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Yuko Shimizu
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| Blog: | NOW SHOWING a group show in Barcelona Saturday, 13 September 2008 WIWP Presents "Now Showing" Exploring The Lost "Art" of The Film Poster
Opening party: September 18, 2008 8PM at Vallery: Calabria, 85-08015, Barcelona, Spain It is a group show of graphic designers and illustrators teaming up to create new posters for cult films. Harri Kuhn of Mischen Berlin and I decided to give Midnight Cowboy a new look.  Paralympics Starts. Saturday, 06 September 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games has opened today, unfortunately without much buzz compared to it's star sister. I just finished this ad with German agency Zum goldenen Hirschen Berlin for Apotheke (German phermacy), an official sponsor of Paralympics.
 MORIBITO is a Good Book! Friday, 23 May 2008 New book I did the cover and interior illustrations for is just hitting bookstores near you. Moribito – Guardian of the Spirit – by Nahoko Uehashi (Scholastic, AD: Phil Falco) is the first of a best-selling young adult fantasy series from Japan. I read it before I started illustrating, and I have to say I really enjoyed it. It is not just gripping and exciting, but has undertone of philosophy, ethics and teachings about life that you want the young readers to learn. I highly recommend it.  No Geisha Tuesday, 20 May 2008 I got this new book in the mail today, and I am loving what they did with the front and back cover design. It was a reuse of an illustration I did for a CD cover, and when the publisher asked for the image to be a book cover, I had no idea what they would do with a square image. I am happy with the designer's terrific job.
No Geisha -Otto Modi Di Essere Donna Nel Giappone Di Oggi- is a collection of short stories by contemporary Japanese female writers. Published by Mondadori of Italy.  NY Times Book Review China Special Sunday, 04 May 2008 Nicholas Blechman, art director of NYT Book Review, is the only art director as far as I know who let illustrators do whatever we want without checking our sketches. And, surprisingly or not surprisingly (I vote for the latter) most of us do the best job when we are given the trust and freedom. These four illustrations for review of new Chinese novels were some of the most fun assignments I had recently. Thank you Nicholas.
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