- 19.04.09
[Yodoyabashi MIHONCHO]
PAPER & TRIAL －TAMASHIKI & AKIKO MASUNAGA─
The gallery space at the Yodoyabashi MIHONCHO showroom regularly holds various events
that expand the potential of paper.
PAPER & TRIAL: TAMASHIKI & AKIKO MASUNAGA
PAPER & TRIAL: TAMASHIKI & AKIKO MASUNAGA
Dates:April 10th, 2019 (Wed) - May 29th. 2019 (Wed.)
Open hours: 11:00-20:00
Venue: Yodoyabashi MIHONCHO
Direction: Yodoyabashi MIHONCHO, UMA/design farm
Cooperation: ohtuka-kouhan Co., Ltd., Sakai Printing Co., Ltd., Tokushu Tokai Paper Co., Ltd.
PAPER & TRIAL is a series of exhibitions on paper, design, and experimentation.
The second exhibition features TAMASHIKI, a Japanese-style fine paper with watermark patterns
that launched in 1969 and underwent an update in 2018. In addition to product samples that use
TAMASHIKI, the exhibition displays mockups of rigid boxes and proposes applications of TAMASHIKI
in packaging. Designer Akiko Masunaga trials her innovative ideas, exploring new possibilities for
this fine paper by bold use of silkscreen printing to partly conceal the watermark patterns.
Direction: Yodoyabashi MIHONCHO, UMA/design farm
Cooperation: ohtuka-kouhan Co., Ltd., Sakai Printing Co., Ltd., Tokushu Tokai Paper Co., Ltd.
PAPER & TRIAL is a series of exhibitions on paper, design, and experimentation.
The second exhibition features TAMASHIKI, a Japanese-style fine paper with watermark patterns
that launched in 1969 and underwent an update in 2018. In addition to product samples that use
TAMASHIKI, the exhibition displays mockups of rigid boxes and proposes applications of TAMASHIKI
in packaging. Designer Akiko Masunaga trials her innovative ideas, exploring new possibilities for
this fine paper by bold use of silkscreen printing to partly conceal the watermark patterns.
Contact info:
Yodoyabashi odona 1F, 4-1-1 Imabashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka map
Tel. （+81）6-6232-2240