Leeay Aikawa (Toronto, Canada)
Leeay Aikawa (Toronto, Canada)
"I believe that a lot of good stuff is made through mixing two good opposites because opposites attract! That is what I believe: being contradictory is a new way to be extraordinary."
Originating from Japan, Leeay Aikawa received her illustration training in Ontario College of Art and Design, and now spends most of her time in Toronto. Her lively personality is reflected in her work ’. With a love for recycling, mixing and combining things, Aikawa’s art carries an inevitable sense of nostalgia and reminiscence.
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IdN v17n5: Wayfinding+Signage — The Wayfinders
Most graphic-design courses these days involve at least one way-finding/signage assignment, but relatively few designers choose to go into the discipline full-time. In this enlightening feature, we have asked some 14 path-finders studios and individuals, first-timers and old hands to tell us what it is about pointing people in the right direction that so appeals to them. And to explain the challenges and pitfalls as well as the satisfactions involved.
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"I am a huge fan of 70s animation, they were very clever in those days in coming up with ways to get round problems."
"I think that Japanese work is usually serious. I am not conscious of being Japanese when creating a piece of artwork. Maybe I am not typically Japanese."
Hideto Fujimoto (Tokyo, Japan)
"I am unconsciously influenced by many different aspects of the culture of everyday life in Japan."
Nicolas Vrignaud (Paris, France)
“I don’t think there is any difference between designing furniture or signage. These designs are all created for people and to help them. A lamp, a knife, a car – or signage. People use them.”
Ryohei Yoshiyuki (Osaka, Japan)
“I just try to present little moments of beauty that I have experienced in my daily life such as the lovely sky, or some flowers found growing in the cracks of a brick wall. Such moments make me happy and I want others to share in that happiness."
Magnus Andersen (New York, USA)
"The difficulty in signage-system design is to not let the aesthetics overthrow the functionality of the design; if you make something that doesn't signal well enough the purpose of the design, you have pretty much failed."
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