citylikeyou — Berlin / Aya Kawabata

Aya is a designer, and artist from Tokyo, Japan, based in NYC, sometime Europe. Her work was featured by Vogue Magazine UK, Maison&Objet Paris, New York Times, IDEAT, TL mag, Domus, AIGA Eyes on Design, Adobe creative jams and more. She was selected one of four new designers 2017 in Salone del mobile Satelite Milan design week ‘17 by Luxos Magazine. From ages 3 to 18 she studied classical violin; this early and extensive study of music continues to be a big influence on her process. Her work was a finalist for addition to the permanent collection of the Cranbrook Art Museum and the Stedelijk Museum. Winner of “Best new talent designer ‘2016” at the DMY Berlin International Design Festival. Silver medal at A’Design Award 2017. You can find her projects in several countries such as: Tokyo Japan, Eindhoven Netherlans, Berlin Germany, Paris France, Milan Italy, Oslo Norway, Sweden, and NYC, Boston, Chicago in USA.

http://www.ayakawabata.com

Art Director Artist Designer Graphic Designer Illustrator Visual Artist

Current city: New York

Other cities: Tokyo Berlin Eindhoven Paris Milan

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New York / Art

One of favorite museums in NYC.

New York / Art

My exhibition from Dec1 2017- Feb1 2018. gallery space on the picture. Usagi NY is secret cool creative place in Dumbo area. The space is designed by Sou Fujimoto. You can find rare archtecture book from Japan and Moma Book store. There are nice Japanese design products that difficult to find in NY. Its great for gift, or special object for your home. My recommendation is Matcha latte (usagi have very hi-quarity real Japanes Matcha from Ippodo Kyoto) -

New York / Art Centre

Best place to think about space.

Berlin / Artist

Animation artist based in Berlin, originally from Taiwan.

Berlin / Designer

Raby-Florence Fofana is a Berlin based Artist & Designer. Her work intersects with art, illustration and design. She loves abstract composes in painting, collages and patterns and is also working sculptural with ceramic and porcelain.

Berlin / Designer

Gabriele Wilson is a creative director and designer living and working in Berlin and New York. She currently lives in Berlin with her husband and son.

Berlin / Photographer

Chiara Bonetti is a fashion and portrait photographer based in Berlin. She works between Italy and Germany. She studied Communication Design at IUAV in San Marino before moving to Barcelona and finally to Berlin. Chiara´s world is made of unconventional beauty, forgotten details, casual encounters, female bodies, un-staged beauty, unglamorous locations and daily life imperfections. All these elements are combined together in order to enlighten from a different angle the peculiarity of the daily routine, that so often bores/tires us. Among others, her work got featured on the following magazines: Contributors, Kaltblut, Flannelle, Soltice, VICE, and GEO.

Berlin / Photographer

Robert Rieger is an editorial photographer based in Berlin. Rieger currently works as a art director at Freunde von Freunden, where among other projects, he is the photographer and photo editor for collaborations with MINI, Siemens, SONOS, 25h Hotels and USM. In his position at Freunde von Freunden, he liaises with international photographers on a daily basis and is responsible for the visual storytelling of the portraits produced.

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