(photo by Spreng Ben)
If you happen to be in the largest metropolitan city in the world, Tokyo Designers Week, starting this Friday (today) is not to be missed. Succeeding last year’s theme of ‘Green’, 2010’s theme is ‘Love Blue- Environmental Design’ and will entail the wider living environment. Situated in the fashionable area of Shibuya, the festival will see thousands of designers display their work in the following instillations:
- Professional Exhibition – Leading professional designers and corporations
- Student Exhibition – The future leaders of the design industry
- Container Exhibition – Shipping containers transformed into mini exhibition space
- Tent Exhibition – Vast structure to house thousands of designer works
- Tent Shop – Products available to buy directly from creators
- Cube Exhibition – Aspiring designers showing their work in a cubic meter
- Shop Partnership – Hundreds of shops, cafes and galleries across Tokyo
TDW will expose the recent design culture of this very design savvy city. If you can’t be there, stay tuned online for the latest happenings.
