Category Archives: Exhibition

Nendo with Lexus (Milan Design Week-01)

Japanese designer unit Nendo designed “Diamond Chair” for Lexus at Salone Del Mobile 2008, which started on the 16th of April. This is the 4th time that Lexus exhibits in Milan. I have seen all of them since the beginning, … Continue reading

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SANAA exhibition at New Museum of Contemporary Art

New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City presents the first comprehensive exhibition in New York of the works of SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa), one of the most important architects from Japan. This movie is from vernissage.tv … Continue reading

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Cabbage Chair by Nendo

Nendo will exhibit “Cabbage Chair” at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo from March 30th to the 6th of July. It is created from a cylinder of pleated paper. Nendo  just slit this by-product paper vertically and created “Cabbage Chair”. This … Continue reading

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Preview: Canon at Milano Salone 08

Canon has never been part of Milano Salone – this will be their first exhibition in Milan. Their theme is ” NEOREAL”, combining the techniques used for Canon’s printers and ideas of Japanese creators. They will have three sections: 1.”Tsuzuri” … Continue reading

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Renowned art gallery Kyubido in Roppongi hosts first exhibition

Kyubido gallery, which was originally located in Ginza, moved to Nishiazabu, Tokyo and is hosting their first exhibition titled “Nine stories 2008”. The following is the nine artists participating in this exhibition. shisei hashmura kaoru hironaka yayoi itami yumiko matsui … Continue reading

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NENDO at Milan furniture fair

Japanese Design group NENDO has several plans for this year’s Milan Furniture Fair (Salone Internazionale del Mobile). The first one is the installation for Toyota’s high end brand LEXUS.According to Lexus, the exhibit will feature a ‘dynamic installation exploring the … Continue reading

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Tokujin Yoshioka’s installation

Tokujin Yoshioka has been recognized one of the most important Japanese designers. His designs have attracted lots of attention wherever they are – in Milan, Tokyo, Miami…. The images below are from Design Miami 2007 when he received “Designer of … Continue reading

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JAPAN STYLE at Ambiente, Frankfurt

Probably “Ambiente” is one of the largest trade fairs in the world, but whenever I visit Frankfurt, the city is kind of boring and then there are so many boring products everywhere. So when I was there this year, I … Continue reading

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Paris chocolate

Internationally well-known Japnese Desingers Issey Miyake, Taku Sato, and Naoto Fukasawa organized a design project called “Chocolate” at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo. The idea came from Issey Miyake, who thought about a happy theme that makes everyone smile. 30 … Continue reading

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"Tokyo Design Premio" at Milano Furniture Fair

Here are the highlites from the design exhibition titled “Tokyo Design Premio” during Milano Furniture fair this year. The way they arranged the exhibition room was a bit messy but I guess that can be one of the characteristics of … Continue reading

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