Exhibition//TDC2008 New Graphic Design Japan

Curated by Gian Carlo Calza, the exhibition TDC2008 New Graphic Design Japan is organised
by the Giorgio Cini Foundation “Venice and the East” Institute and StudioArte,
in collaboration with Dai Nippon Printing, the Type Directors Club and the Ginza
Graphic Gallery, Tokyo. The show features over 300 award-winning graphic works
selected in 2008 by the international jury of the Type Directors Club (TDC) from over
30,000 entries worldwide.
Presented at the Ginza Graphic Gallery, a traditional showcase in the heart of Tokyo,
at the same time as the annual prize-giving, the works will be exhibited at the Giorgio
Cini Foundation as the first stage of a foreign tour. Now the aim is to repeat this event
annually as an opportunity for experimentation, exchange of latest trends and creative
dialogue between East and West.
The works on show were created in 2007 and represent the latest contemporary international
graphic art trends by bringing together the best in graphic and typographic
design, chosen by a panel of leading experts: Aoba Masuteru, Asaba Katsumi, Yukimasa
Okumura, Masayoshi Nakajo, Alexander Gelman, Stefan Sagmeister and John Warwicker.
The exhibition features a vast range of graphic works: advertising and public information
posters; co-ordinated images for museums, big stores, music bands, and private
clinics; packaging, lettering and logos for products ranging from perfumes to food,
clothing, publications and records. A vast spectrum of media are involved: paper, textiles,
new plastic or recycled materials that become posters, covers, labels, but also T-shirts,
handbags, hats and gadgets of all kinds.
The winner of the 2008 grand prix is a poster by Kazunari Hattori, while other TDC08
award-winners include: Kjell Ekhorn & Jon Forss, Guang Yu, Hideki Nakajima, Issay
Kitagawa and Fernand de Mello Vergas.
To mark the opening of the show, the Director of the TDC, Issay Kitagawa, and the
organiser of the TDC exhibition, Takako Terunuma, will talk on “Tokyo Type Directors
Club and the TDC Prize 2008”. The co-ordinated image of the exhibition was specially
created by Inoue Tsuguya, a leading member of the Type Directors Club, and printed
in Japan by Dai Nippon Printing.
The exhibition, which has the patronage of the Japan Foundation and the Japanese
Consulate General, Milan, was created under the scientific direction of the International Hokusai Research Centre.

Venice, Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Le Sale del Convitto
10 September – 2 November 2008

Open every day except Mondays
10.00 – 18.00
Free entrance

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