Visual direction and Illustration for Dutch Inverturals Exhibition "Body Languadge" at Salone del Mobile in Milan Design week and Paris D' Design Day.
2015 Spring
Selected by Dutch Inverturals Collection.
Featured by Design Boom
About the Body Language
Within the context of the future way of life the designers explore the esthetics and complexities of an increasingly virtual world. Technology is becoming invisible. The intactile world is gaining ground in the understanding of who we are. While physical objects lose function, forms are freed, orphaned and adopted. What is left are merely bodies reflecting our identities.
All this requires a renegotiation of the space around us and it’s effects on being human. Generations to come will refer to the past as primitive.
This exhibition is an exploration that reflects, moves, shines and glows. Crafting materials with character rather than function. Flirting with new esthetics and usabilities. At the same time they cultivate the presence of a new kind of language: BODY LANGUAGE
Weaving Project for Cranbrook Art Museum.
The weavings are nominated as a finalist "Cranbrook Museum permanent collection 2015 Graduate Degree Exhibition Aword"
Book "Norway Noway" published at MoMA Art Book fair Fall 2015
The book is based on Mapping project of Oslo City for workshop project at Vebtriloquist Summerschool.
Exhibition Grafil, the Ventriloquist Summerschool,Oslo Norway Summer 2015.
The Ventriloquist Summerschool is Norway’s first design summer school Organized by João Doria (NO/BRA), graphic designer, Kristina Ketola Bore (NO), Laura Pappa (EE/NL) and Kristian Henson (US)
Caver image including eight young designers works that instructed by Kristian Henson.
Aya Kawabata project image 2
Aya Kawabata project image 1
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Aya Kawabata sketches 1
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Package design, art direction, logo and poster for the design project for Asakusa city in Tokyo Japan
If you visit ten shops, you can collect ten matchboxes. If you arrange all ten boxes, yo can see a picture.
featured by Tokyo News Paper
clients:
Asakusa Noren Kai 浅草のれん会
Kamiya Bar :神谷バー
Hyoubando: 評判堂
Hanayashiki: 舟和
Komagata dozeu: 駒形どぜう
Niimi: ニイミ
Asakusa Hanayashiki: 浅草花屋敷
Asadori: 麻鳥
Fujiya: ふじ屋
Aoimarushin: 葵丸進
Matuki 松喜
Dissidence Quilting Against
Z33, a house for contemporary art,
Hasselt, Belgium, 2019
Project for Z33, making at MIA-H Hasselt
Ten contemporary national and international designers and artists examine various social themes such as the environment, unfair trade and the fashion industry from four different perspectives: historical, economic, activist and technical. – the designers express themselves critically through quilts and take inspiration from alternative approaches.
Curator: Ronald Clays
Participants: Raf Simons, Pinar & Viola, Hanne De Wyngaert, , Nienke Hoogvliet, William Ludwig Lutgens, Bettie Boersma, Charlotte Maëva Perret, Shayli Harrison, Aya Kawabata, Navine G. Khan-Dossos.
Art piece
Exhibition at:
Paris Art and Design at Éléphant Paname
New York “ Florida New York"
Collaborate with Japanese Traditional craftsmanship;
Ise Katagami
Hamatsu chusen
Exhibitions at
NYC x DESIGN
Singapore Design Week selected as DESIGN STARS 2019
Process of Katagami
T-shirts design and Illustration
Client: Cranbrook Museum
Family event “Natiobal boat day
Typography project.
Violin Typefaces made from the part of my violin.
Imaginary idea sketches “AYA DAYDREAM”
This project was presented at Oslo National Academy of Art, Oslo, Norway as a part of special workshop and the lecture.
Entrance or gate made by scent of wisteria vine and flowers.
If I design a car maybe like this (figure1 and 2), the amphibious vehicle will also fly.
Headphone or string phone for eternal youth…..or very special sound-catcher that can only hear the sounds you need. Gift idea.
Chocolate or candy melt like a snow flake. Amazing-beautiful-taste ever. When you eat the candy, it immediately melts in your mouth. And then you can feel its scent. I recommend to use: cacao beans made from Mars, flower syrup from Venus.
A racetrack for flying insects.
Gate idea No.2. Ingredients: Scent of clover and voice of five gorillas.
A vacuum cleaner ( fig. 1)
When you install the pole in the middle of your room or public space, the pole will collect the dust from all around, and make a cool sculpture. (fig. 2 to 4) The shape interacts with the dust and air conditions. You can see new shapes all the time.
Huge dome or portable tent. Constructed of dandelion fluffs and steam.
Flying house ———-maybe a concert hall or church or someone’s house that has a huge pipe organ. The 2nd floor moves due to the sounds of the pipe organ.
Continued image 2 from flying house (with details of movement ).
A cockroach house
Supercouch, very unstable, made from the whistle of a whale.
Superchair. Materials ice and mirror reflection.
Elevator idea, made from time depth.
Boat made by shadow from yesterday and tomorrow.
Umbrella for 100 people. (Click to see the details)
Made from sounds ( mixed between 1000 years old sounds and modern sounds. Artificial and natural).
If i build a house by winds, maybe it will look like this.
Animation, music and violin by Aya Kawabata
Exhibition:
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Usagi NY gallery
Chewing Theory NY
Animation, music and violin by Aya Kawabata
Illustrations for soffle, un souhait! Montreal Canada,
