What is DESIGNART TOKYO? (I)
Held each autumn DESIGNART TOKYO is one of Japan’s largest art & design festivals. With the concept of “Emotions”, interiors, art, fashion and food from all around the world are collected with a genre-defying spirit. Decorating the coolest areas of Tokyo with art, making it fun to walk around and visit all the different exhibits, transforming the entire city into a museum over the course of ten days.
Israel Announced as Official Partner Country!
Israel is decided as the Partner Country of this year's DESIGNART TOKYO. As part of the Exchange Project, more than 10 participants from Jerusalem Design Week (JDW) will exhibit their works. (From Japan, Shota Hayakawa and Yuri Himuro of last year's Designart Tokyo, have participated in the JDW 2019 in June.)
With a showcase of local materials, installations, projects and events stemming from the recent editions of JDW, the exhibition will explore the tensions and hybrids which define a unique Israeli design approach
Ginza & Shinjuku Join the Party!
TOKYU PLAZA GINZA X Bunkamura X Toraya Exhibition
< KIRIKO LOUNGE / Tokyu Plaza 6th Floor >
Tokyu Plaza Ginza will serve as the Information Center for the Ginza area. At KIRIKO LOUNGE, located on the landmark building’s 6th floor, poetry evoking the season of autumn in the Ginza area will be recited as part of an event titled “Gin-cha-kai” (Silver Tea Party), while Toraya, the venerable purveyor of Japanese sweets and patron of traditional arts and crafts, will be supporting an exhibition titled “TOKYU PLAZA GINZA Å~ Bunkamura SPECIAL PROGRAM ～ Toraya,
Principles of Japanese Sweets”, curated by Ryusuke Nanki. The show will examine the expression of the four seasons and the origins of craftsmanship through the lens of Japanese sweets, while visitors can experience the joys of creating Japanese sweets at the adjacent Sukiyabashi Chabo.
Lalique x Damian Hirst “Eternal” Collection
< Lalique >
The revered house of Lalique, known as “The haute couture of crystal glass”, has entered into a partnership with world-renowned contemporary artist Damien Hirst to produce a collection titled “Eternal”. Melding Hirst’s conception of “The Cycle of Life” with the house’s unrivalled craftsmanship has resulted in art pieces the likes of which have never been seen before and which visitors will be sure to enjoy seeing up close. ETERNAL IMMACULATE
Photographed by Fran.ois Fernandez ˝ Damien Hirst, Science Ltd and Lalique. All rights reserved, DACS/ADAGP 2017
Shiseido Gallery / From “Moulting”(2019) by Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda
< Shiseido Gallery >
Shiseido is a cosmetics brand whose identity is deeply entwined with the history of Ginza. Celebrating its centenary this year “Shiseido Gallery” is Japan’s oldest art gallery and this year it will participate in DESIGNART TOKYO for the first time. The gallery will be featuring an exhibition selected by Berlin-based conceptual artists Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda as well as an exhibition of craftsmanship featuring arabesque patterns.
Please stay tuned for more information with us or you may visit: http://designart.jp
One room. Three exhibitions. Blurring the edge between fine art and design from Poland
‘Room PLus’ is a 6 weeks long project that will showcases three exhibitions of emerging and more established designers from Poland at the Design Centre PMQ in Hong Kong.
‘Room PLus’ is a 6 weeks long project that will showcases three exhibitions of emerging and more established designers from Poland at the Design Centre PMQ in Hong Kong. The key idea of ‘Room PLus’ concept is to bring innovative free thinking designers and artists from Poland to Hong Kong. The exhibitions will be followed by a program of workshops. ‘Room PLus’ is a part of Polish Cultural Festival.
1. “Around the Table – Polish Party”
Group Exhibition.
Presented in this exhibition will be 50 table accessories, experimental prototypes and unique objects authored by >20 Polish designers from Gdańsk - one of the leading trend-setting centers of European material culture.
Curator: Prof. Sławomir Fijałkowski
Concept Design: dr Marta Flisykowska (Gdansk Academy of Fine Art, Poland)
During the month of May, Studio Ziben will partner with Chef Daisuke Mori at the renowned One Michelin-starred Hong Kong restaurant ‘Takumi by Daisuke Mori’, where special collages will be displayed in the venue and inspire the culinary experience. The meaningful collaboration will offer gastronomies the unique opportunity to savour a menu designed exclusively for the event, where the craft, philosophy and feeling of the artwork is beautiful reflected into culinary creations.
2. Studio Ziben
“RE&UP”: Furnitures and Collages Exhibition. Curator: Dr. Agnieszka Mori
The first Asian exhibition of Berlin-based internationally renowned Polish artist and designer Mariusz Małecki (Studio Ziben). Blurring the edge between fine art and design, the exhibition will showcase unique furniture together with original collage art works. Design, Craftsmanship, Sustainability and individual Approach combine with Functionality and Timelessness.
