The elegant magazine I work for, Kateigaho International Edition, recently held an exhibition of chess sets designed by the creative director, Alexander Gelman, and decorated by Japanese artisans. The finished works were featured in the magazine (above) and shown in this gallery in Nakameguro.
Here are two KIE editors, Takeshi Kudo and Miwako Sato. Miwako-san hired me; she has great style and story ideas.
And Gelman, a Russian-American with heaps of top-level experience in editorial and advertising. He has a strong personality and opinions but it's been terrific to work with him.
Gelman, or GLMN, is a "media artist" known for his mimimalist designs, whether on the printed page or in his own multi-media art and design. Traditional artisans carved his chess pieces in wood and then lacquered entire sets in actual gold and silver using the "urushi" method.
Other sets were shaped in porcelain and handpainted with shockingly tiny designs using the "kutani" method.
Even the snacks at the gallery were well-designed.
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