Author Introduction (in alphabetical order)

  • Kayo Aoyama

    After graduating from Osaka University of Foreign Studies, she went to Europe and studied textile design at HDK Gothenburg University of Arts and Crafts. After gaining experience at local wallpaper manufacturers and Minä Perhonen, she works as a freelance designer. Her delicate brushstrokes that make use of the blurring of colors and wavering lines of various drawing materials, and her warm and inviting style, have gained her popularity.
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  • Ado, Makiko Watanabe

    An artist who loves animals. While studying at the Faculty of Animal Science, Tokai University, she stayed in Kenya for a short period to work in wildlife conservation. She began her creative activities, thinking about what she could do for animals. After graduation, she worked as a temporary employee at Kumamoto City Zoo and Botanical Garden, and continues her activities while exploring the expression of the nature of life between humans and animals.
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  • Ayano Ichiyanagi

    Born and living in Shizuoka Prefecture. After majoring in graphic design, she began her career as a painter. After studying traditional dyeing techniques in Kyoto, she developed a theme of "wearing paintings," creating works with fabric and accessories. Her watercolors, which depict nature and plants and are drawn like diary entries from daily life, are regularly exhibited in solo shows.
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  • Yoko Inoue

    Graduated from the Painting Department of Kyoto University of Art and Design. She travels the world, capturing landscapes and everyday scenes in Japan, which she then processes through her own unique perspective, presenting them as drawings and collages. Beyond her regular creative activities, she is active in various fields, including providing artwork for book covers and CD jackets, and publishing her own books.
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  • Elisa Defossez Kikuchi

    She studied industrial design at La Cambre in Brussels and textiles at Aalto University in Helsinki. After working as a designer for Hermès, she is now based in Finland and Japan, creating designs that evoke a sense of warmth in everyday life through delicate colors and materials inspired by nature.
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  • ELEMENTI ART

    After graduating from the Musashino Art University Graduate School, I visited Scandinavia during my studies and was greatly influenced by the diverse crafts, beautiful streets, and nature. Following this, I spent many years in the creative department of a company, gaining experience in design planning and production for the Western market, including overseas business trips, and encountering numerous works of art. These encounters and accumulated experiences form the foundation of my current creative work.
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  • Nanako Okawa

    Born on Shodoshima Island, Kagawa Prefecture. Completed the printmaking course at Musashino Art University Graduate School. A woodblock print artist who expresses traditional techniques with a modern sensibility. She depicts everyday objects and landscapes with soft, ambiguous colors, creating warm and inviting works. She mainly holds solo and group exhibitions at galleries in Tokyo, regularly presenting her artwork.
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  • Rieko Oka

    A pattern designer. Born in Hokkaido in 1981. Lives in Hokkaido. Graduated from the Graduate School of Art and Engineering, Hokkaido University of Technology. Founder of the textile brand "Ten to Sen Moyou Seisakusho." Her works, which use seasonal changes, weather, sounds, and memories as themes, are highly regarded in various fields, and her collection of works has been published regularly since 2012.
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  • OBUSUMA x Rika Kawato

    OBUSUMA is a wood product brand launched by the OBUSUMA Welfare Association Hannou Business Office, a social welfare corporation located in Hannou City, Saitama Prefecture. With Rie Kawato as its art director, OBUSUMA creates opportunities for self-expression for people with disabilities who support the production of OBUSUMA products, and engages in art activities to discover and nurture talent.
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  • Kanoa

    An artist from Osaka Prefecture. She expresses the imaginary landscapes that suddenly come to mind in everyday life using a variety of materials, including acrylic paints, colored pencils, and crayons. She hopes her work will soothe the hearts of viewers and holds events irregularly at cafes and galleries.
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  • Natsuki Camino

    Illustrator and textile designer. In 2018, won the bronze prize in the graphic design category of the A' Design Award, an international competition in Italy. Featured by the German art publisher TASCHEN as one of the world's most promising illustrators, this artist is expected to achieve international success.
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  • Kishin

    An artist who creates quiet and encompassing works that allow the mind to be reset, like taking a deep breath, without forcefully imposing emotions or ideas. Through solo exhibitions and other means, they continue to create works with high catalytic potential that question the sensibilities of the viewer, while steadily producing two-dimensional and sculptural works.
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  • Jin Kitamura

    An illustrator and picture book author. Studied art and design at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Tokai University. Specializes in animal paintings done in crayon, her style utilizes smudges and distortions, and her skillful use of modern layouts and color schemes has gained her popularity. Currently, in addition to creating picture books and holding solo exhibitions, she also works as a part-time lecturer at Kobe University of Art and Technology, dedicating herself to the development of young talent.
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  • Quarterly Report

    A textile manufacturer that produces and sells interior fabrics under the concept of "Appreciating, enjoying, savoring, and manipulating fabric." In addition to providing materials and designs to fashion brands and product manufacturers, the company also undertakes numerous collaborations with other industries, including book binding and graphic advertising.
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  • Aki Kurihara

    An oil painter. After graduating from the oil painting department of the Women's Art University, she studied VFX at Digital Hollywood. She collects information on scenery of places she has never been to and things that catch her eye, collaging them in her mind, and creates works with deliberately unbalanced compositions. Her style evokes a comfortable sense of incongruity and relaxation in the viewer, as if they were in the space between reality and unreality.
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  • Asami Sato

