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Welcome to 100% Design Tokyo 2009Welcome to 100% Design Tokyo 2009.
Tokyo Designers Week, held for 24th year, is the most important event of the Japanese design calendar gathering many aspects of design related events. Since 2005, the flagship of this event has been the Main Venue in Jingu Gaien where 100% Design Tokyo, Container Exhibition, Student Exhibition along with design related stores all over the city called Shop Exhibition.
For 100% Design Tokyo launched in 2005 has built a reputation as the leading trade show for contemporary interior design companies and designers in Japan. With its five year experience in Japan, 100% Design Tokyo will show once again a unique selection of Japanese and international design along with feature events, described further below, to generate a creative atmosphere for design business.
100% Design Tokyo 2009:
>>General Information
>>Exhibitors List and floor-map
>>List of Official Events & Seminars
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Green Project with Kanada Karada & Spot On Wien
The theme of Tokyo Designers Week 2009 is “love green”. You may interpret this theme as you like and expect to see plentiful expressions of green in Tokyo Designers Week and 100% Design Tokyo this year. Each exhibition of Tokyo Designers week are complemented by special projects relating the theme. See below for projects relating to 100% Design Tokyo.
Green Idea I – Iconic object by Brent Comber, Canada
At the entrance of Tokyo Designers Week 2009, an object, Serene, represents this year’s Love Green concept. Serene is designed and created by Brent Comber who is known for his sculptural furniture and objects made with cedar, fir and alder rescued from roadsides, construction sites, under power-transmission lines or forest under thinning operation. For Brent, it is important to use material with stories as such and turn them in to pieces that compel people to touch and engage with, which we believe is one of ways for people and nature to coexist together.
Supported by Kanada Karada
Green Idea II - Pine Beetle Wood Gate by Judson Beaumont, Canada
A symbolic entrance gate designed and created by Canadian designer, Judson Beaumont will welcome visitors to 100% Design Tokyo 2009. Judson uses wood that has been stained by mountain pine beetles to raise awareness of this material usually overlooked due to its color. By joining hands with the designer, all trophies presented to award recipients in Tokyo Designers Week this year is made with Pine Beetle Wood as a symbol of Love Green concept of Tokyo Designers Week.
Supported by Kanada Karada
Green Experience-LOUNGY A FAIR by Spot On Wien
At the center of Tokyo Designers Week’s main venue is where visitors can experience the new innovations with solar power in relaxed atmosphere created by Autrian design collective Spot On Wien. “The Idea Of a Tree”, designed and invented by Katharina Mischer and Thomas Traxler, is a machine that makes benches using nothing but energy from the sun’s ray and threads while seated on a multifunctional seating system called “Enzis”. As the sun disappears, “HEI Solar Light Champ 190” illuminates this space with solar power and LED. The visitors are welcome here to experience the beautiful & sophisticated Austrian culture, design and, if you are lucky, you may also be able to enjoy a live music here in “Loungy A Fair”!
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100% Design Tokyo
■100% Professional
A feature zone of 100% Design Tokyo which honors works by forty-one established Japanese designers. Exhibitors of this category is curated by a committee led by Motomi Kawakami, Eiri Iwakuwa, Hiroshi Yoneya, Naoki Terada and new members including Sosuke Fujimoto and Daisuke Hirose. |
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■Cube Exhibition
A featured exhibition held for the first time in 100% Design Tokyo for emerging designers based in Japan. Forty five unique works by young talent will be displayed on planted green cubes at the entrance area putting the focus on the relationship between man and nature, in relation to “green love” of TDW. |
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■BLICKFANG
Design trade show Blickfang joins 100% Shop this year with twelve unique and leading European designers working in area of interior design and lifestyle to meet manufacturers, distributors, press and curators. All of their works are available for sale onsite this year to sample cutting-edge products of design events for ten years taking place in Zurich, Stuttgart and Vienna. |
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■Designboom Mart
Designboom Mart are back again to 100% Shop for the fifth time this year to bring us young and creative designers from over 35 countries. Designboom organizes a design related competition website as well as curating marts in New York, Stockholm, Seoul, Saint-Etienne and Sydney. All products exhibited in 100% Shop are available for sale onsite to all visitors. |
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TDW Opening Party in collaboration with SPOT ON WIEN
& 100% Design Tokyo Awards Ceremony on 30th October 2009
| The winners of 100% Design Tokyo Awards 2009 will be announce in Opening Party of Tokyo Designers Week held in collaboration with Spot On Wien at Design Channel Superstudio on 30th October from 18:00. The party will start off with a music performance by ELECTRO GUZZI and moves on to celebrate design excellence, presenting one Grand Award and three Product Awards and three Display Awards. |
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This year’s winners of 100% Design Tokyo Awards will be selected from exhibition category of 100% Design, 100% Prototype, 100% Designer and 100% Shop by 100% Design Tokyo Panel Members, wherearea rest of exhibition including feature zone , student exhibition and will be selected and awarded on different scheme.
By joining hands with Kanada Karada and designer Judson Beaumont, all trophies presented to award recipients in Tokyo Designers Week this year is made with Pine Beetle Wood as a symbol of Love Green concept of Tokyo Designers Week.
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Design Channel Superstudio of 100% Design Tokyo at Main Venue of Tokyo Designers Week |
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30th October 2009 from 18:00 |
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Collaboration of Karimoku , Luminabella and Frenityin Facility for VIP & PRESS in 100% Design Tokyo venue
There are an exclusive space for VIP Badge holders and Press Badge holders in 100% Design Tokyo Venue to promote business transactions and press activities by providing comfortable and stylish environment.. In the past, we have had furniture collection from Carl Hansen and Nextmaruni furnished in these rooms. For this year, we are starting something new by mixing different products from different genre to create interiors for these rooms.
The furniture will be provided by Karimoku, a very traditional furniture company from Japan, who have been exhibiting at 100% Design Tokyo and won 100% Design Tokyo Award last year with a collection called “Love for Wood”. They are famous for using genuine wood of high quality.
For the light fixture, twiggy of foscarini will be provided by distributor of imported light fixture who goes further to design the quality of light itself and Takeshi Yuda of Luminabella will design the both VIP and PRESS Room with designer Akihiro Sawa of Frenity who provides products from their new brand of designed flower arrangement.
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Magazine Library × Design Library
“Magazine Library” was launched in Tokyo in March 2009 by a multimedia agency in Tokyo “A Zillion Ideas”, headed by David Guarino. This library exhibition held twice before in Tokyo, gathers over 1000 magazines rarely seen in Japan and will be featured in the 100% Design Tokyo 2009 offering a unique selection of best design and creative magazines including those of independent publications.
TDW’s Official Photographer is Luke Hayes
For 2009, we welcome Luke Hayes to take part in Tokyo Designers Week as an official photographer. As you may recall great photos of 2nd edition of our last year’s official magazine, we hope to report you about this year’s exhibition with his photos after the show.
100％ Design Tokyo 2009: PRESS & BUYER REGISTRATION is now LIVE
100% Design Tokyo is primarily open to press, design and architectural industry professionals.For PRESS and BUYERS, the registration period is available only from 2nd July to 31st August and legitimate professionals who passed the organizers review will receive special invitation ticket which allows access to dedicated area including all exhibitions in Main Venue of Tokyo Designers Week and therefore you only need to register once to visit all exhibitions including Container Exhibition and Student Exhibition.
- Public & Student Registration will be live SOON!!
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