Updates - Archive - Yuko Shimizu

May 21, 2007

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ACROSS THE POND AGAIN AND THEREFORE STUDIO CLOSURE NOTICE

I usually don’t travel this much in this short period of time, but it just happened to work out this way.

I will be gone again from tomorrow. I will be back on June 1. If you need to get hold of me, please e-mail. this time I should be able to check it every day.

May 21, 2007

3X3 MAGAZINE IS OUT

3×3 Magazine with an article on my work just came out.Thank you Marcos Chin for writing the article, and Kai Kiuchi for taking photos of my studio.

May 16, 2007

ON THE COVER OF RYU MURAKAMI IN ITALY!!

Probably one of the most exciting moment since I had started illustrating, my illustration has become the cover of Ryu Murakami‘s Tokyo Soup (English/Japanese title: in The Miso Soup) in Italy!! It is published from Mondadoriin paperback.I had read a lot of Ryu Murakami books when I lived in japan myself, and I had never even imagined that a day would come when I do his cover!

Ryu Murakami is one of the most respected contemporary writers from japan along with Haruki Murakami who is also one of my favorite writers (They are not related).

The book is beautifully designed with French flap, saffron color spine and emboss on the cover. If you are interested in purchasing you can get it online.

May 16, 2007

KØBENHAVN!!

Back from the lecture at Danmarks Designskole in Copenhagen. I had a wonderful time! Biggest thank you goes to the one and only Henrik Drescher !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 1, 2007

STUDIO CLOSURE NOTICE

Dear friends and clients,

I will be away on a business trip between May 4 – 13. The best way to get in touch with me is via e-mail, which I am hoping to be checking at least once in a few days.

I will be back to my studio on Monday, May 14.

This trip was realized through the kindness of : Henrik. Gary, Lisbet, Poul, and Danmarks Designskole. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

April 29, 2007

PRESS is NOW LIVE!

It still needs lots of work a long the way, but new PRESS section is now officially live!

April 27, 2007

DID YOU NOTICE? DID YOU NOTICE?

..that I have finally added a navigation bar to my web site? I have been designing this for more than half a year, but hadn’t had time to actually update the whole thing till today.

Now I am even more pressured to add PRESS and FAQ section! So please stay tuned.

April 26, 2007

EARLY, BUT IT’S SUMMER ALREADY!!

This school year at SVA has ended, and all my students and I are off to long four months summer break. I have to say, I had one of the best sophomore classes this year. Thank you for making my teaching worthwhile guys. Keep up good work and see you in fall.

SO, that means I have a little bit more time than it used to be for the past four months when I only took ONE DAY off from work. Today, I have updated illustration page a bit with five new illos, and this news page is filled with new press info.

April 26, 2007

A GREAT LOOKING BOOK FROM CHINA!

So much art is happening in China right now. I just got this exciting magazine Plugzineissue No.2 from Beijing and it is REALLY good looking!I have four spreads in this collection of drawings by 39 mainly Asian artists from around the world.

The magazine is a set of two books, one for mainly hand-drawn works and another for mainly vector based drawings, printed on different stocks to match each work style, and it even comes with a complimentary sketchbook for those who got inspired. What a wonderful idea!!

Those who are in China and Hong Kong, please get a copy before the limited edition of 2,000 get sold out!!!

(it may be hard to get outside of Asia. You may try contacting Plugzine directly.)

April 26, 2007

A WRITE UP IN COMPLEX MAGAZINE

It happened a while back, but my work and American Illustration 25 cover got a write up in Complex Magazine Feb/Mar issue, along with my best friend Gary Taxali.

Award winning Japanese illustrator based in New York City and instructor at School of Visual Arts.