google doodle today honours Eiko Ishioka--japan's "rebel" artist, graphic designer
(she designed the costumes for the beijing olympic ceremonies, and for a favourite movie of mine, "mirror, mirror"
Eiko Ishioka: Japan's 'rebel' artist and art director
Google honours trailblazing art director and graphic designer Eiko Ishioka who made it big in Hollywood.
Two costumes made for the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula, by designer Eiko Ishioka [Alastair Grant/AP]
Trained as a graphic designer, Eiko Ishioka was once considered Japan's best art director and was later also recognised as one of the world's best her field.
During her life, she earned an Oscar, a Grammy and two Tony nominations.
Eiko Shioka [eikoshioka.com] In 1992, she won an Academy Award for costumes she designed for the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. "Dracula was my first big Hollywood film, and Francis gave me complete freedom by expecting never-before-seen, unique, timeless, and revolutionary design," she told the V Magazine in 2011.
On July 12, she would have celebrated her 79th birthday, and today Google honoured her with a doodle on its page. It is featured across North and South America, Europe and Australia.
The designer worked closely with director Tarsem Singh, for movies such as The Fall, Immortals, Mirror Mirror and The Cell, starring Jennifer Lopez in 2000.
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Later in her life, she was also widely recognised for her work as director of costume design for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in 2008. From print ads to costumes and the Olympics, the Japanese designer did it all during her decades-long career.
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