“join space and substance”

In the early 1960s, she took a six-month tour of Europe. By the end of this trip, Tomoko understood what would be her mandate—to “join space and substance,” as she later wrote. To draw the big picture, its message and its context—to be a graphic designer.

Tomoko's impenetrable demeanour conceals an innate ability to confront unfamiliar situations, absorb new information, and integrate jarring contradictions. She sees order in clutter; she enjoys translating abstract concepts in clear visual terms. As a result, her design solutions have an unassuming, effortless, and lucid quality.

To explain her particular sense of space, Tomoko alludes to shakkei, a traditional Japanese garden design discipline that integrates the background with the foreground, bringing distant views into clear focus. Meaning “borrowing scenery,” shakkei transforms the experience of space, imparting a sense of depth, width, and breadth to a small environment.

Tomoko Miho carefully gardens every inch of graphic space. She often borrows spatial conventions from the three-dimensional world, making the two-dimensional plane appear larger, deeper, more inclusive. For her, the page is not an opaque screen, but a threshold. Her designs invite viewers to cross over into a multilayered world.

Unit-2 | Portfolio

Unit-2 | Portfolio

Data Research 20/02/2020

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