"Reality Lab" Exhibition

21_21 Design Sight

Finished

Artists

Issey Miyake, Katsumi Asaba, Takafumi Matsui, Pascal Roulin, Arik Levy, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Kaoru Suzuki, Jun Mitani, Mayu Hirano, Naoki Yonemoto, REBIRTH PROJECT, WOW, Reality Lab Project Team

The Japanese art of manufacturing, or of making things, is renowned worldwide for its precision. It is the fruit of an application of knowledge and experience, combined with handiwork and an aesthetic consciousness. At present, however, the manufacturing industry in Japan is facing increasingly grave issues: the loss of talented workers, poor production, and shrinking resources due to the global environmental crisis. How can design provide a solution to these problems?

Issey Miyake has a long-standing history of forging relationships with and encouraging production and plants all over Japan. As a result, he has been able to work in tandem with many of these companies to experiment with new processes and technologies, resulting in the new and exciting products that his followers have come to expect. This exhibition will introduce works by designers, artists, scientists, and companies who came together in the process of his research. Our goal is to provide an opportunity to reflect together upon the nature and possibilities of design that are revealed within the process of creation.

Schedule

Nov 16 (Tue) 2010-Dec 26 (Sun) 2010