 | This article needs additional citations for verification .(April 2018) |
Tokyo Design Week (TDW), formally known as Tokyo Designers Week, was an annual design event that occurred from 2005 to 2016, at Meiji Jingu Gaien in central Tokyo, Japan. [1] The event featured product design, interior design and had expanded to include art and graphic design as well as short films. Since 2005, Tokyo Design Week had been held at Meiji Jingu Gaien, near Gaienmae Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
Originally named Tokyo Designers Week, the event began in 1995 as a trade show for interior and product design, taking inspiration from trade shows like Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy. [1] Before 2005, the event was held on the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo bay. In recent years the show was opened to the public and added extra categories to include all aspects of art and design.
Two key fairs within Tokyo Design Week for many years were: 100% Design and DesignTide. [2]
In 2016 there was an accidental fire that occurred at Tokyo Designers Week, when a five-year-old boy was playing on a design structure and it caught fire, killing the child. [1] As a result of the fire, the 2017 Tokyo Designers Week event was cancelled. [1]
In fall of 2017, with the future unknown for Tokyo Designers Week, a new festival in Tokyo was launched as a response, the Designart Festival. [3]
2010 was the 25th anniversary of the event. TDW attracted designers and visitors from Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, and across Japan. TDW was held from October 29 to November 3, despite a typhoon striking Japan, the event only closed for one day.
For the first time Tokyo Designers Week 2010 was guided by a single creative director, the Tokyo-based French designer, Gwenael Nicolas. Building upon previous years eco and “Green” themes, the philosophy of the show changed in direction to include a broader view of “Environmental design” signified by a change in color to “Blue”. [4]
Environmental design categories
More than 6000 artists and designers submitted their works and projects in the competition. Each category had at least more than 500 submissions. 10-15 works were selected as finalists for each category exhibition. To promote the broader idea of environment, meaning a lot more than "Eco", two new Environmental Design Awards were introduced for 2010; Artist of the year and designer of the year.
Meiji Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. The shrine does not contain the emperor's grave, which is located at Fushimi-momoyama, south of Kyoto.
Thomas Alexander Heatherwick, is an English designer and the founder of London-based design practice Heatherwick Studio. He works with a team of more than 200 architects, designers and entrepreneurs from his studio in King's Cross, London.
London Design Festival is a citywide design event that takes place over nine days every September across London. It was conceived by Sir John Sorrell and Ben Evans CBE in 2003 and celebrated its 20th edition in September 2022.
The Milan Furniture Fair is a furniture fair held annually in Milan. It is the largest trade fair of its kind in the world. The exhibition showcases the latest in furniture and design from countries around the world. It is considered a leading venue for the display of new products by designers of furniture, lighting and other home furnishings. The show, also known as "Salone", "Milano Salone" and "Milan Design Week", is held every year, usually in April, in the FieraMilano complex in the Milan metropolitan area town of Rho. Besides the Salone, in April every odd year Euroluce exhibition takes place and every even year EuroCucina and the International Bathroom Exhibition are held along the Milan Furniture Fair.
Tokujin Yoshioka is a Japanese designer and artist active in the fields of design, architecture and contemporary art. Some of his works are part of permanent collections in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 2007, he was named by Newsweek one of the 100 most respected Japanese in the world.
Fernando Mastrangelo is a New York-based artist best known for his collectible design, as well as his large scale sculptures and experiential installations. Mastrangelo is the founder of Fernando Mastrangelo Studio (FM/S).
Maison et Objet is a major French trade fair for interior design. Held bi-annually in Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, it has been described as "among the 3 most important European events for interior design ... a huge collection of innovation and talent all in one place."
Designboom is a daily web magazine headquartered in Milan and covering the fields of industrial design, architecture, and art internationally.
Tenmyouya Hisashi is a Japanese contemporary artist.
The École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ÉCAL) is a university of art and design located in the Renens suburb of Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded in 1821 and is affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO). The designer Alexis Georgacopoulos is the director of ÉCAL.
Max Lamb is a British furniture designer who combines traditional, often primitive, design methods with digital design. He is known for employing unusual approaches to using natural materials, including pouring pewter onto sand, and volcanic rock.
Valentin Vodev is an Austrian-Bulgarian industrial designer. He creates design solutions for consumer goods with a focus on urban mobility products.
Studio Drift is an Amsterdam-based artist duo founded by Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn in 2007. It specializes in choreographed sculptures and kinetic installations, with the focus to re-establish the connection between humans and earth.
Konstantin Grcic, born 1965, is a German industrial designer known for his design of furniture and household products, some of which have been featured in design shows and museums. His design language is characterized by the use of geometric shapes and unexpected angles.
Bethan Laura Wood she is an internationally-recognised English designer of jewellery, furniture, decorative objects, lighting and installations. She has designed for such media as glass, laminates and ceramics. Work produced by her studio, WOOD London, is characterised by colour, geometry and visual metaphor, pattern and marquetry. She has been described as "[re-contextualizing] ... elements from everyday objects, often focusing on the pattern and coloration of objects as indicators of their origins, production, and past usage."
Khodi Feiz is an industrial designer specialized in the fields of product design, furniture design, branding and strategic design.
Azabudai Hills is a complex of three skyscrapers complete in Tokyo, Japan. Upon its completion in 2023, the Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower in the development became the tallest building in Tokyo and Japan.
Glass Tea House - KOU-AN is a chashitsu (teahouse) created by Japanese designer and artist Tokujin Yoshioka.
Amman Design Week(Arabic: أسبوع عمّان للتصميم) is a design biennale held in Amman, Jordan, co-founded in 2016 by Rana Beiruti and Abeer Seikaly through an initiative of Queen Rania Al Abdullah. It serves as a platform for learning and exchange, highlighting the works of local and regional designers across various disciplines such as architectural installations, furniture, fashion, product, and graphic design. The event celebrates design's potential to improve lives, foster community engagement, and enhance urban spaces, particularly in the region's context.
Jaime Hayon is a Spanish artist and designer known for his designs, interiors, urban installations, sculptures, and paintings. His visual language plays with shapes, colours, and recurring motifs. His work has been displayed in museums, galleries, and fairs in Europe, America, the Middle East, and Asia. at the Daelim Museum.