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'Even more beautiful than I imagined': the nifty Japanese printing gadget uniting artists worldwide
It’s fast, affordable and its colours are as vivid as screenprints. Designer and risograph devotee Gabriella Marcella talks about founding Riso Club, connecting device users from New York, London, Damascus, Kyiv, Lille, Lima and beyond
TL;DR
- Gabriella Marcella, a Scottish-Italian designer, has curated an exhibition of international art featuring the risograph printer.
- The risograph, invented in Japan in the 1980s, produces affordable prints with a handmade feel using soy inks, often used for zines and independent creative work.
- Marcella founded Riso Club in 2017 to promote risograph artists globally, sending postcards from different cities to members.
- The exhibition in Glasgow displays 400 postcards, aiming to show how design can be accessible and how print can connect people.
- Curators for issues focused on Kyiv and Damascus aimed to present their cities beyond typical media representations, highlighting resilience and personal reflections.