blue art – a journey in search of blue

“blue art — a journey in search of blue” is an exhibition to introduce Bombay Sapphire's brand to the Japanese creative community.

Throughout history blue has coloured human society: powdered lapis lazuli used as eyeshadow by Cleopatra; the Chefchaouen townscape in Morocco all painted in blue; and the blue jeans invented during the Gold Rush era in 19th century. Blue also lends its colour to the Bombay Sapphire brand.

Our idea was to hide the brand amongst a collection of intriguing stories relating to the colour blue. These stories came from the experiences of several key figures including a philosopher, an entrepreneur, a magazine editor and a musician.

We created two platforms; a website, and an exhibition which took place in Barneys New York Shinjuku and SHIBUYA TSUTAYA. The website featured interviews with the key figures, whilst the exhibition allowed visitors to see the objects that appeared in the interviews. These two platforms created room for the visitor to uncover the inspiration for the collection - allowing them to discover the Bombay Sapphire brand by themselves.

Takram took part as the creative director and planner. This role involved concept creation, exhibition and website design, as well as carrying out the interviews and facilitating talk events.