Ray Kawakubo will be awarded the prize for the cultural exchange of East and West

Comme des Garçons creative director and designer Ray Kawakubo will be the winner of the Isamu Noguchi award. The jury noted its "commitment to innovation and global awareness, as well as a contribution to the cultural exchange between East and West."

Among the nominees for the prize were usually architects and industrial designers, whose works embody ideas and values ​​similar to the work of Isamu Noguchi himself. As an American of Japanese origin, he always paid much attention to the synthesis of the traditions of Asian art and the trends of modernism prevalent in the West.

Recall that the award was established in 2014 by the New York Noguchi Museum. Last year, Japanese minimalist designer Naoto Fukusawa from Tokyo and landscape designer Edwin von Gal from New York shared the victory. The award traditionally takes place in May.

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