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Sophie Wang, founder of Lady First Trace Back Independent Design Brand Manager; Fashion travel lifestyle blogger.
Public number: Sophie's aesthetic journey
When I was in Europe, I didn't want to miss any sunny weekend, I could ride my bicycle through the winding alleys, come across a museum, walk in, and meet the aesthetic exhibitions held from time to time, which was a surprise, but also a collision of inspiration and aesthetics.
A friend once asked me, wrestling between work and daily trivial matters all day long, how to continue to treat life with a beautiful eye?
In order to answer this question, I went to see a number of exhibitions with her before, and today I share two of the treasures of the designer to everyone.
The two masters of Japanese graphic design
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The exhibition was held at the China International Design Museum at the Xiangshan Campus of the China Academy of Art.
The red wall of the museum has become a necessary location for many literary and artistic young people, looking at it from afar, the sunlight is refracted into geometric shapes on the grass, the wall is vividly red, and the colors of different shades are like ripples.
After a hearty lunch, we headed to the exhibition hall.
Ichimitsu Tanaka and Shigeo Fukuda are both recognized as Japan's design masters, and it is intriguing that although "master" writes kanji in Japanese, it is not a foreign language, but the Japanese language itself, which is enough to reflect the Japanese nation's respect and awe for outstanding creative figures.
Ichimitsu Tanaka: A hyperlink between tradition and the future
Ichimitsu Tanaka is a well-known graphic designer in Japan, and his work pays special attention to the ideographic function of visual elements, pursuing the sense of volume and tension of lines and color surfaces themselves.
With bold and experimental imagination, he expresses the simple and clear aesthetic pursuit of the Yamato nation, and transforms traditional art forms into a new design language.
Issey Miyake once commented on Ichimitsu Tanaka: "When I studied graphic design, Ichimitsu Tanaka was already a god-like person, and his works were deeply imprinted in my heart and unforgettable. "Ichimitsu Tanaka's place in the Japanese design community is evident.
Shiseido Corporation poster (right)
I think that Kazumitsu Tanaka's work has a more commercial nature than Fukuda's work, and he has designed commercial posters for many well-known brands. For example, this poster designed for Shiseido is one of his classic works.
The poster's strong colors, smooth lines, and lots of white space give a sense of abstraction, which I understand the artist to encourage contemporary women to boldly pursue diversity and individuality.
This poster by Kazumitsu Tanaka for Midolf Kobayashi's solo concert uses the structure of staves to convey information, and each character adopts a different printing design, which has a bouncing musical feeling, and graphic design and music are connected.
I think Ichimitsu Tanaka can provide a very good example and guidance for domestic designers, that is, how to combine business and art, brand and beauty.
For artists, taking the road of commercialization is not a bad thing, but in today's impetuous environment, too many domestic designers are committed to making their own popularity, and they accept the invitation of the brand to become guests at fashion events, but have become opinion leaders and other figures. The number of people who really focus on design is slowly decreasing, which will become a sad thing for the entire industry.
Shigeo Fukuda: A conspirator who transcends the plane
Fukuda Shigeo, who is also a graphic designer, has a wide range of creative works, including book binding, posters, illustrations, etc., as well as various professional fields such as crafts, sculpture, and murals. He always gives full play to his creative inspiration, giving people profound artistic expression.
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I really like Fukuda's "Mona Lisa" series, where a man seems to sit or stand, hovering in front of the "Mona Lisa", where reality and fantasy are intertwined.
"Mona Lisa" is made of the national flags of many countries, and it is still a splendid oil painting effect from a distance, which is the international vision of Fukuda Fanxiong.
"Mona Lisa" puts the 3D dimension of the entire space into the work, and it can be said that it combines the talents of Shigeo Fukuda in painting, photography, space, architecture and other aspects. What inspires me is that beauty is connected, and his work can connect different types of art.
For this reason, he was called the "conspirator beyond the plane", and he made a serious joke with the audience with his thinking outside the plane.
I think that whether it is an architect, a photographer, an illustrator or someone from another profession, visiting this exhibition can get artistic inspiration.
Both designers have their own chronology, and upon closer inspection, the content on it is striking.
At the age of 44, Fukuda participated in exhibitions such as the Modern Japanese Poster Exhibition, the Japanese Modern Print Exhibition, and the International Graphic 1976 Exhibition, and held solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and other places. At the age of 45, he became a lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts; At the age of 46, he became a member of the Board of Directors of JAGDA and was invited to be an international jury member of the 7th Warsaw International Poster Biennale; At the age of 50, he went to Yale University as a professor at the Institute of Graphic Design.
He has won numerous awards in his life, but he has never used this as a gimmick to run himself.
He is very focused on participating in exhibitions and teaching, and he has brought his academic knowledge and professional skills to the extreme, which is the true spirit of craftsmanship.
Mr. Hang Ma, Vice President of the China Academy of Art, said: "Ichimitsu Tanaka's cultural consciousness and Fukuda Shigeo's freedom of humor, they provide the Chinese design community with an excellent perspective on Japanese design in terms of tradition, modernism, decoration, and commerce. ”
The achievements of these two design masters are not only at the level of works of art, they continue to create, carrying the mission and ideals of a generation.
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Bauhaus Furniture Show
This exhibition was a special exhibition of the two masters, and at the same time, I also received unexpected surprises.
The Bauhaus Furniture Fair, another exhibition area, was even more attractive to me, because I myself studied architecture and was amazed by the designs of Bauhaus masters when I was in school.
Founded in 1919, Bauhaus is a design school, short for the "Public Bauhaus School" in Weimar, Germany, which marked the birth of modern design education, which bridged the gap between art and mechanical technology.
Unlike the Victorian style and the Baroque style, the masters of the Bauhaus department advocated pragmatism and minimalism, which is very much in line with the current values of "disconnection" and "less is more".
They abandoned fine carvings and intricate ornamentation in favor of functionality and practicality of design.
Friends who have seen ancient Greek and Roman furniture may know that most of them are handmade by craftsmen, full of gorgeous and exquisite patterns, and each piece is unique.
In contrast, the Bauhaus was more concerned with whether its products could be mass-produced in the future, and it hoped that it would be commoditized.
But unlike the Nordic IKEA products, the Bauhaus uses metal materials rather than light new materials, and its works are more geometric, more abstract, and more architectural.
Barcelona chair
In addition to the Vasily chair, the Barcelona Chair is also a classic.
It was created by designer Mies van der Rohe. Today, "Less is more", which is regarded by young people as the fashion bible and attitude to life, is precisely the architectural principle expounded by Dero in 1928.
This chair was created at the Barcelona World's Fair to welcome the King and Queen of Spain. The Barcelona chair is large and dignified, and it uses a curved crossed stainless steel frame to support the full leather cushion, which is highly functional.
I have seen this chair in many boutiques around the world, and its elegance and classicism have become more and more distinctive with the passage of time. A furniture store without Barcelona chairs is probably embarrassed to claim to be a professional.
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epilogue
Whether it is the expressive Kazumitsu Tanaka or the imaginative and creative Fukuda Shigeo, it is unforgettable. I think that's the beauty of art, where each artist shines and gathers into stars.
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