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    NEWS

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    Berlin,Germany 

    DESIGN BOOM

     Aya's Work is featured in design magazine design Boom  -Salone del mobile in Milan

    http://www.designboom.com/art/aya-kawabata-dutch-invertuals-milan-design-week-4-20-

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    Czech Republic, Brno

    27th Brno Biennal 2016

    16 JUNE - 30 OCT 2016

    Aya works was selected 27th Brno Biennal

    https://27.bienalebrno.org/cs/Index/

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    Berlin,Germany

    DMY International Design Festival Berlin

    DMY AWARD 2016!

    Aya Kawabata receives the DMY Award 2016 from DMY design festival

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    Berlin,Germany

    DMY International Design Festival Berlin

    New Tarent Award 2016

    Exhibition 14-17June 2016

    at Kraftwark

    Lecture : 4th June 5:30

    "Hearling the colorsm Dreawing the music"

    short talk at the new tarent stage

    5.30-7pm

    Aya Kawabata is nominated as a DMY new tarent winner 2016.

    You can see her works at the Kraftwark Berlin design festival.

    She will be presenting her first lecture in Europe during DMY design week.

     

    https://dmyberlin.com/en/festival_2015/new_talents

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    New York, U.S.A.

    ICFFx Tokyo Design Week at NYC design week

    14-17 MAY 2016

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    http://tokyodesignweek.jp/international/ny_2016.html

    http://www.icff.com

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    Milan, Italy

    SALONE DEL MOBILE IN MILAN

    12-17 APRIL 2016

    Via Solferino, 11

     

    Aya Kawabata Textile project is nominated for the Pind Dot design competiton during the Salone delo mobile in Milan 2016. Her textile work will showing at Milan!

    http://pinkdot.de/

     

    Brno, Czech Republic

    27th Brno Biennial 2O16

    16 JUNE-30 OCT 2016

    Aya Kawabata is selected for the 27th Beno Biennal from 1222authers and 52 countries!

    27th Brno Biennial

     

    Amsterdam, Netherland

    STEDEJIK MUSEUM

    selected final short list by the museum.

    For Stedejik design exhibition, The jury had made a shortlist of 50 artists out of 750 entries for permanent collectiins and the show. Aya work was sleected on that final shortlist! unfortunatelly, in the very last stage, the works had not to select for the exhibition. However it's a honor to be a part of final selection by great museum in Netherland!

     

    New York, U.S.A

    Adobe Creative Jam 

    Aya will be showing creative presentations for audience as a participate of 3-hours design open tournament session for selected top local young designers by the Adobe Creative Jam. Collaborative work with talented illustratior Dingding Hu:) 

     

    Tokyo, Japan

    Music CD  Segawa Yumiko

    BACH GOLDBERG VARIATIONS BWV988 

    Art work for Yumiko Segawa piano solo music CD.

     

    New York, U.S.A

    P339 GALLERY

    5 DEC 2015 –FEB 2016

    Postcard designs for P339 Gallary Popup art shop

     

    Berlin, Germany 

    -Collaboration project with Germany designer Felix Stumpf.

    -Design pingpin project with Sebastian Zimmer

    (inprogress..)

     

    New York, U.S.A

    COLLABORATION with TUNICA 

    Collaboration and new project with Tunica design magazine.

    some projects will be part of sight unseen offsite and tunica web shop.

     

    New York, U.S.A

    STEREO TYPE : New Directions in Typography

    The New School Persons

    22 OCT–15 DEC 2015

     

    Edhv work: wordigami posters at NYC. This traveling exhibit presents work by 14 designers from across the globe that challenge and expand conventional notions of typography. 

     

    Oslo, Norway

    AYADAYDREAM at DESIGN SCHOOL 

    Aya design work "AYADAYDREAM" is presented at Norway design universty.

     

    Michican, U.S.A

    Mercedes-Benz Art Exhibition

    opening night 29 OCT 2015 

    Aya's hand drawing and wooden art works will be showing at Mecedes Benz Art Show

    http://mbfs-art.com/events/farmington-hills-events/

    web auction page:  work1 work2 work3


    New York, U.S.A

    THE NY ART BOOK FAIR  MoMA PS1

    18–20 SEP 2015

    Aya's new graphic design work will be including Moma PS1 book fair. 

    She made riso printed book at Norway with eight designers.

    The book will be show at the art book fair!

    http://nyartbookfair.com

     

    Wonen Limburg, Netherlands

    SOCIAL SOFA 

    Edhv work: social sofa and the city water stand at Wonen Limburg finally it's complete! 

    news link

     

     

    Oslo, Norway

    Summer design program+exhibition.

    10-21 AUG 2015

    Oslo summer design program '15 by The Ventrioquist group.

    Exciting meeting with João Doria,Kristian Henson, Laura Pappa, Kristina Ketola, and selected designers from all over the world!

    Workshop: Aug 10–15

    Exhibition: Aug 15–21

     

    Berlin, Germany

    Work at Konzulat Studio / Felix Klein Studio this summer.

     

    THE PROJECT 39qm NEWLAND 

    3-11 JULY 2015

    Aya worked for an exhibition project by Felix Stump and Yunnus at Berlin Mitte.

    opening on July3.

     

    Paris, France

    Dutch Invertuals 'Body Language' 

    THE GRAND PARIS DESIGN FESTIVAL "D'Days"

    1-7 JUNE 2015

    visual illustration for Dutch Invertuals. exhibition showing at Gallery Joseph during D'Days at Paris France.

    http://www.ddays.net/en/

     

    Tokyo, Japan

    TOKYO BUNKA KAIKAN segawa yumiko piano concert

    1 JUNE 2015

    Aya's drawing is showing at a gallery space in tokyo bunka kaikan, between Yumiko Segawa's piano concert in Tokyo Japan.

     

    Milan, Italy

    Dutch Invertuals 'Body Language' 

    SALONE DEL MOBILE MILAN

    14-19 APRIL 2015

    visual work for Dutch ibvertuals show at the Salone del mobile Milan Design week.

    http://www.dutchinvertuals.nl

     

    NYC, U.S.A.

    They Might Be Giants

    Music Animation Video

    New york based artists "They Might Be Giants" music video project. coming this year. (in progress)

     

    MI, U.S.A.

    Nominated as a Finalist  “Museum Committee 2015 Graduate Degree Exhibition Purchase Award" for the museum permanent collection.

    This award, ensures that one of the best works in the Graduate Degree Exhibition becomes a part of the history of the Academy and Art Museum.Aya Kawabata's graduation work of cranbrook academy of art was nominated as finalist for this aword. 

     

    Cranbrook Academy of Art 

    Graduate Exhibition
    19 APRIL- 12 MAY 2015

     

    Sweden + all over the world

    Invited by IKEA Art Event Artist

    APRIL 2017

    Invited by Ikea artist 2017 at Sweden + all IKEA store all over the world. Aya's art work will show up all IKEA store as a drawing artist.

     

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