KINUE
51 // Kinue Tsukamoto is a designer based in Tokyo, Japan. She studied Illustration at Kingston University, London, and Surface Pattern Design at Central Saint Martins. Inspiration for her work comes from colours and nature. She enjoys the fact that trees, flowers, animals and the sky each have their own natural colours and shapes, and finds it interesting to see how they change each season. Kinue’s clients have included Japanese lifestyle magazines Ecocolo and Anan, and she has won a Choice award for magazine illustration. Kinue would like to establish her own product brand to help make people’s lives richer and happier through design and colour. She would love to design surface patterns for everyday objects, such as fabrics and utensils, for companies like Marimekko. Kinue also enjoys making envelopes and greetings cards, and would love to design for Paperchase and other stationery companies.
Design Heroes: Paul Klee, Marimekko, Tsumori Chisato
Triangle Chain
These multicoloured chains of soft, scribbled triangles were created with coloured pencils.
Freedom
A fun paper collage of roughly cut geometric shapes.
Dancing
Colourful triangles made from cut paper randomly dance around in this playful collage.
Mountains 02
Opposite top / Mountains 01
A competition to create prints with a Japanese theme inspired Kinue to create these images of mountains. One has sharp and jagged peaks hand drawn in pencil, and the other is softer, with dashes and rounded arcs.
Jiguzagu
A fresh take on a zigzag design. Kinue’s lines are offset and do not meet up with the ends of neighbouring lines.
Triangle Spread
A classic mix of straight-edged geometrics and soft, round dots.