Ken'ya Hara

Ken'ya Hara

Ken'ya Hara ( Japanese 原 研 哉 , Hara Ken'ya ; * 1958 in Okayama Prefecture , Japanese Empire ) is a Japanese graphic artist , designer and curator . Considered the most influential designer in Japan today, he emphasizes the simplicity and simplicity of both everyday items and the use of color or white in Japanese life.

activities

In 1998, Hara designed the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games . Since 2001 he has been director for the Japanese brand Muji , which operates trend markets. In 2008 Hara developed the exterior of the perfume "Kenzo Power" together with the fashion company Kenzo ,

Hara heads the Hara Design Institute at the KK Nippon Design Center . In 2006 the institute was responsible for the design of the exhibition The Trip to Sesshu (English translation of 雪 舟 へ の 旅 , Sesshū e no tabi ) in the English Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum ( Yamaguchiken-ritsu bijutsukan , germ. "Art Museum of the Yamaguchi Prefecture") the 15th century Japanese painter Sesshū Tōyō .

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2000: Re-Design: The Daily Products of the 21st Century
• 2010/2011: Make up: Design of the surface , Museum für Gestaltung Zürich , Zürich

Fonts (selection)

• Kenya Hara: Designing Design , Lars Müller Verlag, Baden, Switzerland 2007. ISBN 978-3-03-778-105-0
• Kenya Hara: shiro / White , Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2008. ISBN 978-4-12-003937-9 . (Japanese / English)
  • White , Lars Müller publishing house, Baden, Switzerland 2010. ISBN 978-3-03-778-183-8
  • WEISS , translated by Anita Brockmann; Lars Müller Publishers, Baden, Switzerland 2017. ISBN 978-3-03-778-182-1
• Kenya Hara: Make up: Design of the surface , for the exhibition above, translated by Ian Pepper; Ludwigsburg, aved. 2010 ISBN 978-3-89986-138-9

Individual evidence

1. ↑ japan. Website of the Mujirushi Ryōhin brand
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Literature by and about Ken'ya Hara in the catalog of the German National Library
• Profile (en.)