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This Spring: Tokyo Art Map + Marunouchi Art Weeks + TAB Talks

April 2nd, 2008
Chris Palmieri

Spring has arrived here in Tokyo, and for AQ that means nightly strolls through nearby Yasukuni Shrine to grab a warm beer out of the cooler, some yakitori off the grill, and gaze at the popcorn-like cherry blossoms against the dark sky.

The timing couldn’t be more perfect to catch our breath, as we’ve wrapped up our work for a few fun events, also blossoming across town throughout April. Here are a few highlights:

Tokyo Art Map

We’ve been working with Tokyo Art Beat since the beginning of the year to launch a new series of bi-monthly, bilingual art event maps for Tokyo. This is TAB’s first major step offline, and so far it’s been a great success, with 100,000 copies distributed throughout Tokyo, and all the ad spaces sold out for this edition.

The map wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Marunouchi, a commercial district of Tokyo owned by Mitsubishi’s real estate division. Marunouchi has organized a great lineup of art events under the name of Marunouchi Art Weeks, which are neatly summarized within the map, and mirrored on the mini-site we designed for them last month

Marunouchi Art Weeks

In addition to the map, we were recruited by Marunouchi to design all promotion materials for Marunouchi Art Weeks, including a mini-site, flags, hanging from hundreds of street-lamps throughout central Tokyo, and B1-sized subway posters hanging in the train station beneath Marunouchi Building.

TAB Talks #4 “Christian Schwartz: Type Designer”

On April 8th (next Tuesday), Chris will be hosting the next TAB Talks, featuring a presentation and Q&A with type designer Christian Schwartz. Christian has created custom typefaces for publications and companies like Esquire, Wallpaper*, The New York Times, Bosch and Deutsche Bahn. His typefaces for the Guardian were an integral part of the newspaper’s acclaimed redesign in 2005.

The talk will be held in English with Japanese translation, at Gotanda Sonic in Gotanda. Hope to see you there!