Report from DesignTide Tokyo
Choices, choices, choices. That seemed to be the mantra for furniture designers at this year’s DesignTide Tokyo, a furniture and product expo on at the city’s swanky Midtown Hall this week. Chalk it up to Japan’s lackluster economy (flexible furniture equals less need to buy new stuff or live in a big house) or just plain playfulness, but designs that could be flipped around, knocked down, and stashed away were around every corner.
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Products
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Edo Coffee Table
Low in profile, the Edo Coffee table could not be more simple. The wide, planked legs are hewn from solid cherry panels, then grain-matched and joined at a compound angle and polished to luminous…
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Eon Wrapping Paper
If it really is the thought that counts, wrapping presents in a sheet of Eon paper makes you the Fibonacci of giving. Four extra patterns make unwrapping anything a thrill.
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Paper-Covered Votives
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The UIA2011 Tokyo: The 24th World Congress of Architecture
The 24th World Congress of Architecture held in conjunction with UIA2011 Tokyo, will take place in Tokyo, Japan from September 25 to October 1, 2011. This will be the largest international…
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Heartbeat Japan
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Eero Saarinen: A Reputation for Innovation
This exhibition is a tribute to Saarinen’s short and brilliant career which was bookended in the Nation’s capital with two iconic buildings: the Smithsonian Gallery of Art, a museum of…
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