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Wabisabi
Ryohey wabi Kudow and Kazushi sabi Nakanishi
www.homeinc.jp/wabisabitop.html
wabi@homeinc.jp
Birthplace: Hokkaido, Japan
Residence: Sapporo, Japan
Their carefully illustrated graphic work
refl ects the infl uence of the tradition of
Asian aesthetics based on simplicity and
the use of lines. These designers have
created outstanding posters for prestigious
institutions such as the Association of
Graphic Designers of Japan (JAGDA) as
well as visual identities and logos for the
Art Directors Club and the Copy Writers
Club in Sapporo.
SINCE 1999 THIS STUDIO and its team
of designers have developed projects for
clients in areas as diverse as advertising,
cinema, and industrial design.
Ryohey Kudow and Kazushi Nakanishi,
who are childhood friends, base their work
on the Asian philosophy of Wabisabi – a
Japanese aesthetic term with notions of
fl eetingness, impermanence, beauty, and
imperfection, combining minimalism
with the warmth of nature in order to
achieve harmony.
Some of their pieces have been awarded
with prizes by the Art Directors Club in
New York as well as by the International
Toyama and Taiwan Poster Biennales.
Their work has been exhibited in shows
such as Dotmov 2005, Tree of Life, and
SOSO. The duo currently work as art
directors for the design agency Home,
as well.
Sightseeing/Poster/2008
Sapporo, Japan
Hokkaido, Japan
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