NEW NORMAL, NEW STANDARD exhibition - Meal Time at Tokyo, and Osaka, Japan
Arakawa & Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President Hajime Arakawa) aim to support designer who is eager to create designed products suitable for beautiful scenes such as restaurants and hotel rooms. To reduce an infection risk caused by the global pandemic. An exhibition will be held with Japanese designers to showing beautiful products to reduce an infection risk -The 2nd exhibition of "NEW NORMAL, NEW STANDARD 2 - Meal Time" in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, in June and July 2021.
Arakawa & Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President Hajime Arakawa) aim to support designer who is eager to create designed products suitable for beautiful scenes such as restaurants and hotel rooms. To reduce an infection risk caused by the global pandemic.
EXHIBITION CONCEPT:
Since last year of Fall, the "NEW NORMAL, NEW STANDARD" exhibition will go to the second phase this June.
The first phase of the exhibition was received a significant impact under the theme "Beautiful Countermeasures against Infectious Diseases."
Countermeasures against COVID 19 during dining are often undertaken with social distance and partitions. However, they can be cumbersome and inconvenient in many cases.
We hope to use the power of design to remedy this difficult time, albeit only slightly. For this year's exhibition, six selected designers developed products to make mealtime a pleasant and peaceful experience.
MASHILO by Kaori Akiyama
MASHILO by Kaori Akiyama
The MASHILO chair is constructed exclusively from Japanese cypress trees sourced in Hiroshima Prefecture. In addition to being used as an anti-infection measure, the chair was designed to provide a place where people can enjoy a meal alone, quietly and peacefully, as if they were spending time in a forest, thereby allowing them to appreciate the feast itself more intimately. With these thoughts in mind, MASHILO comes into being as a place to savour a moment with a clear conscience.
BREATHE SCREEN by Takanori Urata
BREATHE SCREEN by Takanori Urata
Developed to enhance mealtime experience, BREATHE SCREEN has a three-dimensional shape, with transparent silicone placed on both sides where it meets the cheeks and is worn with the face in between. This mask will reduce the inconvenience of attaching and detaching masks during "masked dinners," thereby making the precious limited mealtime of today more enjoyable.
Takanori Urata, after worked for Tokujin Yoshioka Design, established TAKANORI URATA DESIGN INC. in 2010. In 2014, he started sunsetclimax inc. for outdoor gears industry. He received some awards, such as GOOD DESIGN AWARD, iF DESIGN AWARD, DFA Design for Asia Awards, German Design Awards and so on.
CAMERIERE by Kairi Eguchi
CAMERIERE by Kairi Eguchi
CAMERIERE is an ideal mask stand for storing masks in restaurants, hotels, or at home. The vertically elongated structure stores mask efficiently and aesthetically in the minimum space required. The simple and soft lines found in cutlery are applied to create a visually harmonious design.
Kairi Eguchi Established KED, Japanese industrial design studio, based in Osaka in 2008. With the studio philosophy - “Discover the unknowns.”, KED not only provide standard design service, but also continue expanding its services such as product planning, design strategy, etc. to provide elegant and new approach for a better user experience.
Object Ⅱby Akira Nakagomi
Object Ⅱby Akira Nakagomi
Object Ⅱis a splash-proof set of partitions that enhance the enjoyment and vitality of dining. The vibrantly hued acrylics add flavour to space instead of just functioning as tasteless partitions. Moreover, the pillar weights can be used as flower vases to add a touch of colour to meals. It is hoped that the presence of the partitions will be forgotten while dining and that the atmosphere will become a little more like it was before the COVID-19 disaster.
Akira Nakagomi founded the AKIRA NAKAGOMI DESIGN in 2012, after working at TOKUJIN YOHSIOKA DESIGN. The goal is to design beautiful products, taking into account materials and techniques.
MASK VASE by Yuma Kano
MASK VASE by Yuma Kano
MASK VASE is a paper mask case stand designed for use while eating at restaurants. While it is a product for the "new lifestyle," wearing masks has become mandatory, it can also be used to add flowers and plants after the epidemic that will eventually come to an end. This design combines a mask case stand and a flower vase to remind us to live colourfully.
Yuma Kano, founded studio yumakano after working as an assistant to artist Yasuhiro Suzuki, is bringing the old environment to life through product design, product planning, brand direction, interior planning, artwork, and other projects.
