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• Exhibition, Product design

  Takashi Sato at Salone Satellite (Milan Design Week-11)

  04.30.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I saw Takashi Sato’s products at Stockholm Furniture Fair in February this year, and thought that his coat hanger was one of the best at “Greenhouse”, which is equivalent to “Salone Satellite”. His design reminds me of typical Scandinavian design, which is getting quite popular in Japan in the recent years - Simple, clean, and […]

• Exhibition, Product design

  Tetsuo Shibuya at Salone Satellite (Milan Design Week-10)

  04.29.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Probably Tetsuo Shibuya is relatively unknown outside Japan, but I guess many people have seen “Tube Door Stopper” which Tetsuo Shibuya designed for Japanese company “h concept”.
  Just like “Tube Door Stopper”, all these products that he exhibited at Salone Satellite in Milan are all colorful and playful. See the description below.

  COAT HOOK […]

• Exhibition, Product design

  Shin Azumi for Bernhardt (Milan Design Week-09)

  04.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The US based furniture manufacturer launched their first collection during Milan Design Week. Ross Lovegrove’s “Go” and Yvews Behar’s “Fly” are both very interesting products. (see their products here)
  Japanese designer Shin Azumi designed “Halo”. they are minimal, and beautiful set of tables.

  Description by the producer:
  Giving the illusion the table is floating, Halo features a […]

• Exhibition, Product design

  LED clock by MILE design project (Milan Design Week-08)

  04.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This is my favorite Japanese design at Salone Satelite 2008 in Milan. It uses LED light, and the light indicates the time.
  Online Videos by Veoh.com
  MILE design project
  Design project mile was formed by Bandai Matsuo (acoustic engineer), Kentaro Kai (software engineer) and Kozo Shimoyama (interior designer) while they were still students at the University of Tsukuba. […]

• Exhibition, Product design

  Tokujin Yoshioka’ “Eternal” for Swarovski (Milan Design Week-07)

  04.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Swarovski’s exhibition in Zona Tortona is always one of the highlights of Milano Salone. I heard some people saying that it is not as good as they expected (I guess everyone has such a high expectation for Swarovski)
  This year I thought it was a nice exhibition - especially “Eternal” by Tokujin Yoshioka. All the designers […]

• Exhibition, Product design

  Toshiyuki Kita (Milan Design Week-06)

  04.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Toshiyuki Kitas is one of the most respected Japanese product designers. Since he has been active both in Milan and Osaka, almost every year you can see his products at Milano Salone in April. He has designed so many important products in the history of design, but probably the most important contribution he has made […]

• Exhibition, Product design

  Paper chairs by Junya Ishigami (Milan Design Week-05)

  04.22.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  These chairs designed by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami were shown at Canon’s “NEOREAL” exhibition during Salone del mobile in Milan 2008. Although Canon’s first exhibition in Milan seemed lacking coherence with the mixture of traditional art, fashion, and modern design, these chairs by Junya Ishigami were very appealing to us.

  The following is the description by […]

• Exhibition, Product design

  Nendo with Lexus part 4 (Milan Design Week-04)

  04.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This is the 4th post on Nendo’s exhibition with Lexus, but I really think that it was one of the best at the fair this year, and it is probably the best among exhibitions related to Japanese design. This is the movie of another room, where the Lexus car was exhibited.

• Exhibition, Product design

  Nendo with Lexus part 3(Milan Design Week-03)

  04.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  
  

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  Nendo with Lexus part 2 (Milan Design Week-02)

  04.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here are more photos from Nendo’s installation for Lexus during Milano Salone.

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