Kenya Hara is a Japanese graphic designer, curator and writer.
11 Facts About Kenya Hara
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Kenya Hara is one of the leading designers in Japan and his books Designing Design and White are recognized as essential for anyone studying design theory and aesthetics.
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Kenya Hara has been the art director of Muji since 2001, and designed the opening and closing ceremony programs of the Nagano Winter Olympic Games 1998.
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In 2008, Kenya Hara partnered with fashion label Kenzo for the launch of its men's fragrance Kenzo Power.
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Kenya Hara designed the official posters for EXPO 2005 Aichi, created the signage system for the Umeda Hospital and the visual identification for the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, worked on new design for the Matsuya department store in Ginza, among many other design projects.
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In 2021, Kenya Hara partnered with Xiaomi and designed a new logo for the company, which was unveiled on 31 March 2021, replacing the previous one.
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Kenya Hara invited 32 leading Japanese creators from various fields such as architecture, graphic design, lighting, fashion, photography, to design anew some very mundane commodities, and each participant was in charge of one subject to re-design.
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In Designing Design, Kenya Hara explains his theories and philosophical approach to design.
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Kenya Hara explained, the formation of impression is through the external stimulation of the senses, recall the past memory in the brain, the past memory is constantly combined with the external information to build the "Information Architecture".
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Kenya Hara authored another book, White, which explores white as a design concept.
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Kenya Hara describes how he experiments with the different whites he mentions, what they mean in the process of his work, and how they influence design today.