Obi by Tomoki Doi
Obi by Tomoki Doi
This is a unique freestanding handkerchief that can also be used as a cup sleeve. The shape of the handkerchief is cylindrical to make it as compact as possible when placed in a pocket, yet self-standing on a desk to help it dry naturally. The product was designed based on the manufacturing process of Hirafu Orimono's knitted Japanese belt for the Kimono called an Obi so that it can be created efficiently and would create the appearance of an Obi when attached to a coffee cup.
ANDASSOCIATES founded by Tomoki Doi is a design firm based in Tokyo that strives to design simple and flexible pieces, in hopes to add some playful elements.
Event Information:
Title: NEW NORMAL, NEW STANDARD 2 -Meal Time
Tokyo exhibition
Venue: TIERS GALLERY by arakawagrip
Dates: Tuesday, June 15 to Sunday June 20, 2021
Osaka exhibition
Venue: Page Gallery (KAIRI EGUCHI DESIGN 1F)
Dates: Saturday July 3 to Sunday, July 10, 2021
Designers: Kaori Akiyama, Kairi Eguchi, Takanori Urata, Akira Nakagomi,
Yuma Kano, Tomoki Doi
Sponsors: Arakawa & Co., Ltd., DOUBLE-H. Inc
Cooperation: Doi Furniture Mfg.Ltd., Takeda Design Project, Hiratoyo Orimono, Izuru
PR communication: Shieru Doi, Manaka Nishida
Translation: Shizuka Konishi
Website: https://newnormalnew.com/
About Arakawa & Co., Ltd.
Arakawa & Co., Ltd. invented the first wire gripper mechanism, which could be adjusted along the wire cable with one push and locked without a set of screws. This innovative system can be applied as a display tool for shop interiors and art museums by collaboration with architects and designers.
Contact: Makoto Arakawa, makoto@arakawagrip.co.jp
DesignArt Tokyo 2021 is now call for entires
An annual festival of "Art and design." Bringing together various creative works from all over the world to the city of Tokyo is now returns in October 2021.
An annual festival of "Art and design." Bringing together various creative works from all over the world to the city of Tokyo is now returns in October 2021.
Amid the Covid-19 crisis, challenges continue in our life, society, and business. However, now is the time when creative ideas and actions are much in need than ever. Setting this year's theme as "CHANCE!", DESIGNART TOKYO presents cutting-edge design and art from Tokyo.
Celebrating its 5th year, DESIGNART TOKYO continues developing as a hybrid and international event, merging physical and digital experiences. Many exciting projects and collaborations will be seen, reflecting hot subjects, such as sustainability.
New category luxury outdoor chair made from genuine leather One of the most notable Asian architects, Johnny Chiu, collaborates with a group of Japanese Meisters, "KOBE LEATHER," is unveiling a brand-new category of luxury outdoor furniture. Single chairs will be the first ones to be introduced during DESIGNART TOKYO 2021.
Don’t be miss these great chances to showcase your design and art pieces. In Tokyo, Japan, the call for entries deadline will be on May 20, 2021. For more information, please check the following link to direct to DesignArt Tokyo.
Call for entries:
Deadline: 20 May 2021
Entry Website: http://designart.jp/en/entry2021/
About DESIGNART TOKYO 2021
"DESIGNART TOKYO" is one of Japan's largest design & art festivals held every fall. Diverse objects and experiences of crossover the fields of ART, INTERIOR, DESIGN, FASHION, and FOOD, from around the world are presented in various locations in Tokyo. The world’s leading mixed culture city "Tokyo" transforms into a museum during the festival.
For more information, please visit: http://designart.jp/
Unlock your Imagination, Open your Mind to a Brilliant Prospect
The Existence of a City Depends on Memory
By naming the project in Chinese after the “Nanjing Brocade” –a traditional article famous for its cloud-like colours and intricate patterns, China Overseas Land & Investment pays homage to the heritage of a city, the place where the best fabrics in the country are produced: the “Fifth Cotton Mill.”
The Existence of a City Depends on Memory
By naming the project in Chinese after the “Nanjing Brocade” –a traditional article famous for its cloud-like colours and intricate patterns, China Overseas Land & Investment pays homage to the heritage of a city, the place where the best fabrics in the country are produced: the “Fifth Cotton Mill.”
The mill has been a part of Chinese culture for different generations. It is the prime model of how space can become a symbolic memory. The connection between the mill, the city, and society creates a dialogue between architecture, space, and people.
The designer had arranged the space created similar to a carrier inside a glass box to generate fluid forms and dynamic sculptures resembling the sinuous shapes of the Nanjing brocade, extensive sand dunes that transform time into organic musical patterns.
