Kata Kata is a design studio based in Tokyo, where the talented designers create playful bright textiles and are also skilled katazome practitioners.
Read More10 Nov 17: kata kata - the katazome and chusen design brand
in WCMT 2017
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7 Nov 2017: Furoshiki factory visit with Kyoko Bowskill, founder of Link Collective.
in WCMT 2017
Accompanied by Chiyumi Nogami
Part hosted by Mitsuyuki Tanaka of Chiffonez (acting agent to Furoshiki factory)
Kensuke Serizawa, writer for Great Gear on NHK World TV channel.
Based in the Fujisawa area of Tokyo
Furoshiki (pronounced fu-rosh-ki) is a cloth wrapping used to elegantly cover and carry anything. Traced beginnings in the 17th century this cloth is evident in many stores in Tokyo today, perhaps an indication of the unerring dedication to refined presentation.
A documentation of my visit to a family run screen print factory in the outer fringes of Tokyo
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