Following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japan is now undergoing a fundamental review of everyday priorities and values, again discovering how simplicity loving the things at hand, discovering the spirit within them, and using natural materials form the base of Japanese culture. Thus the creative process gains fresh incentive through an old attitude. The project highlights Japanese aesthetics and technologies with traditional roots, reinterpreting them in a contemporary context, and making them accessible to a wider audience. With texts by Kengo Kuma, Hiroshi Naito, Fumio Nanjo and others, plus special focus on cast ironware, woodwork, glass, ceramics and more.
Following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japan is now undergoing a fundamental review of everyday priorities and values, again discovering how simplicity loving the things at hand, discovering the spirit within them, and using natural materials form the base of Japanese culture. Thus the creative process gains fresh incentive through an old attitude. The project highlights Japanese aesthetics and technologies with traditional roots, reinterpreting them in a contemporary context, and making them accessible to a wider audience. With texts by Kengo Kuma, Hiroshi Naito, Fumio Nanjo and others, plus special focus on cast ironware, woodwork, glass, ceramics and more.