Arteconciencias

sábado, 18 de junio de 2022

Hello newsletter subscribers! Spoon & Tamago here with our weekly roundup of art and design from Japan. There was a feeling of incredible energy in Milan this week as its famous design week was staged after being cancelled by the pandemic. We bring you several of our favorite Japanese designs showcased there, which include a series of wooden furniture inspired by the forest, as well as 3D scanned stones turned into vessels for human intervention. Lastly, we check in on sculptor Momoka Miyoshi who depicts Buddhist gaurdians on their day off.

the spoon & tamago dispatch

Nio's Day Off

The Nio (Benevolent Kings) are wrathful and muscular guardians that stand outside Buddhist temples. But when they're not working, the guardians must certainly have ways to wind down, take the edge off and relax those muscles, right?

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Nosemono

Kyoto-based Shinkogeisha 3D-scans natural objects and creates customized pieces that attach to them like a puzzle piece, rendering it a functional object.

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Morito Project

Morito Project is an initiative aimed at highlighting the circular relationship between forests and woodworkers. Specifically, designer Shinnosuke Harada worked with artisans to source hinoki wood that was leftover from the thinning process to create unique desings.

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tidbits from all corners of Japan

Minor disturbance outside Nagoya Station where it was discovered someone has turned a plot of public space into a vegetable garden.

Tiny shrine in Hokkaido protected by modern-day engineering.

From the Shop

A Maze 7 Years in the Making

In the summer of 1983, Kazuo Nomura, a school janitor in Japan, would put the finishing touches on a masterpiece that had consumed his evenings for the past 7 years. When it was done, he rolled it up, put it away in his attic and forgot about it...until it was discovered by his daughter 30 years later.

We worked with the Nomura's to create prints of his amazing artwork, which has become one of our most-popular products.

View Papa's Maze