TENUGUI_HOSOKAWA (dyeing)

I have created tenugui towels based on interesting things I discovered through repeated research in Kyoto. Not only are the patterns cute, but because they are based on time-consuming research into Kyoto, each pattern has a story and a reason.

This design was selected as part of a competition in which researchers from the Kyoto Center for Traditional Culture Innovation Research (Kyoto University of Art and Design) were asked to reflect on the cultures that are being lost that they have seen and felt in their research activities and turn them into designs.

graphic design
Harumi Yawata