“To deliver a space, with the help of people, which brings an awareness of nature within an urban environment.” Such a desire led to the development of the art project at Hakata Station. Your drawings will be collaborated with artworks by internationally renowned Japanese-style painters, Hiroshi Senjyu and Eiji Mitooka, who have been associated with many railway design projects as Art Directors. The combined drawings will be transformed into tile/ceramic design to build a forest of enormous, panoramic art. From being simply a regular train station to pass by to a station distinct in your memory—it is our wish that such a space will warmly welcome visitors and become a “bridge” that embraces generations to come.
We called for application twice with the four themes.
Each submitted drawing was fired onto the Arita ware. Used since the Edo period, Arita ware is beautiful because of the quality of its material and techniques developed through a long tradition.
Your drawing will become the tile art filling the walls and pillars and will turn into a large artwork.
Your drawing now transformed into the tile art will be displayed at various places of Hakata Station. Mr. Senjyu and Mr. Mitooka will artistictically coordinate your work. (A projected image of the installation is given below.)
Illustration by Eiji Mitooka + Don Design Associates