David Labi portfolio

Ethical storyteller and creative facilitator. Based in Brussels, working worldwide. Here is some of my editing and writing work from a few former lives.

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BA INSIDER MAGAZINE BUENOS AIRES

Founding editor of city mag in Buenos Aires, both print magazine (circ. 10,000) and online edition. Developed tone and wrote and commissioned/copy-edited to it. Created and developed team of writers and allocated editorial budget. Worked in concert with design team. Wrote all headlines, catch copy, ad copy, promos.

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For the Tokyo American Club magazine I interviewed Yoshihiro Takishita, an architect who refurbishes antique Japanese farmhouses – and ships them anywhere around the world. The one in which we met sat atop a hill in Japan's ancient capital, Kamakura.  

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CLIENT: PULP FRUIT UK

I worked with the brandbean to create the brand identity of this new product, developing tone and producing copy. Wrote straplines, catch copy, and worked closely with design.

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CLIENT: ADIDAS JAPAN

Helped the global sportsmongers tap into the heavy-spending English-speaking market in Japan. Advised on, developed and built a targeted microsite promoting new sportswear releases, inc. adiZero trainers.

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Music video written and directed for Argentine band Onda Vaga on their trip to Japan to play in Fuji Rock Festival.

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Complex issues knitted into the fabric of art | The Japan Times

Controversial Israeli artist Gil Yefman held an exhibition in Tokyo's world-famous on-the-edge gallery The Container. I wrote a review of the installation piece that was published in daily national newspaper The Japan Times. This is the online version of the article.

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The ANA InterContinental Hotel, Tokyo for their Fall 2013 art event held an exhibition from four contemporary Japanese artists. I went to 'Serenity' at its opening and published this review in Metropolis magazine.

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Piece written for Lonely Planet Argentina about football. One of several written. Also contributed to Lonely Planet Buenos Aires.

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A review I wrote for Metropolis magazine for Murakami's latest novel 1Q84. This is how it appeared in print, and you can see the online version here.

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A feature for Metropolis magazine about independent art spaces in Tokyo. This is a scan of the article that appeared in print. Find the online version here.

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AIR EMIRATES

A piece for the inflight magazine Open Skies's regular feature 'Store' about a centuries-old stationery shop in Japan. I also took the photo, though it's a little creased in the scan...

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Two months after the March 2011 horrific earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, I went with an organisation of international students to the disaster zone to give a small contribution to the clearup effort. I wrote this piece about the experience, accompanied by a four-part video series. 

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I made this video for Tokyo's edgy gallery The Container for a groundbreaking exhibition by Israeli artist Gil Yefman. My aim was to express the traumatic theme of the art installation with the style of the video. 

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THE WOMAN AT THE END OF THE WORLD

A trailer for a feature documentary I made about the search for a mysterious woman, rumoured a Holocaust survivor, living isolated on an island in the deep south of Patagonia.

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A love affair between a guy, a girl, and their robots. Music video written and directed for Manchester artist Gideon Conn in Tokyo. 

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CLIENT: HASSELBLAD JAPAN

Commissioned to make a video of French artist Vanessa Franklin's exhibition Bleu at the Hasselblad Gallery in Tokyo, I tried to capture the serene feeling of the work with the style of the video.  

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CLIENT: EU

Flies, brains, high-tech and the general march of progress highlighted in this EU publication that I sub-edited and proofread.