A–Z Homage to Takenobu Igarashi

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Sapporo PARCO, we will hold an exhibition "A-Z Homage to Takenobu Igarashi" by Takenobu Igarashi, who has been active as a sculptor and designer and passed away in February 2025.
 
▼Click here for the special website!
https://sapporo.parco.jp/page/a-z.homage.to.takenobu.igarashi/
 
 
◎Exhibition Period: October 4 (Sat) to November 10 (Mon)
◎Venue: Sapporo PARCO (1st floor front window, SPACE 7 on the 7th floor, STEPS207 on the 2nd to 7th floors) / Daimaru Sapporo Store (1st floor atrium)
◎Entrance fee: 7th floor SPACE 7 500 yen
※ Preschool children free
※Preschool children must be accompanied by a guardian
※Only one caregiver is free by presenting the certificate of the physically handicapped (charged for the person)
※Admission benefits are available only for paid visitors
※Admission may be restricted during congestion.
 
<Admission free>
・Please present “PARCO Members Platinum Rank” for free.
・Please present the "Daimaru Matsuzakaya Shopping Special Offer Card" free of charge for shareholders (bringers) and one accompanying person.
・Please present "Daimaru Matsuzakaya Dealer Gold Card" free of charge up to 1 person and accompanying person
<Admission fee 100 yen discount>
・100 yen discount only for the individual by presenting “PARCO Members Regular Rank ~ Gold Rank”
※ Click here for how to register PARCO members
・Show the "Daimaru Matsuzakaya App" home screen and get 100 yen off only for the person
 
[News about goods]
"Original Tote Bag (AZ)" has been delayed due to various circumstances. As soon as it is available, we will inform you on the Sapporo PARCO official website and the official SNS.
 
※10/5 (Sun) 11:30 Update※
"Original tote bag (AZ)" has arrived, so we will start selling from 10/5 (Sun).
 
 
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　The encounter between Mr. Igarashi and PARCO was a project of Shibuya PARCO PART3, which opened in 1981. Mr. Igarashi, who participated as one of the leading designers, worked on many designs such as logos, signboards, shoppers, and in-house graphics. The simple and powerful PARCO logo is loved by the company as the Igarashi Logo, and is still used as an exterior wall sign in Kichijoji and Nagoya. The neon signs removed from the outer walls of Shibuya PARCO, which were demolished for rebuilding, are now carefully shown in permanent exhibition stores in Shibuya and Shinsaibashi. The Igarashi logo is a symbol of PARCO’s culture that has been handed down for generations.
 
　Mr. Igarashi has worked on logos such as Suntory, Meiji Dairy, Calpis, etc., and has attracted worldwide attention for his three-dimensional alphabet work. The poster calendar [PARCO ver. = Produced in 1982, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) ver. = Produced in 1984 to 1991], which expresses numbers in a unique way, has made international reputation a reality.
 
　This exhibition focuses on Mr. Igarashi's activities as a designer before turning into a sculptor in 1994. We unravel the logo design for PARCO PART3 and introduce variants of the typeface. The alphabet sculptures (24 existing pieces) presented at Shibuya PARCO Street Gallery, the poster calendar of the PARCO Version (1982), and sculptures and graphic design works based on the alphabets from A to Z, will be exhibited throughout the Sapporo PARCO building.
 
 
 
 
 
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