Jacquard-woven blanket designed by illustrator Yuko Shimizu in a limited edition of 500 blankets. Made from premium quality natural and recycled cotton with more filling than a standard weave. Machine washable. 70" x 50".

YUKO SHIMIZU is a Japanese illustrator and instructor at the School of Visual Arts based in New York City. Newsweek Japan has chosen Yuko as one of “100 Japanese People The World Respects” in 2009. Her first self-titled monograph came out in 2011 (Gestalten), and her second monograph, Living with Yuko Shimizu, was released from ROADS Publishing of Ireland in 2016. Other books include A Wild Swan (a collaboration with author Michael Cunningham, FSG, 2015) and the multiple award-winning children’s book Barbed Wire Baseball (written by Marissa Moss, Abrams, 2013). Her work has appeared on Pepsi cans and VISA billboards, as well as the covers and pages of  many publications over the last 15 years, including Scholastic, DC Comics,  The New York Times, The New Yorker, and WIRED.

Please do not mix her up with the other Yuko Shimizu. This Yuko did NOT create Hello Kitty.