Theme | Social Issues

Theme Beijing Taxis: Off the Clock

Part tour guide, part philosopher, and part news-commentator, Beijing taxi drivers are some of the most unabashed opinioned voices on life in the city.
The New's Eko Nugroho

Poverty, social injustice, religious fanatics, and corruption are some of the topics that inform this self-taught artist’s work.
Theme Kyohei Sakaguchi’s Zero Yen Project

On the banks of Tokyo’s Tama river, Sakaguchi encounters folks living in houses ingeniously made of detritus that cost zero yen to build.
The New's Single Speed Design

Jinhee Park and John Hong, the husband and wife architecture team behind Single Speed Designs, makes luxurious homes out of junk.
Theme Namaiki’s Green Grafitti

In between creating stellar graphic design and running a beer label, Namaiki shows Theme how guerilla gardening is done in Tokyo.