In its efforts to foster talent among young artists from Japan and abroad, Tokyo Wonder Site has held street painting sessions and Hip Hop projects, treating graffiti and club events as familiar and important parts of our culture. For this exhibition, together with Agnès B, TWS Shibuya is exhibiting a set of collaborative works made by two internationally active artists, Shephard Fairey aka Obey Giant and WK Interact.

With both of these artists coming from a background of making works filled with visuals that transcend the already visually saturated, sign-filled urban environments they both come from, the works on show in this exhibition have been made to the theme of “propaganda”.”

So states Tokyo Art Beat on the Obey Giant vs WK Interact “East/West Propaganda Project”

We’re big fans of the Obey Giant “global” brand and other similar Banksy like outdoor graphics.

In Tokyo check out the show on some of the most successful propaganda/ guerrilla grafitti campaigns in history @

Venue: Tokyo Wonder Site, Shibuya

Schedule: From 2007-03-23 To 2007-04-22

Address: 1-19-8 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0041

Phone: 03-3463-0603

A student interested in advertising contacted us and asked:

“Dear Aap!? How do you guys come up with all your crazy ideas? - Seriously where did you come up with the idea to put advertising on handrails? And more importantly how do you get the permission to do them? “

Our response? - Just one word - Coffee.

Drink enough of the canned Japanese variety and you too will be thinking up random and fun exciting thoughts.

To find the perfect blend to your need - we recommend the wonderfully delightful Canned Coffee blog - a review site of sorts covering the world of canned (Japanese)? coffee.

Go drink and be productive.

As for getting permission to do some of the things we do - we attribute it to persistence - as our friends at Nike would say - “Just Do IT!”

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Forget advertising wrapped buses and the American pimped out ride! Today we’re introducing you to “Decotora” or “ã??ã?³ã??ã?©” - the fun and wacky line of Japanese pimped out of buses and trucks. From estranged Godzillaesque monsters to stylish low riding styles with Samuri themes - from Kansai to Hokkaido - count yourself lucky to see one of the pimped out rides in Japan!

From Wikipedia we learn:

” (ã??ã?³ã??ã?©, dekotora^?), an abbreviation for “Decoration Truck”, is a loudly decorated truck found often in Japan. Dekotora commonly have neon or ultraviolet lights, extravagant paints, and shiny stainless or golden exterior parts. These decorations can be found on both the cab and the trailer, and not only on the exterior but also in the interior. Dekotora may be created by workers out of their work trucks for fun, or they may be designed by hobbyists for special events. They are sometimes also referred to as Art Trucks (ã?¢ã?¼ã??ã??ã?©ã??ã?¯), Ä?totorakku)^?).”

Suggested Links for the Ultimate Ride!

• “Decotora” - Gallery (English)
• “Decotora” Photo Gallery (Japanese _ Massive and worth Visiting for Video Gamesque sound)
• Cult Playstation 2 Video Game - “Decotora Geijustu Den” - Where you can virtually first drive and pimp out your Decotora ride
• Mini Decotora’s for your desk - Buy yourself a mini Decotora Vehicle
• ç??ã?»ç??èµ°ã??ã?³ã??ã?©ä¼?説 ã?ªã?ªã?¸ã??ã?«ã?µã?¦ã?³ã??ã??ã?©ã??ã?¯ - or the essential soundtrack to your “Decotora” Lifestyle!
• ã?¿ã?³ã??ã?? - (Tampopo) - While Goro’s truck is hardly decked out in the Decotora style - we recommend you watch this beautiful and fun “Noodle Western!”

Now what does Aap!Global have to do this ?- well we just wanted to share some of our unusual sources of inspiration! While we haven’t yet pimped out of our delivery truck - we’re pimping out escalators, tunnels and more! What are you pimping out?