The artist who works as the creative director of the Okunoto International Art Festival is also famous as a master of table tennis. He sees table tennis as a great tool to promote communication and has designed several table tennis tables made of single slabs of stone and exhibited them in various places. With the hope of revitalizing exchange in East Asia through table tennis, he will set up Table No.3 in the Saihate Cabaret.
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Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1940. After studying at Kuwasawa Design School and working for Light Publicity, he established the Katsumi Asaba Design Studio in 1975. Representative works include directing Suntory’s "Yumekaido" and Seibu Department Store’s "Oishii-Seikatsu" advertising campaigns, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company’s "Arinamin A" ads, and works related to Issey Miyake’s logo. He has received many awards, including the Japan Academy Film Prize, Tokyo ADC Grand Prix Award, the Purple Ribbon Medal of Honor, the Order of the Rising Sun Gold Rays with Rosette Award, and the Yusaku Kamekura Design Award. He is a committee member of Tokyo ADC, Chairman of Tokyo TDC, Director of JAGDA, the 10th president of Kuwasawa Design School, and a visiting professor at Tokyo Zokei University, Kyoto Seika University, and Aomori University. He is ranked at the sixth level in table tennis.
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1940. After studying at Kuwasawa Design School and working for Light Publicity, he established the Katsumi Asaba Design Studio in 1975. Representative works include directing Suntory’s "Yumekaido" and Seibu Department Store’s "Oishii-Seikatsu" advertising campaigns, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company’s "Arinamin A" ads, and works related to Issey Miyake’s logo. He has received many awards, including the Japan Academy Film Prize, Tokyo ADC Grand Prix Award, the Purple Ribbon Medal of Honor, the Order of the Rising Sun Gold Rays with Rosette Award, and the Yusaku Kamekura Design Award. He is a committee member of Tokyo ADC, Chairman of Tokyo TDC, Director of JAGDA, the 10th president of Kuwasawa Design School, and a visiting professor at Tokyo Zokei University, Kyoto Seika University, and Aomori University. He is ranked at the sixth level in table tennis.
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1940. After studying at Kuwasawa Design School and working for Light Publicity, he established the Katsumi Asaba Design Studio in 1975. Representative works include directing Suntory’s "Yumekaido" and Seibu Department Store’s "Oishii-Seikatsu" advertising campaigns, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company’s "Arinamin A" ads, and works related to Issey Miyake’s logo. He has received many awards, including the Japan Academy Film Prize, Tokyo ADC Grand Prix Award, the Purple Ribbon Medal of Honor, the Order of the Rising Sun Gold Rays with Rosette Award, and the Yusaku Kamekura Design Award. He is a committee member of Tokyo ADC, Chairman of Tokyo TDC, Director of JAGDA, the 10th president of Kuwasawa Design School, and a visiting professor at Tokyo Zokei University, Kyoto Seika University, and Aomori University. He is ranked at the sixth level in table tennis.
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