    Born in 1977 in Sapporo. Representative of Satou Asami Design Office and Ascendada Inc. Her designs, reflecting a unique sensibility and approach, are incorporated into various spaces and media both domestically and internationally, ranging from artwork for stores and public spaces to magazine editing and the creation of collaborative products with renowned brands.
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  • Naoko Shimagami

    After graduating from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Kyoto Seika University, I have been active as an artist. I have a track record of winning awards and being selected for numerous exhibitions, and in recent years I have held solo exhibitions both domestically and internationally every year. Believing that travel is the source of my creativity, I project the stimulation and discoveries born from shaking up the environment by detaching myself from reality into my works. I aim to create paintings that do not restrict the viewer's imagination, but rather allow them to feel with free ideas and their five senses.
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  • JoyStream

    We are a creative company that handles various projects, including direction for visual and audio content, and design and production, primarily for websites. While we work with clients on a wide variety of platforms both domestically and internationally, we also leverage the unique personalities and skills of our members to create and publish original works.
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  • Masaru Suzuki

    Textile designer and professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. After graduating from the Textile Design Department of Tama Art University, she worked at Awatsuji Hiroshi Design Office. After becoming independent in 1995, she has been involved in projects for various manufacturers and brands both domestically and internationally, including her own brand, as well as designing for Marimekko, Camper, and Uniqlo.
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  • Yumi Takimoto

    Born in Tokyo, she is an abstract painter who "paints paint." She completed the oil painting course in the Department of Fine Arts at the Musashino Art University Graduate School. She has won awards in exhibitions since her student days and has held regular solo exhibitions since 2016. Using a palette knife, she engages in a dialogue with the paint, pursuing the individuality and charm of the paint through patchwork-like color mixing and layering.
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  • Masanao Taniguchi

    A chef and artist living in Fukuoka Prefecture. While cooking by the sea in Itoshima, she overlays images onto the scenery she sees, creating abstract paintings with the sea as their theme. Exploring the harmony of natural expressions and lines, she cherishes the commonality between painting and cooking—the act of "seeing, feeling, and experiencing"—aiming to create works that leave a lasting impression on the viewer.
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  • Tansan Design Studio

    Founded by textile designers Tomoaki Mizuno and Wakana Ino, the studio is located in the lush natural landscape of Shiga. They have expanded their activities both domestically and internationally, including creating year-round illustrations for Takashimaya department stores, exhibiting at the "150 Years of Japonisme" exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, providing design guidance in Mongolia, and developing products in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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  • Satomi Tanji

    After graduating from university, she worked as a flight attendant for a foreign airline, and after giving birth, she began her career as an artist. She has been active both domestically and internationally, including holding her first overseas solo exhibition in Taiwan in 2021. She creates many works that evoke a sense of light, mainly abstract paintings using alcohol ink and acrylic, with gold leaf used as an accent.
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  • Kuniko Nagano

    Embroidery artist and representative of the accessory brand ga.la. After graduating from Sanga Art University, she worked as an etcher and textile designer before becoming involved in the family embroidery business. Her unique embroidery works, which utilize the organic lines of plants, are loved by celebrities, and since the brand's launch in 2015, she has been exhibiting her works at solo and group exhibitions held throughout Japan.
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  • Hiroko Hashimoto

    A watercolor painter from Ehime Prefecture, currently residing in Kagawa Prefecture. After graduating from the Western Painting course of the Department of Fine Arts at Nara College of Art, she worked as a web designer before starting her career as an artist in 2020. She is fascinated by the unique blurring and transparency of watercolor, and the accidental color contours that emerge from the interaction of colors, and currently bases her work in her local area, exhibiting her pieces through solo exhibitions.
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  • HAyU. Manabu Ogawa

    A wire artist who has gained attention for her unique style of wire animal heads, creating delicate yet bold works. She made her debut as an artist at the Omotesando Art Fair in 2017 and currently designs goods, including displays for public facilities and textiles. Her wire works are so popular that they are sold by lottery.
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  • Murata Tomoko

    With the theme of "Quietly bringing small happiness to the heart," she captures scenes that have resonated with her in everyday life and expresses them in textile and drawing. In addition to creating original textiles and paper goods and providing designs to companies, she also writes a series of illustrations for Magazine House.
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  • Jurianne Matter

    After studying interior design in Amsterdam, she started her own design studio, "Jurianne Matter," in 2008, after working as a stylist for IKEA and other companies. She only releases designs that she considers "beautiful," including elements such as whether the materials are environmentally friendly and whether the products are sustainable, to more than 30 countries around the world.
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  • Yumi Yoshimoto

    Textile designer and faculty member at Tokyo University of the Arts. Creating patterns that utilize hand-drawn techniques, such as textures achieved through etching and dynamic linework. Based in Nishiōku, Yamanashi Prefecture, a textile production area, she is active both domestically and internationally, working on everything from planning and designing fabric products to collaborating with companies.
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  • Yusuke Yonezu

    She began her career as a picture book author after winning an award at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy in 2005. Since then, she has created many picture books, which have been published worldwide, including in Asia, Europe, and America. In addition, she has expanded her activities as an illustrator, developing stationery goods in Japan.
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  • Kenichiro Watanabe

    Representative of the furniture company "STANDARD TRADE." Part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Kanagawa University. Designs and manufactures products and spaces for residences and stores, utilizing high-quality oak wood and traditional techniques. Also undertakes the repair, restoration, and reproduction of historically important furniture, including pieces from Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel and Jiyu Gakuen Asahi Hall, as well as the desk and chair used by Yakumo Koizumi.
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