tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90937821266040792252024-03-13T14:31:57.206-07:00a book dedicated to the children of Japanliinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17483581642554743193noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093782126604079225.post-59184253825987456642012-03-31T21:32:00.000-07:002013-03-20T19:48:16.095-07:00"I love Japan" - distribution in Unosomai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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liinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17483581642554743193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093782126604079225.post-16338670659680033062012-01-11T06:02:00.000-08:002012-03-19T19:23:44.542-07:00"I love Japan" - a drawing book for the children of Japan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We are a team of 24 international designers and artists who created a activity and colouring book for the children of Fukushima Province – to put a little smile on their face. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">On the 11th of March it will be a year since the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. And rather just money, we want to give something which truly comes from our hearts: a book to be creative with, to draw in, to cut out, to colour in or to simply enjoy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1.000 copies of this creative book with 48 pages will be donated to children of Japan who were affected by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. To cover the costs 1.000 books will be sold to the public. For each sold book, we send one to a child in Japan! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The idea is simple: 24 designers and artists have donated two pages to this book.<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> This way we have created a children's book of 48 pages of various artistic styles. </span>The work and unique style of all artists and designers make this book truly diverse and creative – which makes it interesting for bigger people, too! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The book is ready for distribution since beginning of March. One book costs HK$ 100.- / 10.- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">€.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"> </span>This is a non profit project and all money raised will go into covering the expenses for the books sent to Japan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This project was initiated by Liina Klauss (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.liinaklauss.blogspot.com/">www.liinaklauss.blogspot.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">an illustrator from Hong Kong. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In 2011 she has raised awareness and money for Japan by printing the ‘I love Japan’ T-shirts. For the 'I love Japan' book she teamed up with her project partner Anna Dabrowski (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.anna-dabrowski.com/">www.anna-dabrowski.com</a>)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">, a graphic and product designer from Berlin. Anna is responsible for the book design<b>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And please 'like' our facebook page: </span></span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I LOVE JAPAN (</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-lOVE-JAPAN/198978900141679">www.facebook.com/pages/I-lOVE-JAPAN/198978900141679</a>)</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">アイラヴジャパン、日 本 の 子 供 達 の 為 の 絵 本 。</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">日本の東北大震災が起きてから 3月11日で1年になります。</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">私達は 世界で活躍している24人のデザイナーとアーテイストです。 その中には ロンドン在中のイラストレーターのマリオン ドーシャー、香港新聞のサウスチャイナ モーニングポストで活躍している風刺画家 ハリー ハリソン、ベルリンのストリート アーテイスト ジム アビニヨンなどがいます。</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">私達は 福島県の子供達に何かをしてあげたい気持ちから お金を寄付するより もっと心が伝わる方法をと考えました。そこで 行き着いたのが この絵本の製作です。この本は 塗り絵として使ったり はさみで切って工作などして遊べます。</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">この絵本を 1000部 福島の子供達に贈呈する予定です。</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">この「アイ ラブ ジャパン」の本は 一人一人のアーテイストが 2ページイラストを担当し寄付して下さいました。それぞれの個性的なイラストが48ページにわたり編集されてます。この本は子供の為のみならず アート本としても 大変に希少価値があります。</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">この本は3月の初めに販売となります。1冊香港100ドルです。</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">この企画は 営利目的としてません。売上金の全ては 今回掛かった出費、印刷、紙代、 配達費などの支払いの一部に当てられます。</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">この本を1冊買って下さる事により1冊が福島の子供達に渡ります。</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">この企画は 香港在住のイラストレーター リイナ クラウスによって 率先して取り組まれました。 彼女は また2011年に”アイ ラブ ジャパン”と書かれたTシャツをデザインし 寄付金を募りながら東北震災の認識を高めました。</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">”アイ ラブ ジャパン”の本は 彼女とこの企画のパートナー ベルリンに住み グラフイックデザイナーでプロジェクトデザイナーのアンナ ダブロウスキーが この本の責任者です。</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">もっと詳しい内容は <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">japanilove2011(at)gmail(dot)com</span><br />
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</div>liinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17483581642554743193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093782126604079225.post-66831124734215656432012-01-10T21:29:00.000-08:002012-03-19T18:59:11.294-07:00a simple idea ....... from liina klauss<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">As a fashion designer I had the privilege of working and living in Tokyo in 2001 and I feel deeply grateful for the time spent in this beautiful country. When the earthquake and tsunami hit in 2011 I felt the urge to help. Being a mother myself I especially feel for the traumatized children of 3.11. So I came up with theidea of a colouring and activity book, sharing the one thing I cherish most: creativity!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Rather than money, I want to give that which comes from my heart and hands.... drawing, painting, paper cutting, printing, or simply appreciating artwork! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I got in touch with the people who I met along my path as an artist: illustrators, designers and artists from all over the globe, from Hong Kong, Berlin, New York, and London, to name just a few. I asked them to help me illustrate this book and there was a big 'yes!' from their sides. