Photography has become so accessible in the past 20 years that anyone can pick up a digital camera, master Photoshop and declare themselves a professional photographer–in the loosest sense of the word. Although that means that during the past 6 years we’ve seen a diversity of camera enthusiasts popping up by the truckload, underneath all that “rubble” are diamonds in the rough just waiting to be discovered. One such remarkable talent is Rafil Thazali. Armed with a Canon 7D and a kit lens, he has proven that it isn’t always about the equipment you own but the talent and passion you possess [more »]

Put one of the most iconic watch brand, G-Shock with one of Malaysia’s leading masters of art and design and you get a piece of mind on your wrist. How many of you can say you created a G-Shock watch? Well, now Stephen Lau can.

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29-year-old Jakarta-based designer, graphic artist and graff writer Darbotz is a monster in disguise. If you’ve been to Jakarta recently, you might have noticed his mighty Cumi (”Squid” in Indonesian) sprawling over the walls of the capital city. In 2008, he was invited to design his own pattern print Nike Windrunner 400% Be@rbrick ferrite with with black ink to commemorate the Nike Windrunner series. JUICE recently got close to the abnormally gifted artist. Crash helmets weren’t an option… [more »]

Have a t-shirt design and nowhere to go? Head on over to Capsuco to get your design seen, heard and bought! The new website lets you express yourself and earn art commissions! It’s the perfect way to promote your talent online. Fun! [more »]

There’s a crazy list of creative heads heading our way this month for KL Design Week 2010 and we’re psyched about it! Here, we’d like to focus on Haroshi, who transforms used skateboards into art. This Japanese artist uses wooden mosaic, dots and pixels, and works them into different shapes and styles. [more »]

Getting paid to watch animation might sound like the Final Fantasy to some but for the TBS team, Digicon6 means watching over 2000 of them every year. Here are some of JUICE’s favourites.

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The flight back from Narita Airport to KLIA takes about 7 hours – more than enough time for us to get to know local rep for DigiCon6, Koh Chong Cheng. His team’s animated short Still Alive was selected as the top pick from Malaysia and is the closest we’ve seen to an animated Mr Bean episode…with Chinese Vampires! JUICE gets into the animator’s mind 30,000 feet in the air. Braincells go pop the weasel. [more »]

At any kick ass party there is always an event photographer or two present in the background, snapping everyone and every moment. But the really good ones–those that can capture you in your drunken stupor and somehow still manage to make you look good–are rare. One person that has stood out over the past year with such godsend skills is Julian Loh, or most affectionately known as Jules Streething.

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Ask anyone who’s been down to Taman Melawati and Wangsa Maju, and they’d tell you that those areas are now a hotbed for graffiti activity. Responsible for spearheading the spray-on revolution is graff collective Phobia Klik. Consisting of urban writers Phobia, Katun, Botak, Carpet, Siek, Sopey, Budean, Kay, Dwane, Datom and Bone, Phobia Klik’s is not as exclusive as you think. [more »]

Every month JUICE gets personal with trendspotting, jetsetting types, and gets them to confess on their favourite people, places and things. This month, design extraordinaire Ifzan of Wondermilk Cafe, Cuppacakes and Graphic Design Bureau grabs a spade.

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