In Art, Past and Present Overlap while the Old and the New Establish a Unique Dialogue.
The designer takes elements from nature and memory and twists them into threads that weave an architectural brocade, using flexible curves to provide artistic tension to the surrounding environment, combining memories with physical space.
Memories evolve before our eyes as if weaved with fine silk threads. Countless flying yarns condense day and night into a winged sculpture, a threader moving swiftly between giant ribbons in space.
A fifty-two-meter-long and nine-meter-wide sculpture rises toward the sky and extends through the whole interior space of the property. Inspiration for the piece comes from Chinese brocade, revolving and dancing around, both intertwined and scattered simultaneously, outlining the shape of an infinite loop, aiming toward the future.
“We highlight the cultural features of the cotton industry in China. Using space to connects the past with the future. Through a dynamic momentum to create outlines, the beauty of life in bloom with unique elements from the past and formidable sights into future”. – said the designer.
“Time” is the Essence behind Brilliant Prospect
The designer adopted a unique artistic language to define Brilliant Prospect –the project’s name in English. Such a creative approach represents a distinctive landmark composed of artistic and cultural elements.
And thus, sinuous curves grow around the space, weaving segments of time into particular groups, orchestrating multiple ideas into one. Like an epic opera, its magnificent forms fascinate people with a distinctive charm.
Unlock your Imagination, Open your Mind to a Brilliant Prospect
Complementing the central sculpture, an artistic staircase becomes the symbolic entrance to a time tunnel that distributes imaginative elements above and below ground. At the center of two sculptural curved stairs lies an installation called the “Time Shuttle.”
The designer sets the central functional zone of the property in a sunken courtyard where mirrored are as vast as the skies, and lakes provide a deep depth of field, separating everything inside the property from the complexities of the external world. The salon area opposite the book bar interprets the convergence of time with geometric shapes.
The whole space is bestowed with church-like sacredness and tranquillity. It cultivates a life of elegance with poetry, wine, flowers and tea, gathering the essence of life through elements such as rhythm, softness and comfortable surroundings to enjoy the company of old and new friends.
The clubhouse is an extension of the household, a unique kind of companionship that further refines and integrates social circles. Once again, the “spindle” becomes the main artistic symbol of the space. This time, the shape hangs down from the ceiling, concentrating the light coming from a surrounding “ocean of knowledge.”
Thus, the designer transforms space into a petri dish of curiosity and creativity, awaking memories and shaping them. The area feels like a “dance frozen in time” about to begin again, prompting a breathtaking melody that transforms objects into lively and meaningful beings.
The designer hopes to create an artistic “choreography” between real and imaginary times, providing guests with endless possibilities from the future, a banquet, meeting or party in modern times.
Project info
Project name: Brilliant Prospect Project status: Completed in September, 2020
Location: Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China
Developer: China Overseas Land and Investment Contractor: Beijing Mingyang Hanhai Decoration LLC. Design team: GBD Lead designer: Du Wenbiao (Bill Do)
Interior design: Guangzhou GBD Design Project area: approximately 2000m2
Main Materials: Terrazzo, Faux paint, Metal paint Photographer: BenMo Studio
Kukan Design Award is now partnering with the IF Design Award
Kukan Design Award / 日本空間デザイン賞is now calling for entries. The Japan Spatial Design Award is now partnering with the iF Design Award, managed by the German iF International Forum Design GmbH. As a result of this partnership agreement, the Shortlisted winners of the Japan Kukan Design Award 2021 will be exempted from the registration fee and pre-selection process for the iF Design Award 2022 to become a finalist in iF Design Awards.
The Japan Kukan (Spatial) Design Award was created in 2019 and is the only and most significant spatial design award in Japan. The aim is to discover, recognize and evaluate outstanding and best designers in Japan and abroad. Kukan Design Awards hope to communicate to as many people as possible worldwide to deliver the 'power of spatial design' through great design.
Besides, following the "Sustainable Development Goals," Kukan Design Award has established a new "Sustainable Space Award" for works that contribute to realizing a better and more sustainable future for all people.
*All entries must be submitted via the dedicated entry website.
For more details, please visit the following website：https://kukan.design/
Application period: Thursday 1 April 2021, 10:00 - Wednesday 16 June 2021, 23:00 (Japan time)
Eligible entries: 11 categories, including exhibition, commercial, office and residential
Sponsored by: General Incorporated Association Japan Commercial Environment Design Association, General incorporate and sponsored by Ministry of land infrastructure, transport and tourism, Japan Trade promotion Organization (Jetro), Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Planned)
For the application inquiry, please contact Kukan@japandesign.ne.jp.
