Bamboo Forest Kiʻi Kiʻi by Takeo Hirose is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Paʻi Kiʻi a me Hoʻololi Kiʻi Competition Category.

KeleawePaʻi Kiʻi· 2020

Bamboo Forest Kiʻi Kiʻi

by Takeo Hirose

Client: Takeo Hirose

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Paʻi Kiʻi Category

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The Design

About Bamboo Forest Kiʻi Kiʻi

Ua hānau ʻo Takeo Hirose ma Kyoto, 1962. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo ʻana i ke kiʻi ikaika loa i ka makahiki 2011 i ko ʻapana ʻo Iapana i loaʻa i ka pōʻino nui. Ma o ke ōlaʻi ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole mau loa o nā hiʻohiʻona nani akā ʻike maoli ʻole ia, a ʻike ʻoi i ka mea nui o ke kiʻi aku i ka nani o Iapana. ʻO kāna manaʻo hana e hōʻike i ka honua o nā kiʻi kuʻuna Japanese a me nā kiʻi pena pena me ka manaʻo o Iapana hou a me ka ʻenehana kiʻi kiʻi. I nā mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hana ʻo ia i nā hana me ke kumu kīnā ʻole, a hiki ke pili iā Iapana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Bamboo Forest Kiʻi Kiʻi i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Bamboo Forest Kiʻi Kiʻi he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Bamboo Forest Kiʻi Kiʻi i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: For the past few years the designer has produced the works in the motif of bamboo, which can be associated with Japan. In the project, he is trying to seize the reason why bamboo images strongly associates with Japan.
Dimensions & Packaging: Print size / A3 (297mm X 420mm)
Tags: bamboo, B&W, japan, oriental, monochrome, kyoto, asia, zen, cool, relax, suibokuga
Production Technology: The designer thinks the distinctive characteristics of bamboo are even more attractive in monochrome images using the modern techniques of photography.
At first he takes color photos, and develops them to monochrome images with photoshop and other sophisticated tools.
For development he uses Dell 8K monitor to express delicate touch and light & shade.
Design Challenge: Bamboo itself is very common in Japan, however it is not easy to extract the Japanese beauty from the common motif and create different types of works.
The designer has been trying to get close image to old Japanese paintings and Suibokuga (Japanese ink painting) by creative methods.
Research: The shots from bottom to top is suitable for expression of dignitiy of baoboo forests, while the designer found that the position of each bamboo is very important for the beauty of works.
He found the cyanotype tone suits the atmosphere of the bamboo forests most, and they look like contemporary Suibokuga.
Inspiration: Modern photo artists like Hiroshi Sugimoto and Andreas Gursky inspire the designer so much. However old Japanese artists like Hokusai, Hasegawa Tohaku, Zyakuchu, Ogata Korin etc. also inspire him a lot.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2016 in Kyoto and finished in December 2018 in Kamakura.
Operation Flow: The designer has visited many places of beautiful bamboo forests in Japan. He has also visited several night festivals at which bamboo forests are illuminated.
Actually, there are so many bamboos in Japan, however most are too dense or not trimmed by human, and such bamboo forests are not suitable for his works.
Image Credits: All images by Takeo Hirose