●water
How can we use design to respond to and address issues related to our natural or social environments?
21_21 DESIGN SIGHT is dedicated to addressing themes that are rooted in everyday life. In keeping with this, we are pleased to announce the title of our second major exhibition, water.
“water” image visual
PHOTO : Tamotsu Fujii
Our hope is that the exhibition will not just be a display of new design, but rather will be an experiment in ways to "expressing water through design."
“water” image visual (Mauritania)
PHOTO : Tamotsu Fujii
Director's Statement
Taku Satoh
Statement by exhibition concept supervisor
Shinichi Takemura
- DATE:
- 2007.10.5 (FRI) – 2008.1.14 (MON)
- TIME:
- 11:00~20:00（Entrance until 19:30）
- CLOSED:
- Tuesdays (Except Oct. 30th) and Dec 30th through Jan 3rd
- ADMISSION:
- General ¥1,000/ University student ¥800/ High and Junior high school
student ¥500/
Ages 12 and under may enter for free
*¥200 discount for a group of over 15 people - Organizers:
- 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT,
THE MIYAKE ISSEY FOUNDATION - In Association with:
- Agency for Cultural Affairs/ Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry/ Ministry of the Environment (scheduled)
- Special Cooperation:
- Taku Satoh Design Office Inc.
- Creative Directors:
- Miyake Issey, Taku Satoh, Naoto Fukasawa
- Associate Director:
- Noriko Kawakami
[Creative team]
- Taku Satoh
- Graphic designer, Exhibition Director
- Shinichi Takemura
- Cultural anthropologist, Concept Supervisor
- Kazutoshi Amano
- Graphic designer
- Arakawakensuke
- Interactive Media Designer
- Tamotsu Fujii
- Photographer
- Hiroaki Ide
- Sound Space Composer
- Haruki Kaito
- Lighting designer
- takram
- Design engineers
- Kenya Hara
- Graphic designer
- Yasuhiro Ishimoto
- Photographer
- Yoshihiro Kawasaki
- Sound artist/designer
- METAPHOR
- Design engineers
- Nozomu Miura
- Programmer
- Makoto Murase
- (“Dr. Rainwater”) & the NPO People for Rainwater
- Taikan Oki
- Hydrologist
[Special Participants]
＊Alphabetical order
About the exhibition logo – by Taku Satoh
“water” Logo
This symbol, the logo for the water exhibition, was also designed in the hopes that it will become a global symbol for the promotion of utilizing rainwater as a means of conserving and enhancing our natural resources.
One of the biggest issues facing us all today is how to effectively harness and benefit from rainwater. True, rain, when it falls torrentially and leads to disasters can threaten our livelihoods. But if we can find ways to use it we will not be forced to rely solely on groundwater or water from polluted waterways or water that's pumped horizontally from faraway dams that uses precious energy. Rather, we will be able to use "vertical" water that flows freely from the sky above. Thinking about how we can make the best use of water means thinking about design in the 21st century. The silhouette of a person holding a common umbrella upside down signifies the relationship between water and human ingenuity, but also symbolizes a drastic change that must take place in our way of thinking about the manner in which we treat the environment.
Terms of use for the water exhibition mark
Related Events
In conjunction with this show, the Aoyama Book Center will hold a water-related book fair and talk series. Details to be announced.
Details
Publications
Exhibition catalogue
Planned release: early November 2007
Text in Japanese and English
Related publication: water (provisional title)
Planned release: October 5, 2007Publisher: World Photo Press Co., Ltd.