Ambiente 2024

We are pleased to inform you that our WATOJI flower vase for Ceramic Japan will be exhibited in their stand at the Ambiente 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Date: 26(Fri) – 30(Tue) January, 2024 9:00-18:00 (Last day until 17:00)
Stand: Hall 12.1 E07
Venue: Frankfurt Messe

Ceramic Japan Ambiente info


2024 starts

We had a hard start of the 2024 in Japan.
The NOTO area where got the seismic damage has a beautiful nature and many traditional crafts.

We hope as many people as possible to be saved and willing to cooperate for the area somehow in near future.


Seasons Greetings

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Our studio will be closed from the 29th December 2023 until the 3rd January 2024.
Enjoy holidays!


AOYAMA FLOWER MARKET

WATOJI will be exhibited and sold at Ceramic Japan “50 Years of Craftsmanship Exhibition” held at the Flower Base Gallery on the 2nd floor of Aoyama Flower Market main store.

During this period, Ceramic Japan’s successive flower vase series will be introduced to the public, and general sales of WATOJI will also begin.

Ceramic Japan “50 Years of Craftsmanship Exhibition”

Date: 7th(Thu) – 17th(Sun) December, 2023
Location: AOYAMA FLOWER MARKET 2F (Grasseria Aoyama, 5-4-41 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Business hours: 10:00-20:00 (closed at 19:00 on Sundays and holidays)

Flower base gallery instagram


New Jewelry TOKYO

A series of accessories designed for Chikueido, a metal craft company in Kyoto for over 200 years, will be exhibited at the New Jewelry exhibition to be held in Tokyo in early December.

Dates: 1(Fri) – 3(Sun) December, 2023
Time: 11:00-20:00
Venue : Spiral 5-6-23 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Entrance fee to the exhibition is free and open to the general public. Please check the website for details.

New Jewelry TOKYO


+STORIES

We will participate in +STORIES, an initiative to think about more socially friendly and last long plastics, organised by OK Kasei CO., LTD., a manufacturer of colourants and functional agents for plastics.

In this exhibition, four product designers will each design a decoration and colouring based on sustainable and recycled plastics, which will be exhibited together with a story.

Ryosuke Fukusada have explored a new CMF of bioplastic based on paper powder called MAPKA and bioplastic derived from agricultural waste called TEXa.

+STORIES

Dates: 20(Fri) – 29(Sun) October, 2023
Time: 11:00-19:00 (until 18:00 on 20 Oct only due to the opening party)
The designers will be in the exhibition site from 11:00 to 15:30 on 28 October.

Venue : DESIGNART TOKYO Official venue Escorter Aoyama
NTT East Aoyama Building, 2-7-15 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
*A short walk from Gaienmae Station on the Ginza Line.

Organiser : OK Kasei CO., LTD.
Director : Kairi Eguchi
Participating designers : Kaori Akiyama / Ryosuke Fukusada / Shinya Yoshida / Kairi Eguchi

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50th Ceramic Japan

An exhibition and event celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ceramic Japan will be held at THE COVER NIPPON, a shop in Tokyo Midtown that deals with products from different production areas and manufacturers under the theme of Japanese tradition.
During this period, the new product WATOJI, which is to be launched by Ceramic Japan, will be exhibited in advance together with selected Ceramic Japan products. If you are in the area, please drop by.

Dates: 6 (Fri) – 29 (Sun) October 2023
Venue: THE COVER NIPPON, E-0305 , 3F Tokyo Midtown Galleria, 9-7-3 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052

Events during the exhibition period
Opening talk event: 6 Oct (Fri), 2023 18:00 – 19:45
Talk event during the exhibition: 15 Oct (Sun) 12:00 – 13:00

Information link


JIDA Design Seminar

Ryosuke Fukusada will be speaking at a special project dialogue seminar organised by the Chubu block of JIDA (Japan Industrial Design Association). He will talk about product development and design, including the process of the RELIEF wall clock developed with TAKATA Lemnos / Ceramic Japan.

