日本の文字に強い関心を持つムナーリが「木」をテーマにカリグラフィの新作を発表。同時に、読めない本をはじめ、これまでに手がけた代表作の数々を展示。

Munari, who has a strong interest in Japanese writing, showed new works of calligraphy with "trees" at a theme. Many other representative works such as books that can not be read were shown.

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ミラノ生まれ。1927年造形と絵で未来派展に参加。1945年モネらと具象芸術グループMACを設立。児童のための新様式の絵本を発表。1965年「オリジナルのゼログラフィー」（コピーアート作品）を世界各地で発表。1967年ハーバード大学でビジュアルデザインの講義を担当。1977年ミラノのプレラ美術館で子供のためのワークショップ開催。「アートと遊ぶ」方法を確立。1985年東京の「こどもの城」で「大ムナーリ展」開催。ジェノバ大学建築名誉博士。ハーバード大学名誉会員。60冊以上の著書は各国語に訳されている。金のコンパス賞ほか受賞も多数。

Born in Milan, he participated in a Futurist exhibition with plastic and paintings in 1927. He established MAC, a representational art group with Monet and others in 1945. He made a children's picture book with a new format. His "Original Xerography" (photocopy artwork) was announced throughout the world in 1965. In 1967, he held a class in visual design at Harvard University. A children's workshop was held at the Brera Museum of Art in Milan in 1977. His "art to play with" method was established. A "Great Munari Exhibition" was held in Tokyo at the Children's Castle in 1985. His is an honorary professor of architecture at Genova University and at honorary member of Harvard University. His over 60 books have been translated into many languages. His many awards include the Gold Compass Award.

スタッフ間の心構えを共通化し、自立性を高める様な内容のgraf内企画展示を行っていました。互いの思考プロセスを丁寧に見せるようなリサーチライティングな展覧会として。自主活動を行なっていた最中に、依頼を頂き展覧会としてやらせて頂いたのが、この「感じる箱」展が初めてだったかもしれない。 grafのプロダクトに「SPHELAR LANTERN」という太陽電池を使ったソーラーランタンがあります。「光ってなんやろ？」という根本的な議論から入ったこのプロダクトの開発のプロセスには膨大なデータが蓄積されていったんですが、ちょうどこのころにdddギャラリーでの展示のお話しをもらいました。「感じる箱」展のチームはこのときのメンバーが中心になっています。 grafでは、グラフィックをグラフィック、空間を空間と分けて捉えるわけじゃない。空間も平面の積層だと考えています。文字情報をうまく設計するというような話ではなく、アフォードをデザインするという考え方です。この展覧会がリサーチから始まるgrafや僕のロジックモデルをつくるきっかけになっているかもしれません。「見る」というより「聞く」展覧会。ポスターもそういった観点で選びました。

We used to plan and hold exhibitions within graf that would standardize mindset and cultivate independence between staff. This research exhibition carefully explored every member’s thought processes. It might have been the first time we were asked to do an exhibition with the Sensory Boxes since we started working independently. One of graf’s products is the Sphelar Lantern, a lantern powered by solar cells. We collected a huge amount of data in the process surrounding the development of this product, which started with the fundamental question, “what is light?”; and it was right around this time we were asked to do the exhibition. The team for the Sensory Boxes exhibition was made up of the same members. At graf, we don’t separate graphic and space design work into different teams. We see space as layered planes. I’m not talking about designing textual information to look good; I’m talking about designing to afford. It just may be that this exhibition was the start of the logic model I myself and we here at graf use; one that starts with research. This is an exhibition where you ‘listen’, more so than ‘look’. We chose to adopt that point of view for the poster, too.

Bruno Munari Exhibition

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