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Mr Porter x Beams

In Schemata exhibition design’ project clothes drying poles become display fixture, creating in a London interior the image of a good old neighborhood of common people in Japan.

Schemata Architects, Mr Porter x Beams, London
The Japanese fashion company Beams has been introducing fashion products selected from the world to Japanese consumers for 40 years.
This time, Beams in collaboration with Mr Porter, a menswear style and e-commerce destination from London, held a joint show “Mr Porter x Beams”, as a part of the  Beams Japan project, aiming to introduce Japanese products to the world, and Schemata Architects were asked to design the exhibition. Their request was to create a strong impression to promote their endeavor as well as effectively displaying products.
Schemata Architects, Mr Porter x Beams, London
Schemata Architects, Mr Porter x Beams, London
Schemata took inspiration from clothes drying poles, originally used to sundry laundry at home, and transformed  them into display fixtures. Arrays of clothes drying poles provoke an image of a good old neighborhood of common people in Japan.  Height and length of the pipes are adjusted to create a “forest of clothes drying poles”. And there they installed fluorescent lamps, which are likewise commonly used items in everyday lives of Asia.

Mr Porter x Beams, London
Program: exhibition design
Architects: Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects
Construction: Collaboration-O (Luuk van den Broek, Kasper Johannes)
Collaboration: PICNIC (event organizer)
Area: 128 sqm
Completion: 2016

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