Ginza Graphic Gallery

Dividing his time between Tokyo and New York, Kota Iguchi (b. 1984) has emerged as a leading figure redefining the relationship between graphic design, motion and immersive visual experience. As co-founder of the creative association CEKAI, he has developed a practice that moves fluidly between motion graphics, live-action film, spatial installations and large-scale digital environments. From the animated sports pictograms of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to projects for Las Vegas’s Sphere, Iguchi demonstrates how graphic language can evolve beyond flat surfaces. This summer, Ginza Graphic Gallery explores the artist’s dynamic visual universe with ‘Kota Iguchi: Motion Graphics’. The exhibition examines how typography, geometry, paper and physical movement can interact and unfold across time and space. For the occasion, Iguchi has collaborated with artists Rei Ishii, Ryu Mieno and Taku Sasaki/Aki Kanai on three newly commissioned works exploring the intersections of geometric structures, bodily expression and sequential forms. Installed on the gallery’s ground floor, these projects trace the transformation of graphic ideas into sculptural and animated experiences. Meanwhile, the basement space surveys landmark works by Iguchi and CEKAI, highlighting the growing role of immersive visual communication in contemporary culture. Blending motion, architecture and graphic experimentation, the exhibition offers a compelling glimpse into the future of design as a spatial and sensory...

Dafi Kühne works at the intersection of graphic design, craftsmanship and mechanical performance. At a moment when digital production and AI-generated imagery increasingly dominate visual culture, the Swiss designer has devoted himself to the tactile rigor of letterpress printing, transforming a centuries-old technique into a radically contemporary form of expression. This summer, Ginza Graphic Gallery showcases his distinctive process with ‘Dafi Kühne: Constructing Posters’, on view from July 14 to August 26. Far from nostalgic revivalism, Kühne’s practice pushes analogue printing into unexpected territory. Working from his studio in the Swiss Alps, he operates nearly forty tons of presses, metal type, woodblocks and custom-built tools to produce monumental posters by hand. His works often reach the scale of Swiss street posters, demanding an intense physical engagement with the machinery itself. Combining traditional techniques with self-engineered modifications and digital experimentation, Kühne treats printing not simply as reproduction, but as a performative and sculptural act. The exhibition traces this intricate process from conception to finished object. Alongside completed posters, visitors encounter printing blocks, typographic elements, handmade linocuts and material fragments that reveal the labour embedded within each image. The result is a meditation on the enduring expressive power of the human hand in an increasingly immaterial age, and an immersive...