Graphic & spatial design — Kyoto
村上愛子Aiko
Murakami
Twelve projects a year. No more. Each one given the time — and the emptiness — it asks for.
下へbelow
一One work, shown alone
Identity · Kaika Paper Mill · 2025
Silence, Printed
A 140-year-old paper mill asked for a louder brand. The studio gave them a quieter one: a logotype that is mostly margin, stationery trimmed until the paper itself became the mark. Their sales calls now open with the same question — what is this made of? — which was the brand all along.
Most design adds.
This studio subtracts —
until what remains has no choice but to speak.
Paper, Folded Twice — a group exhibition at the Kyoto Institute of Design, 9 October – 2 November 2026. Aiko shows one object.
The studio is reading commissions for spring 2027. Begin with a letter