Dear Diane, Dear Shaded Viewers,
It is autumn here in Tokyo = time for the design week! Last year during DESIGN TIDE, I had a great encounter with lemon's NUDE chair, so I was looking forward to seeing something new from this year's DESIGNTIDE.
DESIGNTIDE TOKYO is a field to trade design, and to trade ideas.TIDE EXHIBITION is a core of DESIGNTIDE TOKYO which show cases designers' new works and ideas in a highly refined manner.
emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design
kup – eatablecup – by Smile Park x FOOD ACTION NIPPON
The cups are made by rice flour = EATABLE
DEN Designed by Satoshi Umeno – Beautiful glasses with lacquer paint
Wood circle by PINTO
CERAMIC LAB by bril
Snow Plate by YANOBI
one for all by Jun Inokuma + Yuri Naruse x MOCCA
There was a very charming lady with beautiful skin at the booth of inframince. I asked her whether she is using the cosmetic line which she was presenting and the answer was of course YES.
tilde_ basic skin care line
As a paper collector, I really want to have those paper. Mino (old name for the area of Gifu prefecture) has been very famous for Japanese paper since 8th century – now they are making products with modern concept by Hiroko Takahashi "FOLIO 3120".
Dew by Vitroproject
Right after the TIDE EXHIBITION, there is TIDE MARKET where people can actually BUY the products – the area which is very dangerous for me…
I met Kentaro Tamai from ex-writtenafterwards designer who is now designing ASEEDONCL