Graphic design, a form of creation involving physical materials such as printed matter, is regarded by Yoshiaki Irobe as the work of giving form in the human mind to non-physical things like memory, impressions or feelings. Through wide-ranging design work including visual identity, sign systems, exhibition graphics and editorial/book design, he is constantly thinking about how to fully apply the power of graphic design in society.

The exhibition "Yoshiaki Irobe: WALL" will be a site for presenting TOKYO PROJECT. Irobe developed this project with the aim of actualization based on presentations held at Tokyo Design 2020 Forum, which was established after Tokyo was named the host city of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. By redesigning and standardizing existing neighborhood notice boards, which have disparate formats, lettering, colors and shapes, TOKYO PROJECT aims not only to enhance their function of clearly showing locations, but also to create a new Tokyo look that will be quietly input into the depths of people's memories. This exhibition also presents many projects that Irobe has carried out while moving through the territories of surfaces, three-dimensional objects and space, including such highly impressive sign systems projects as the renovations of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art and the Ichihara Lakeside Museum, and the exhibition design direction of the Takeo Paper Show.

Mr. Irobe says he believes in "the power of design, which is created by small continuities extending uninterrupted like wallpaper." By turning his past projects and newly proposed projects into a wall, we hope to demonstrate this power.