citylikeyou — Tokyo / 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.

Tokyo / Illustrator

I'm an illustrator living and working in Tokyo.

Tokyo / Animator

Sawako Kabuki graduated with a Bachelor of Graphic Design from Tama Art University, and later completed her master's after working for a porn video company. Her films have been selected and awarded at festivals in more than 20 countries such as Annecy, Ottawa, Rotterdam, Zagreb and SXSW. She is known for her distinct directorial personality in hand-drawn animation.

Tokyo / Visual Artist

Artist / Wanderer / Mum

Tokyo / Music Producer

Born in 1993, musical/sound artist Miyu HOSOI has been active in taking various artistic endeavors from creating the installations to bring awareness to the surrounding sound by using multichannel sound systems to the performing arts productions. She particularly is known for the overdubbing works using her own vocals. Her renowned work “Lenna” on 22.2 channels was presented at various places including NTT ICC Anechoic Room, YCAM, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Concert Hall and the Audio Engineering Society. She is the recipient of the New Face Award at the 23rd Japan Media Festival Art Division.

Tokyo / Designer

Based in Tokyo / Graphic design / illustration

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