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URBAN RECHARGE IN THE HEART OF TOKYO

Designed by Keiji Ashizawa and Norm Architects

Meet Our Editor-in-Chief, Joanna Kawecki

Based in Tokyo for 13 Years, Driven By Authentic Storytelling in Design, Craftsmanship and Culture

Khao Yai Art Forest

In Thailand, An All-Encompassing Open-air Art Museum & Land Art Project

FOOD FOR EVERYONE

A Purpose-Driven Creative Studio Connecting Art & Food

A Quiet Concentration

Norm Architects Designs A Remote Atelier For 'The Right Conditions for Making'

STUDIO HJRK

We Speak With Designer Hye-Jin Ris Kim Leading Seoul's Most Exciting Design Studio

Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring

In China, Vector Architects Designs A Secluded Hot Spring Facility

DUDDELL’S

Interior Design Wunderkind Andre Fu Transforms Hong Kong's Iconic Dining Institution

A Living Museum, The Spirit of Mingei

Step Inside The Late Potter Kawai Kanjirō's House

The Complexity and Wonderment of Astrophotography

Photographer Rami Ammoun Captures The Vastness of the Night Sky Through An Unimaginably Intricate & Layered Process

Hospitality Embedded With Community

A Retreat in Yamanaka Onsen Crafted by Mokkei & Hanamurasaki

KIOI SEIDO

A 'Modern Pantheon' In The Heart of Tokyo

KOFFEE MAMEYA KAKERU

The Art of Coffee Meets The Craft of Cocktails In A Spectacular Interior

Pieces of Japan Store and Workshop

A Mecca for Japanese Craftsmanship, POJ Studio Unveil Their Flagship Store in Kyoto

OPENFIELD HOUSE BY KESHAW MCARTHUR

The New Zealand-based Architectural Duo Have Designed A Home In Deep Dialogue With Its Surrounding Landscape

HOUSE IN TSURUOKA

Nakayama Architects Design A Residence In Consideration of the Region’s Distinctive Sea Breezes

John Roebas

The Brooklyn-based Artist on His Experimental Works; Somewhere Between Painting, Photography and Sculpture.

Photography - Clement Pascal

July, 2017
John Roebas, New York (2015) Photo: Clement Pascal

“Accessibility and inspiration” is the best thing about living in New York, cites 31 year old artist John Roebas.

His process-intensive works not only explore the use of enamels and oils, but experimental dyeing and bleaching of the surface also, with each work developing their own identity and changing with the course of time. John explains his work as “somewhere between painting, photography and sculpture,” with this explanation describing his approach to his practice, maintaining no limits to his medium and exercising his freedom.

Artist John Roebas in his New York Studio (2015) Photo: Clement Pascal

What is the hardest thing about being an artist? 
Responsibility.

John Roebas in his New York Studio (2015) Photo: Clement Pascal

This feature was originally published in Ala Champ Issue 9.

July, 2017