ONE STROKE FAIR ＠The Museum Shop 8/1～8/25
The Museum Shop will be holding the ONE STROKE Fair on August 24 and 25 in conjunction with Katsumi Komagata’s THINK PAPER workshop being held that same weekend at the Hara Museum.
The fair will feature many picture books published by ONE STROKE, including the widely popular Kami No Ehon (Paper Picture Book) series and his Jabara Cards featuring pictures that change with the viewing angle, as well as many new books, such as Little Tree, a pop-up book which won the Ragazzi Mention Award at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
Every ONE STROKE picture book is an assemblage of different kinds of paper, die cuts and whimsical folding that make them appealing to young and old alike.
During the fair, orders will also being accepted for POP SCOPE art, Komagata’s renowned series of expressive animals made with layers of papers in multiple colors. Please come stop by and enjoy the world of Katsumi Komagata.
(The above photo shows an installation view from another shop.)
POP SCOPE by Katsumi Komagata 18 x 18 cm, 14,700 yen (wooden frame and tax included)
* Because each POP SCOPE artwork is handmade to order, please allow two weeks for delivery of your order.
Katsumi Komagata [Book creator / designer]
Katsumi Komagata (1953–) was born in Shizuoka Prefecture. Following a stint at Nippon Design Center, Inc., he moved to the United States in 1977, where he worked as a graphic designer developing corporate identity packages for such companies as CBS and the Schecter Group. He returned to Japan in 1983 and three years later founded One Stroke, which began as a graphic design studio and later expanded into publishing. The birth of a daughter prompted him to take up picture-book authoring, beginning with the ten-volume Little Eyes series (1990–92), which garnered attention for its innovative ideas. He has also created picture books for children with disabilities, including tactile and sign-language books. He has held shows and workshops around the world, and won numerous honors, including an ADC Silver Cube (New York), the Prize for Creativity (Paris), a New Art Prize as well as a Ragazzi Mention at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, an International Children’s Book Award (Switzerland), and two Good Design Awards (Japan).
http://www.one-stroke.co.jp
August 1 (Thursady) – 25 (Sunday), 2013
ONE STROKE FAIR ＠The Museum Shop
TEL: 03-3445-2069
E-mail: shop@haramuseum.or.jp
[Related Event]
Workshop and Talk by Katsumi Komagata
THINK PAPER @ Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
August 24 (Saturday), 25 (Sunday), 2013
Please click here for details.