Haptic Zine
Editorial Design, Print Design, Art Direction
Who is Kenya Hara? Or more precisely, how does Kenya Hara think? My first encounter with him was in a book published by him — Designing Design. Which talks about his philosophies in design, one of them being HAPTIC, awakening the senses. The inspiration and narrative that sparked the birth of this Zine that aims of introducing and inspiring the next generation designers.
The visual principles of the Zine, is directly influenced by Kenya Hara. Hara is concern, design is not just about creating better solutions but also searching for a better question, thus the chapters were intentionally asked as questions — who, what, how and why. Hara strongly believes that design isn’t just about colours or shapes but rather it’s the design role to give a rich experience to it’s audience by activating the user’s tactile senses, in which trigger the idea for two covers, both simulating the sense to touch and visual attention. Also, one conistency through the publication is the use of circle graphic element, an idea inpired by the circle from the Japanese flag. Visual inserts, were part of the idea of interactivity between the zine and readers.
Narrative Flow —
- Who is Kenya Hara?
- What is Haptic?
- How to Haptic?
- Why Haptic?
Featured Artist —
- Naoto Fukasawa: Juice Skin
- Shin Sobue: Tadpole Coaster
Images and photos that are used belongs to the original artist, and I do not take credit for them.
Please do support Kenya Hara here
- Who is Kenya Hara?
- What is Haptic?
- How to Haptic?
- Why Haptic?
Featured Artist —
- Naoto Fukasawa: Juice Skin
- Shin Sobue: Tadpole Coaster
Images and photos that are used belongs to the original artist, and I do not take credit for them.
Please do support Kenya Hara here
Zine Cover consist of two layers with a translucent sleeve packaging.
Embossing + Fabric Paper = Experience & narrative of stimulating the sense of touch.
Embossing + Fabric Paper = Experience & narrative of stimulating the sense of touch.
Self generated icons on the different sense, using circle element inspired from the Japanese Flag.
Extracting elements from the photo as a graphic element.
An informative Zine that helps deconstruct, the ideas of Haptic.
Last page
Notes about the Zine + Bibliography
