Artist：Katsumi Asaba（JAPAN）
Title：Stone Table Tennis No.3
Photo：Kichiro Okamura
奥能登国際芸術祭のクリエイティブディレクターを務める作家は、卓球の名手としても名高い。卓球をコミュニケーションを活発にする絶好のツールと考える作家は、これまでにも一枚の石からつくった卓球台をデザインして各地で展開してきた。卓球を通じた東アジアの交流活性化への願いもこめて、その第3号を「さいはてのキャバレー」に設置する。
The artist who works as the creative director of the Okunoto International Art Festival is also famous as a master of table tennis. He sees table tennis as a great tool to promote communication and has designed several table tennis tables made of single slabs of stone and exhibited them in various places. With the hope of revitalizing exchange in East Asia through table tennis, he will set up Table No.3 in the Saihate Cabaret.
・制作年 2021年
・展示 飯田エリア｜さいはてのキャバレー
・マップコード(カーナビ入力) 329 646 566*65
・公開 常時公開中
Production year 2021
Exhibition Area Iida｜Cabaret at the world's end
MAPCODE (GPS input)｜329 646 566*65
Katsumi Asaba（JAPAN）
1940年神奈川県生まれ。
桑沢デザイン研究所、ライトパブリシティを経て、75年浅葉克己デザイン室を設立。
代表作に、サントリー「夢街道」、西武百貨店「おいしい生活」、武田薬品「アリナミンA」、三宅一生のロゴマーク関連など。日本アカデミー賞、東京ADC最高賞、紫綬褒章、旭日小綬章、亀倉雄策賞など受賞多数。東京ADC委員、東京TDC理事長、JAGDA理事、桑沢デザイン研究所10代目所長、東京造形大学客員教授。京都精華大学客員教授。青森大学客員教授。卓球六段。
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1940. After studying at Kuwasawa Design School and working for Light Publicity, he established the Katsumi Asaba Design Studio in 1975. Representative works include directing Suntory’s "Yumekaido" and Seibu Department Store’s "Oishii-Seikatsu" advertising campaigns, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company’s "Arinamin A" ads, and works related to Issey Miyake’s logo. He has received many awards, including the Japan Academy Film Prize, Tokyo ADC Grand Prix Award, the Purple Ribbon Medal of Honor, the Order of the Rising Sun Gold Rays with Rosette Award, and the Yusaku Kamekura Design Award. He is a committee member of Tokyo ADC, Chairman of Tokyo TDC, Director of JAGDA, the 10th president of Kuwasawa Design School, and a visiting professor at Tokyo Zokei University, Kyoto Seika University, and Aomori University. He is ranked at the sixth level in table tennis.
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