japanese
Music

japanese punk band chai are redefining kawaii
The Tokyo band have grown tired of seeing beauty defined as 'long legs and big eyes.'
Nick Fulton
9.7.18
Culture

things you learn about grief watching studio ghibli's 'my neighbour totoro'
30 years after its release, we look back on Hayao Miyazaki’s gentle giant masterpiece and ask what it can teach us about our childhoods, mortality and the power of imagination.
Douglas Greenwood
4.24.18
Culture

“I will take off my clothes, including my small thing” – takashi murakami on whether he’d ever pose nude for art
As his work goes on display as part of a group show at Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, we ask sometime Kanye-collaborator Takashi Murakami about art, Virgil and how to get paint stains off the carpet.
Matthew Whitehouse
4.11.18
Music

mr price: music to... cruise with tom cruise
One half of the pair behind the Bristol and London based parties Studio 89 steps into the mix for i-D.
i-D Staff
2.10.16
Fashion

tokyo now: kavka shishido
Tokyo is a hyper modern metropolis, swarming with dark lolitas, punk Harajuku girls and heaps of emerging creative talent. As part of our Tokyo takeover, we profile four of the hottest it-girls on the block.
Felicity Kinsella
1.22.14