HIRISHA MEHTA

In 2019 I had the wonderful opportunity of working with a Kyoto based letterpress printing studio, The Kyoto Press, as the art director and also designing one of the covers for a "Goshuincho", an accordion style temple stamp collection book, which can also be used as a diary. 



THEME: Kyoto, a Zen garden.
Living in Kyoto is like gazing at a "karesansui", a zen garden. With its ever evolving and changing landscape of a new culture and energy among the old resonating traditions and structures, you can play your imagination, giving a new "meaning" to the shapes and forms, as you wander around the city, but at the same time, you are left feeling mesmerised by its past.


『京都、禅の庭』
京都に住んでいるのは、禅の庭「枯山水」を眺めるようなものです。共鳴する伝統と古い構造の中で、新しい文化やエネルギーが進化し続ける町。その景観の中で、都市を周るといろんなアイデアが浮かび、いろんなものに自分なりの「意味」を与えながら、この町の過去に魅了される感じがします。


This project was done with 6 other artists and illustrators from around the world based in and out of Kyoto. 

To see more follow this link!:
https://cappan.co.jp/cotoincho


CREDITS
Printing/The KYOTO PRESSS
Planning & Creative Director/GRAfts
Art Director/Hirisha Mehta

​Photos credit: GRAfts