The table and chairs gradually increase in height the further into the room one goes, playing with the spectator’s sense of perspective as well as allowing him/her to look over all the items on display from the gallery entrance. However, as the products can not be seen in detail from the entrance, visitors may get curious and walk toward to see what they are. The chairs can be used as stepladders on which visitors may freely stand to inspect individual items more closely.
Although resembling an ordinary dinner table, by experimenting with the functional relationship between tables and chairs, the end result is a uniquely conceptual exhibition space that enables the spectator to view all of the products from various angles and distances. All the items exhibited are new designs, each one produced in collaboration with a different traditional Japanese craft or local industry. Furthermore, they all demonstrate the characteristically painstaking processes and techniques of Japanese craftsmanship in their material and textural finishes.
Colorful Shadows
Design: nendo