Makiko
Morinaga

She studied graphic design and textile design at university, and created works that uniquely interpreted Western religious paintings. After that, she worked as a set designer for a Japanese broadcaster. During her traveling at the Milano Salone in Italy, she was inspired by the conceptual and catchy style of space design, product design by Dutch designers. And triggered by that she studied at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK, Dutch: Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten), Master interior architecture (INSIDE) in 2015-12017. How can design solves the social issues faced by regions and spaces? She spent every day facing the challenges. When she was a student, her Japanese family was damaged by the Kumamoto Earthquake (2016). And triggered by the earthquake disaster, analyzing the importance of passing on memories of disasters from the perspective of "healing," "learning," and "celebration," she presents works that incorporate them into colorful urban planning. "Celebration" and "healing" combined with the colorful and decorative style of her being as a set designer became the theme of her subsequent works. After studying abroad, she returned to the broadcaster and launched the  "art to ART Project" as an attempt to convert art scraps from the program creative works of art.