A graphic artist by training, 30 hear old Oscar Ginter, discovered Riso Printing, a Japanese technique, and became a specialist.
After running a print shop and a publisher showcasing this technique, he opened Quintal, an independent bookshop featuring all things Riso.
When you walk into the shop, located near Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix church, in the 20ᵉ arrondissement of Paris, you land into a world of color.
Riso Pop offers their take on What is Riso?
“RISO is the name of both a printer and ink company from Japan. Noboru Hayama started his company in post-war Japan (in 1946), calling it RISO.” and that “the name RISO means ‘ideal’ in Japanese, a poetic name that Hayama chose as he found it important that people should not lose their ideals during this period of despair.“
More about Quintal and Risograph Printing via Chez Quintal, l’éditeur Oscar Ginter imprime haut en couleur (Le Gout de M, February 12, in French)
In living color for Tokyo Thursdays # 329
(* Photo from @quintal atelier on Instagram)