21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

"Detour" is a travelling group exhibition of the Moleskine Foundation Collection: an exceptional gathering of more than 1.600 artworks on Moleskine notebooks created by artists, architects, film directors, graphic designers, musicians, illustrators and writers of international acclaim, as well as students, cultural organizations and individuals from all walks of life. The notebooks have been decorated, hacked, sculpted, and reconstructed into singular pieces of art.

After London, Shanghai, Paris, New York, Milan and the recent exhibition at Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, Detour will finally arrive in Tokyo at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 3.

To commemorate the Tokyo edition, 16 new works have been donated with the collaboration of curator Yuko Hasegawa and SKAC (SKWAT KAMEARI ART CENTRE), a bookstore and cultural hub in Kameari. The new participating artists include poet Gozo Yoshimasu, sculptor Kohei Nawa, actor Rihito Itagaki, artist Asami Kiyokawa, designer Kunihiko Morinaga, architectural collective GROUP, artist Saiko Otake, sculptor Tetsuya Nakamura, artist Lauren Tsai, singer AiNA THE END, and designer Yosuke Matsumoto (MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIO), among others. Altogether, the exhibition will showcase 41 works spanning diverse creative fields. Several of the works incorporate NOTE-A-NOTE, a forthcoming collaborative design object by MIYAKE DESIGN STUDIO.

Discover Moleskine Detour and Moleskine notebooks as you are invited to unleash your genius,your creative mind, through one of the most iconic everyday tools. Demonstrate the power of creativity to transform individuals and their communities through the simple act of putting pen to paper.

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Moleskine
Moleskine® is a cultural brand whose history is deeply rooted in travel, personal identity, memory, and imagination. Heir of the legendary notebooks used by artists and thinkers over the past two centuries, today it designs objects and services such as notebooks, journals, bags, and apps, which encourage personal expression and help nurture our creative potential.

Moleskine Foundation 
The Moleskine Foundation is a non-profit organization that pursues a mission of "Creativity for Social Change." A central belief is that creativity is key to producing positive change in society and driving our collective future. Its focus is to inspire, empower and connect young people to transform themselves and their communities. To do so, the Foundation implements a set of unconventional educational programs that unlock the creative potential and develop change-making attitudes in youth. The Foundation enables collaborative processes to generate spaces where criticality and imagination can occur. It is done through the development of a global platform of cultural and creative partner organizations operating in the field of creativity for social transformation. While sharing the core brand values around creativity and culture, The Moleskine Foundation operates in complete independence from the Moleskine Company from an organizational and operational standpoint. The brand's financial contribution sustains the Foundation, allowing 100% of the attracted resources to go straight to social impact.