Tabineko Illustration Koledar Ilustracij by Toshinori Mori

Tabineko Illustration Koledar Ilustracij by Toshinori Mori is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Bronasta nagrada A' Design Award in Grafično oblikovanje, ilustracija in vizualna komunikacija Competition Category.

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Tabineko Illustration Koledar Ilustracij

by Toshinori Mori

Client: Toshinori Mori

Bronasta nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Grafika Category

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The Design

About Tabineko Illustration Koledar Ilustracij

To serijo ilustracij je za koledar narisal japonski ilustrator Toshinori Mori. Mačke, ki potujejo, so narisane z nežnimi barvami in preprostimi dotiki v ozadju štirih japonskih sezon. Ilustracije so narisane v Adobe Illustrator. Čeprav gre za digitalno ilustracijo, je zasnovan tako, da daje naraven občutek z dodajanjem drobnih nepravilnosti obrisov in dodaja teksturo, kot so papirni ostanki na površini.

The Recognition

About the Bronasta nagrada A' Design Award

Tabineko Illustration Koledar Ilustracij je prejemnik Bronaste nagrade A' Design Award, zelo prestižnega priznanja, ki se podeljuje izjemnim oblikovanjem, ki se odlikujejo po ustvarjalnosti, iznajdljivosti in bistrosti. Prejemniki Bronaste nagrade so v celoti spretni in presenetljivo ustvarjalni artefakti, ki potrjujejo bogate izkušnje, domišljijo in zvitost svojih oblikovalcev. Od Tabineko Illustration Koledar Ilustracij se pričakuje, da bo visoko cenjen, občudovan in ljubljen predmet, opazno profesionalen in inovativen. To oblikovanje, nagrajeno z Bronasto nagrado A' Design Award, vključuje najboljše prakse v umetnosti, znanosti, oblikovanju in tehnologiji ter je odlično po pozornosti do podrobnosti. Tabineko Illustration Koledar Ilustracij sijajno zadovoljuje potrebe, se dotika želja, očara čustva in vzbuja radovednost.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Tabineko illustration calendar allows cats to travel in an ordinary and ubiquitous landscape. Viewers are more likely to empathize as if their cat is traveling freely in the neighborhood. In addition, flowers, mountain scenery, roadside plants, weather, etc. are drawn according to the season, so viewers can feel the wind of each season in the house
Dimensions & Packaging: Wall Calendar :18cm x 25cm (B5) Art Poster:A4.A3.A2
Tags: Tabineko, Toshinori Mori, Illustration, Japan, Japanese, Cat, Landscape, Art, travel, Happiness
Production Technology: Calendars are handmade.
The designer cuts the output from the printer by month and attaches it to the backing paper with a stopper. The prints, adjusted and output many times until the designer is satisfied, entertain the viewer with vivid colors.
The material of the calendar (including the stopper) is made of paper and can be discarded as burning garbage.In addition to being usable as a wall calendar, it can also be used as a desk calendar by standing on the attached stand.
Design Challenge: Because it is digital, what you print is what you actually see.
So I try to adjust the saturation and color many times to get the desired color. I sometimes print dozens of sheets until I get the color I like.
The problem was that the ink on my printer (a very old printer) was out of print, and I couldn't get the same color.
New printers have low saturation and do not produce beautiful colors.
Research: Digital illustration using Adobe Illustrator.
I take a picture of my favorite scenery on a bicycle walk and draw it based on it.
Cats model their own cats as models.
Because it is for calendars, colors and plants are selected to give the seasonal feeling of each month.
In addition, I am thinking about the combination of colors that can reproduce the images of the beautiful four seasons I felt.
In order to eliminate digital slipperiness, paper shading is added.
Inspiration: I like riding a bicycle through the four seasons. When I decided to make a calendar, I decided to make an illustration of the landscape I saw on a bicycle. However, I thought that the landscape alone was a bit lonely, so I added the cat I had at that time to the landscape.
The result is the "Tabneko" illustration series.
Project Duration: The illustration series was first exhibited at a group exhibition held in Tokyo, Japan in 2011, and has been produced continuously at my home in Nagaoka, Japan until March 2020.
Operation Flow: Postcards, calendars, art posters, etc. are sold at marketplaces such as Etsy, and are sold at private exhibition venues in Tokyo and Nagaoka using Tabineko illustrations.
Team Members: Me alone
Image Credits: Image #1: Illustrator Toshinori Mori, Green wind, 2015.
Image #2: Illustrator Toshinori Mori, Hanami at the station, 2014.
Image #3: Illustrator Toshinori Mori, Snow sake brewery, 2020.
Image #4: Illustrator Toshinori Mori, Autumn color patchwork, 2018.
Image #5: Illustrator Toshinori Mori, Christmas song, 2018.