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CURRENT PROGRAM
Exhibition "Future Elements: Experimental Laboratory for Prototyping in Science and Design"
March 29 (Fri), 2024 - August 12 (Mon), 2024
What kind of future do we see? Perhaps its contours cannot even be imagined. Yet that is exactly why makers dream such numerous possibilities. They test this future through prototyping. We may not have a clear image of what is in store, but we can delineate parts, on the basis of what has already been invented. These objects we call "Future Elements."
The exhibition centers on the design engineer Shunji Yamanaka's prototypes and robots, from initial sketches made in collaboration with fellow researchers at his university lab, through to completion. Also included are collaborative works by seven teams of designer-creators and scientist-engineers from different fields. We hope visitors will be exposed to visions of designs that advance towards a future which we cannot yet see.
Exhibition Director: Shunji Yamanaka
UPCOMING PROGRAM
Exhibition "pooploop"
August 30 (Fri), 2024 - January 26 (Sun), 2025
Our world is in constant circulation. Things change form and move continually, influencing each other in complex and diverse ways. In the wildness of nature, almost nothing endures in one state. There is neither waste nor excrement. Yet both have become serious problems in today's society. Culturally, waste and excrement are marginalized. They are regarded as things to be ignored.
This exhibition looks at our environment. It ranges from close surroundings, to outer space, focusing on all manner of "waste and excrement." We define the world's various circulations as a "pooploop." By forcing a confrontation with things we habitually avoid, we have discovered the pooploop's huge range and dimension, and not only as a social issue. Circulation is constant. It never stops. If you find a piece of something missing somewhere, it will mean a new loop has surely begun.
Exhibition Director: Taku Satoh, Shinichi Takemura
PANORAMA TOUR
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Photo: Masaya Yoshimura / Nacasa&Partners, Inc.
21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
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Photo: Sohei Oya / Nacasa&Partners, Inc.
Exhibition "ZAKKA -Goods and Things"
February 26 - June 5, 2016
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Photo: Keizo Kioku
Exhibition "Measuring: This much, That much, How much?"
February 20 - May 31, 2015
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Photo: Satohi Asakawa
Exhibition "KOME : The Art of Rice"
February 28 - June 15, 2014