Masaru Suzuki is a Japanese textile designer known for his colorful and vivid pattern designs. His work is inspired by nature, plant and animals and can be seen in many functional fabrics for everyday use. Some of his designs can be seen in his line of printed umbrellas but we are also drawn to this superb line of embroidered umbrellas. You can see much of his work under his brand, Ottaipnu.
Images: Courtesy of Ottaipnu.
Sato Asami studied design at a community college in Sapporo, Japan. She describes her job as an installation designer and an illustrator for products and packaging. She works primarily on Japanese paper with acrylic and India ink with her style reminiscent of Sumi, a calligraphic brush painting technique. You can see more of her work on Aterisk-Agency and find out a little bit more about her in an interview on Mirai.St blog (will need Google translate).
Images: Courtesy of Sato Asami.
Found this jewelry and curtain tassel collection in Japanese online store, Somewhere. We don’t know much about the artist known as ARKO. We do know from her bio that she began her artistic career in 2002 and started making accessories in 2006. She also writes this about her work:
“I create the accessories by combining the materials that I’ve found in different countries around the world, and others that I’ve encountered in my daily life. I titled these accessories MELTING POT. The object mixed and combined with a lot of different things beyond time and boundaries is very unique looks, and make us feel that coexistence of various races and their cultures is wonderful. All works are unique and handmade by ARKO.”
Images: Courtesy of ARKO and Somewhere.
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