Product Design Today: Creating “Made in Japan”

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

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Artists

Masanori Oji, Makoto Koizumi, Kosei Shirotani, Reiko Sudo, Rina Ono, Hisanori Masuda, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Kaichiro Yamada, Moritaka Yoshita

A great variety of region-based traditional crafts and industries are alive in Japan. Product designers and technicians collaborate to propose and produce goods that enrich our lives, using long-cultivated techniques and materials. This show focuses on the outstanding designs and tools of today’s energetic and enterprising product designers.

[Related Events]

Gallery Talk
Date: December 21 (Sat) 15:00-16:00
Location: Art Museum Gallery 4 (2nd Floor)
Free (Museum admission required)

Please see the museum website for more information on related events.

[Image: Sen-nuki Design Project, Bottle Openers (2009) Private Collection]

Schedule

Nov 1 (Fri) 2013-Jan 13 (Mon) 2014

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-17:00 Closes at 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.
Notice	Closed December 18 (Sat)–Jan 1 (Wed, holiday) for winter holidays. Free admission on 11/3 (Sun, Culture Day), 12/1 (Sun), 1/2 (Thurs) and 1/5 (Sun).

Fee

Adults ¥500; University Students ¥250; High School Students and Under, Seniors 65 & Over, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free; Special Exhibition Fees may be charged separately.

Website

http://www.momat.go.jp/english/artmuseum/productdesign2013/index.html#outline

Venue

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
http://www.momat.go.jp/english

Location

3-1 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8322

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Access

3 minute walk from exit 1b at Takebashi Station on the Tozai line. 5 minute walk from exit 4 at Kudanshita Station on the Hanzomon and Tozai lines or Toei Shinjuku line. 15 minute walk from exit A1 at Jimbocho Station on the Toei Shinjuku and Mita lines or Hanzomon line.

Phone

050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial)

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