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This is how "I love Japan" was born: each one of us illustrated and donated two pages, all in all a book of 48 pages. The result is a book to be creative with, to colour in, to cut out, to skribble, to continue drawing or to simply look at and enjoy. The book is ready for distribution since beginning of March. The first print run is 2000 copies, of which 1000 copies will go to Japanese children:))</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">This flower is called 'Pink Sorrel' (oxalis regnellii). It is native to Hong Kong and it blooms in March. I have been portraying it on the illustration above,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> combined with a lot of traffic, skyscrapers and satellite towers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The inspiration comes from my great grandmother Else Wenz-Viëtor, who was a well known children's book illustrator in the 1920s in Germany. Her favourite subject were flowers and little elves pushing prams made out of nutshells and carrying primrose umbrellas. So I took the same theme into 2012 Hong Kong. My illustration is much less romantic and maybe even critical of the situation we humans put ourselves in, considering that there are only 100 years between the illustration of my great grandmother and me. </span></span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">You can see my profile in the reflection of the computer screen as well as my daughter Lucia, colouring in the print outs on our kitchen lable in Hong Kong ... she loves pink:)</span></span><br />
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<span class="yiv2043869122Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">"With my drawings I want to send hope and love to Japan. Looking at birds in the sky gives hope. The symbol of the heart gives a warm, secure feeling inside. A tree that is growing hearts instead of leaves shall symbolize my warm wishes for the Japanese children. </span><span class="yiv2043869122Apple-style-span">I like books that leave room for the child's own imagination and this is definetely one of them. I am proud to be a part of it. </span><span class="yiv2043869122Apple-style-span">Thank you Liina and Anna!"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">When doing her paper-pop-up for the 'I love Japan' book, she faced the following problems: "The paper is much thinner than what I'm usually working with. And the Japanese binding doesn´t open up straight. That's why I did choose something easy to assemble that is working nevertheless! Cut out the different parts and glue them back together in the right position, then the koi fish comes swimming out of the book! This typically Japanese fish symbolizes strength. I hope you have fun with this!" </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mei is an artist from Hong Kong.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Peter Quinnell studied Illustration at Chelsea and the Royal College of Art. He lives in Hastings on the south coast of England since 1999 with his partner Claire Fletcher and daughter Alice. Peter has made collages and 3D assemblages for clients large and small as well as producing fine art assemblages, making costumes and props for performances. He is also a lecturer at Sussex Coast Col</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lege. "I really just like collecting things. I try to make objects and pictures from different places work together in the same frame. Like the rubber bike horn hooter bulb and the Edison screw light bulb cap. They were both washed up on the beach at Hastings in a recent storm."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information about Roland, please visit </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.bitteschoen.tv/">www.bitteschoen.tv</a></span></div>liinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17483581642554743193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093782126604079225.post-41275751531392146302011-12-21T19:55:00.000-08:002012-03-04T19:19:53.202-08:00samuel oswick<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Samuel Oswick lives in Berlin and does illustrations and istallations, designs fonds, and designs corporate identity.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">"I was enthused when Liina told me about the idea of this book. My work for the 'I love Japan' project was inspired by the things I was interested in as a child. Being little I was always outside. I remember laying in the grass of my mother's garden talking to the animals I met. I was amazed by the variety of form, colours and characters. For this project, I portrayed some of them. </span>I always wanted to visit Japan but haven't had the chance yet. Maybe there will be a chance after our baby arrives in May."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sheila Seyfert-Menzel is a multidisciplinary designer living in Berlin. She works as a freelance illustrator, graphic designer and art director .</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information about Sheila, please visit</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.spoonlight.com/">www.spoonlight.com</a></span></div>liinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17483581642554743193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093782126604079225.post-41094546570908536322011-12-19T21:42:00.000-08:002012-02-27T21:41:41.546-08:00tania willis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tania Willis' illustrations have been used for all manner of things and have appeared on T-shirts, on homewares, interiors and even airplanes! Last year Tania illustrated a series of 12 children's travel books called kidsGO (www.kidsgotravelguides.com). She lives on Lantau Island, Hong Kong together with her husband and two children, not far from Liina's house. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Wendy J. Lewis is an artist who works with many different techniques and styles. Not only does she draw and paint, but she is also a sculptor of fountains and kinetic works that use a magical mix of motors and found materials</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. "I've been wanting to write and illustrate a book with gorillas for a while and this project gave me a good reason to finally work on images that include them. I've always loved gorillas as animals, one of the images represents Japan, the other NYC. This is a picture of NY with the Brooklyn Bridge and the Woolworth Building in the background."</span></div>
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