Saturday, April 1, 2017

Poupelle is in Italy!!


Nishino san took his Poupelle to Italy....😉

You might wanna get to know Nishino san NOW...since he will be discovered
as a world class Japanese artist real soon.


Currently he is participating in BOLOGNA CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR and
JAPAN DESIGN WEEK in Milano 2017 at La Triennale di Milano.


Akihiro Nishino Glowing Picture Book Exhibition
 
- POUPELLE OF CHIMNEY TOWN-


StoryThere was a town that has never known the outside world after 
being surrounded by a cliff of 4000 meters. 
The town is full of chimneys. Smoke keeps rising from morning 
till night and clouds are always all over head. People, living in 
chimney towns are trapped in black smoke, so they have seen 
neither the blue sky nor the shining stars.
This is a miracle story of a garbage man and a boy of chimney
sweeper, born in such a city.Published in October 2016. The latest work. 
Japan's current best seller. A hit of 270,000 copies. 
Completed within four and a half years with 33 illustrators
participated in the division of labor system. 
For this picture book, 
9550 people contributed 56.5 million yen in 2 cloud funding.













Akihiro Nishino
Born in Japan in 1980. 
In 2009, he made his debut as a picture book
author with a picture book 
"Dr. Ink's Starry Sky Kinema", written with
a single 0.03 mm monochrome pen. 

After that, "Zip & Candy" "The Music Box Planet" was published.
The latest work "POUPELLE OF CHIMNEY TOWN" is produced with
33 illustrators participated in 
the division of labor system.

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