With the opening on May 10th, 2019 ‘Room Plus’ is proud to present “RE&UP”, the first Asia exhibition of internationally renowned artist and designer Mariusz Małecki /Studio Ziben (Poland, 1974). The exhibition will showcase Studio Ziben unique furniture together with original collage art works.
The designer lives with his passion for the creation of individual pieces of furniture and objects. His ideas arise spontaneously and intuitively through associations. In this way, Małecki designs fascinating objects that always have a story to tell. Free thinking and spontaneity are combined with functionality, aesthetics, and timelessness. Simple and contemporary design characterizes every handcrafted piece of furniture which is made of the highest quality materials from Poland.
His childhood and youth were dominated by the socialist design of the Eastern block. After graduating from high school, he started to study design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan (PL) and Minerva Academy in Groningen (NL). During his studies he started to make his first designs and worked for Polish furniture industry. In 2007, he moved to Berlin to create his own furniture brand. Studio Ziben is a collection of different ideas.
He often cooperates with different architecture studios and private customers, developing the concept of offices and apartments design. To mention just a few: 2016 - Circus Hotel - foyer furnishings, 2014 - Cooperation with Gensler Architects/London for Google Office in Munich/DE furniture design. The furniture of Studio Ziben, mostly unique pieces are also a part of the private furniture collection/private apartments in New York, Berlin and Poland.
Thanks to fast increasing popularity of his designs, Małecki is regularly invited to prestigious international furniture design exhibitions all over the world, such as Dutch Design Week, ICFF in Manhattan, New York and TV furniture shows as a design expert - (5 episodes, ZDF).
Freedom, free thinking and spontaneity are key parts of Małecki creative process. Studio Ziben designs are unexpected and full of humor - a reflection of the new Berlin and its youthful irreverence to tradition and convention and a reference to the Bauhaus movement, which was established exactly 100 years ago in Germany. In addition, a number of brand new art works from the recent Collage works series will be on view. These collages are made of recycled materials collected by Małecki for many years. They combine paper, wood and other materials. The way Małecki built the images composition is similar to how he creates the furniture. The PMQ exhibition will be followed by two days of workshops, where he will be sharing with the participants the collage and composition techniques.
3. Piotr & Kaja Depta-Kleśta
“Poster & sons”: Posters and Illustrations Exhibition.
Curator: Dr. Agnieszka Mori
The first solo exhibition in Hong Kong of award-winning polish designer’s duo. Piotr and Kaja Depta-Kleśta. Teachers at Academy of Art in Szczecin, Piotr and Kaja are interested in cultural issues. This exhibition will present selective Posters and Illustrations of their works.
For more information, please visit: http://www.pmq.org.hk/event/room-plus-exhibition/
Presented by: Consulate General of Poland in Hong Kong
Organized by: Kocham Polske Hong Kong
Supported by: Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Project Curator: Dr Agnieszka Mori
Dates: 28.04.2019 - 05.06.2019
Venue Partner: PMQ, S503, Staunton
Opening hours: 12:00pm -8:00pm
Presented by: Consulate General of Poland in Hong Kong
Organized by: Kocham Polske Hong Kong
Supported by: Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Project Curator: Dr Agnieszka Mori
Dates: 28.04.2019 - 05.06.2019
Venue Partner: PMQ, S503, Staunton
Opening hours: 12:00 pm -8:00 pm
“Around the Table – Polish Party”: Group Exhibition
Curator: Prof. Sławomir Fijałkowski, Concept Design: dr Marta Flisykowska (Gdansk Academy of Fine Art, Poland)
28.04 (Sun) Opening Ceremony 12-2pm
28.04-05.05 Public Exhibition 12-8pm
Studio Ziben
“RE&UP”: Furniture and Collage Exhibition | Curator: Dr. Agnieszka Mori
10.05 (Fri) Opening Ceremony, 7pm-9pm
11-12.05 RE&UP Workshops (HUB, PMQ)
11.05 (Sat) 3pm-7pm
12.05 (Sun) 11am-3pm
11.05- 21.05 Public Exhibition 12-8pm
Piotr & Kaja Depta-Kleśta
“Poster & sons”: Posters and Illustrations Exhibition
Curator: Dr. Agnieszka Mori
24.05 (Fri) Opening Ceremony, 7pm-9pm
25-26.05 Poster Design Workshops (S503, PMQ)
25.05 (Sat) 3pm-7pm
26.05 (Sun) 11am-3pm
25.05 - 05.06 Public Exhibition 12-8pm