Event
nippon no nippon: helmut schmid
Nov 9, 2015(mon) – Dec 22, 2015(thu)
Admission: Free
http://www.dnp.co.jp/gallery/ddd_e/
Venue
ddd gallery
http://www.dnp.co.jp/gallery/ddd_e/
Access: 10 Uzumasa Kamikeibu-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto 616-8533
Tel: 075-871-1480
Hours: 11:00 – 19:00 (until 18:00 on Saturdays)
Closed: Sundays and holidays
Description
he designer and typographer Helmut Schmid was born in Austria and studied under Emil Ruder in Basel, Switzerland. He is now based in Osaka. His works include logo designs for many popular brands, such as Pocari Sweat, Energen (Otsuka Pharmaceutical) and IPSA.
As a young man in 1968, the first article he published for the Swiss journal Typographische Monatsblätter (TM), dealt with tatami ― the traditional Japanese flooring material. He focused on Japanese forms and tools in everyday life through the eyes of a typographer, and visited various craftsmen. While deepening his knowledge, Schmid decided that he would like to convey the Japan of the past, the Japan that still exists in the present, and the Japan that promises to be discovered in the future.
In this exhibition, Schmid uses his fresh view to present the quiet beauty of Japan through words, photographs and typography.
opening party :
Monday, November 9, 2015, 17:30 – 19:00
kyoto ddd gallery
