Kyoorius Designyatra 2008

Kenya Hara is one of the Japanese design community’s most respectable thinker and prolific graphic designer. Kenya has been synonymous with the acclaimed art direction of MUJI, and also the creator of the programs for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Nagano Winter Olympic Games 1998. His main base is in Tokyo. He devotes considerable attention to the pursuit of future communication resources accessible in the culture of Japan.

Kenya Hara has garnered many awards in various fields and encompassing diverse activities, including advertising, signage, book design and identification. For the book he authored in “Design of Design,” he received the 2004 Suntory Prize for Social Science and Humanities, and he has received much attention as a storyteller who approaches the real problems of the day from the perspective of design.