mind. I’m a huge fan of Nate Williams as well. I
like making it look like the computer never came near
it even though it always does.
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Are you one of the founders of Illustrators Guild of
Ireland (IGI)? Tell us a little bit about IGI.
No, I’m not one of the founders although I am a
director at the moment. It’s a small voluntary organi-
sation that started out to promote Illustration in Ire-
land. At present we have 50 full time members, run
exhibitions, small book projects and host artists talks.
What is the most interesting project you've done?
Being involved in the recent VADER PROJECT was
such a thrill. 25 European artists were asked to cus-
tomize a replica Darth Vader helmet that would then
be exhibited in London at the 30th anniversary STAR
WARS exhibiton. Ummm, I recently completed a large
scale series of illustrations to accompany Ireland’s
entry for the Venice Biennale for Architecture. Doing
the cover for the birthday issue of CANDY magazine
was pretty sweet too but Vader rocks!
Where do you live? Any suggested place in the city
if we are visiting?
I live in the center of Dublin. I’d recommend a visit to
the Chester Beatty Library, amazing collection of rare
books and a really nice cafe for lunch, my treat!
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Do you cook? What is your comfort food?
Yes I love to cook. My house is full of cookery books.
If I’m feeling like a treat I’ll cook my sweet chilli
peppers stuffed with mushrooms and sausage meat.
I’m getting hungry now…
What do you do in your leisure time?
Well when I’m not working, which is all the time, I’m
a bit of a movie buff. I used to watch 4-5 movies
every day now I’m lucky if it’s 4 a week. I watch a lot
of football on TV, I like to shower, laughing is good,
read magazines, drinking alcohol, started going to
the gym a lot recently probably because of the
previous replies.
Could you choose one interesting object from your
everyday life and tell us why you like it?
I’m afraid it’s going to have to be my IPOD. I find it
hard to sleep at night so I listen to podcasts on my
IPOD and eventually I get my 2 hours sleep. But we
also bought this crazy vegetable slicing machine
recently that is totally addictive. I’m spending a lot of
time using that.
What is your dream project?
I have a few I’d love to work on a book with Mark
Murphy Design. I’d love to do a line of Vinyl Toys. I’d
love illustrate a Harvey Pekar comic strip. I’d love to
be commissioned to do a New Yorker cover. I’d love
to be commissioned to do a series of book covers for
Penguin. But basically I’m happy working with clients
who are excited about their job and are enthusiastic
about the possibilities.
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Do you think if there is any unique design style in
Ireland?
I think Ireland has developed a very eclectic style.
It’s a European twist on America with a big shake of
the UK. Up until recently we have been a poor country
that exported it’s talent, now we are rich (kinda) so
everyone is staying and we are much richer design
wise because of it.
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What kind of music do you like?
Any favorite band?
I like good music, almost exclusively, although my
girlfriend would probably disagree with that. Favorites
at the moment include Anthony & The Johnsons,
Bettye Lavette, Bonde De Role, CSS, Battles, Hot
Chip, Interpol, Modest Mouse, Postal Service, THE
KNIFE, etc etc
If you have 1 month vacation, where are you going
to spend?
Well I’ve just come back from a month In New York,
so if I couldn’t go back there it would have to be
Florence, Italy.

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