A feeling called Home - City Home Collective
BRABBU is a design brand that reflects an intense way of living, bringing fierceness, strength and power into an urban lifestyle. With a diverse range of furniture, casegoods, upholstery, lighting and rugs, and through sensory design, they pass on a unique experience in every product that they design and produce. Assuming that home is a lot more than a space, City Home Collective, the company responsible for this Park City House, wanted to do something exceptional with this project, creating a meaningful feeling to the client: a place where he belongs.
BRABBU is a design brand that reflects an intense way of living, bringing fierceness, strength and power into an urban lifestyle. With a diverse range of furniture, casegoods, upholstery, lighting and rugs, and through sensory design, they pass on a unique experience in every product that they design and produce. Assuming that home is a lot more than a space, City Home Collective, the company responsible for this Park City House, wanted to do something exceptional with this project, creating a meaningful feeling to the client: a place where he belongs.
The prime objective of this design firm is to match people with unique spaces, working with high-skilled designers, such as Helena Morozoff, the senior designer responsible for this Park City project, who prospects smart design with no boundaries.
As a result, the strategy here was to let the material drive the design, always opting for the most comfortable furnishing, choosing and combining materials that speak to each other, which made this warm, tactile and visual feeling of a retreat possible.
This perfect combination of neutral tones and patterns, contributed to the arising of this cosy and monochromatic space, filled with elegance and uniqueness, allowing the space to evolve over the time.
In a nutshell, City Home Collective believes that “life is better when you love where you live”, so they designed this house as the perfect place to relax, reconnect and recharge. And that is why home is so much more than a space, it is definitely a feeling.
For more information, please visit: www.brabbu.com
Japan Kukan Design Award 2021
The Japan Kukan (Spatial) Design Award was created in 2019 and is the only and largest spatial design award in Japan. The aim is to discover and recognize the best designers and outstanding design work in Japan as well as abroad. We hope to communicate to as many people as possible around the world, the ‘power of spatial design’ through great designs from Japan.
In addition, in accordance with the "Sustainable Development Goals" (SDG), a set of 17 goals and 169 targets adopted by the United Nations, from this year we have established a new "SDG Award" for works that contribute to the realization of a better and more sustainable future for all people in spatial design. We are pleased to announce the launch of the new "SDGs Award" for entries that contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all.
Furthermore, the Japan Spatial Design Award will sign a partnership agreement with the iF Design Award, which is managed by the German iF International Forum Design GmbH. As a result of this partnership agreement, the Short List winners of the Japan Kukan Design Award 2021 will be exempted from the registration fee and pre-selection process for the iF Design Award 2022, to become finalist in the iF Design Awards.
The Japan Kukan (Spatial) Design Award was created in 2019 and is the only and largest spatial design award in Japan. The aim is to discover and recognize the best designers and outstanding design work in Japan as well as abroad. We hope to communicate to as many people as possible around the world, the ‘power of spatial design’ through great designs from Japan.
In addition, in accordance with the "Sustainable Development Goals" (SDG), a set of 17 goals and 169 targets adopted by the United Nations, from this year Kukan Design has established a new "SDG Award" for works that contribute to the realization of a better and more sustainable future for all people in spatial design. They are pleased to announce the launch of the new "SDGs Award" for entries that contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all.
Furthermore, the Japan Spatial Design Award will sign a partnership agreement with the iF Design Award, which is managed by the German iF International Forum Design GmbH. As a result of this partnership agreement, the Short List winners of the Japan Kukan Design Award 2021 will be exempted from the registration fee and pre-selection process for the iF Design Award 2022, to become finalist in the iF Design Awards.
*The details of the partnership agreement between the Japan Kukan Design Award and the iF Design Award, as well as the benefits of applying for the award; will be officially announced at a later date.
Japan Kukan Design Award 2021 Application Process
All entries must be submitted via the dedicated entry website. Please visit the following website：https://kukan.design/
Application period: Thursday 1 April 2021, 10:00 - Wednesday 16 June 2021, 23:00 (Japan time)
Eligible entries: 11 categories including exhibition, commercial, office and residential
Further details on the judging process and application fees will be posted on the application guidelines webpage.
The above website will be relaunched in mid-March.