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Most of the things I have done this year has not been published yet, but finally one is out. It’s from the latest issue of metropolitana. I discovered it on their site too so you can see a bigger version here. I accidentally lost all the data regarding this but hopefully I will see it again in a printed magazine.
最新号の「メトロポリターナ」で、今月24日に開催される東京マラソン2013のルートマップを描きました。みなさん今年も完走頑張ってください！ -
Some of the postcards I received from a photo gallery, which used to be in Akasaka, Tokyo.
My uni was within a walking distance from that gallery and I visited there quite often. They were showing photos of up-and-coming photographers and also those of very famous ones such as Taizo Ichinose, Robert Capa, Ansel Adams, etc. I really loved their choice of photographers, and the nice thing is that they charged little money for such great exhibitions. I wasn’t really aware at that time, but it was a really amazing place. (photos by, clockwise from top left, Shimpachi Kinpara, Takashi Yonezu, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jock Sturges.)東京写真文化館という赤坂にあったフォトギャラリーのDM。
大学から歩いて行ける距離にあって、当時は結構よく出掛けていました。企画展は、国内外の若手の写真家の展示のほか、一ノ瀬泰造、Robert Capa や Ansel Adams など有名な写真家のも頻繁に企画されていて、なのに数百円の入場料というありがたいギャラリー。卒業後は足が遠のいてしまい、気づいた時にはすでに閉館。そもそも 短期開館予定だったのかも。当時はあまりありがたさを意識しなかったけど、あれだけの展示を気軽に見られる場所、もう一度欲しい！ -
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Some more maps…, but thank god I do love maps! I made two maps of Korea towns in Tokyo, which can be seen in the current issue of FRaU. A lot of nice Korean food restaurants/shops in there!
6月号のFRaUで東京のコリアンタウン特集の地図を描きました！赤坂と新大久保です。今回はちょっぴり色の制限があったのですが、活気があるコリアンタウンぽさが出てるといいなと思います。 -
I went to a really nice exhibition with my friends, so I’d like to put it up here. The exhibition is by a mother and a daughter (how fantastic!), a jewelry maker and a painter.
My friends have known the daughter, Asami, and I fell in love with her work immediately after I first saw her website so wanted to go to her exhibition, and it is even so much better than her website! I really admire her work, which is just full of freedom, spontaneity, and playfulness. It was really nice to talk to her and hear about the process she takes to create her works (very different from mine!). Go to her website by clicking the photo above.
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