Organiser: JIDA Chubu block (Representative: Kenichi Mizuno)

Date: 29 September (Fri), 2023, 15:00~17:00

Venue: Nagoya Zokei University, Medium Lecture Room

Speaker: Keisuke Kikuchi, Takata Lemnos
     Ikuko Nakazawa, Ceramic Japan
     Ryosuke Fukusada, FUKUSADA STUDIO

Fee: Visitor (registration will close when capacity is reached)
   JIDA members ¥1,500 / General ¥2,000 / Student members and general students free
   Invitation URL will be issued about a week before the event date.
   JIDA members ¥1,000 / General ¥1,500 / Student members and general students free of charge

Supported by: Nagoya Zokei University
  Buffalo Inc.
  Too Co.
  AppliCraft
  Novelties, pamphlets and gifts from sponsors are available for visitors only.

Onsite application link

Online application link


New Chairs for KOTOBUKI SEATING


 

 
Ryosuke Fukusada has designed two theatre / hole chairs “Loop” and “Carol” for KOTOBUKI SEATING. Please check the ‘Projects’ category for more information.


Dachs Cuckoo Ivory

Our Dachs Cuckoo’s new color version ivory, which had been shown in the interior lifestyle show last month, is now available for purchase! You can check it on the updated Lemnos online store.

Lemnos online store


TE TE TE Traders Expo

Our SUMIIRI CHAIR for iwakagu will be shown at the TE TE TE Traders Expo in Tokyo.

Date : Wednesday 14 – Friday 16 June 2023, 11:00-19:00(Last day until 17:00)
Venue : Spiral hall 5-6-23, Minami Aoyama, Minatoku, Tokyo
iwakagu booth : C-33

Website

It is mandatory to get an invitation card. It is available from the website.
※The show is not open for general public or students.


Interior Lifestyle 2023

We are pleased to inform you that our latest products will be showcased by Japanese brands -TAKATA Lemnos and Shogado at the Interior Lifestyle 2023. Come visit our stand!

Date : Wednesday 14 – Friday 16 June 2023, 10:00-18:00(Last day until 16:30)
Venue : Tokyo Big Sight West hall 1・2 + Atrium
Website
 
Map
 
 

RELIEF, a collaboration product with Lemnos and Ceramic Japan, which recently won the iF design award, will be shown at the TAKATA Lemnos stand. The new ivory colour of the Dachs Cuckoo clock, which is currently available in three colours, will also be unveiled at the stand.

Booth No.:West hall 2 / MOVEMENT / Q001
 
 
 

 

At the Shogado stand, new products will be shown, including the ring notebooks that were recently launched at the Kyoto Gift Show. In addition, in line with the theme of the Atrium’s special project, Ethical Library, dyeing tools and the process of applying colours will be set up on the walls to display the paper dyeing process in an easy-to-understand manner.

Booth No.:Atrium / E022


RELIEF won the iF Design Award 2023

We are pleased to share the news that our RELIEF for TAKATA Lemnos has won the iF design award 2023!
RELIEF is a porcelain wall clock that tells time through a beautiful sculptural form featuring relief-like indicators on the gently concave clock face. Natural material porcelain and advanced Japanese pottery Ceramic Japan’s techniques were used to achieve a matte finish and smooth texture, which accentuates the refined form and shadow of this product.

Press release

iF Design Award 2023


Milan Design Week 2023

The Pivot lighting system will be on display at the Italian brand Axolight stand at Euroluce. The booth will be designed by Milan based interior studio “Studio Milo”, and wall illustrations created by Italian illustrator Marta Lonardi to accompany each light fixture can also be seen. Pivot has also added a dedicated pendant to its collection. Other designers’ light fittings will also be on display at the stand.

Salone del Mobile Euroluce
Date:18th (Tue) – 23rd (Sun) April, 2023 9:30 – 18:30
Venue:Fiera Milano, Euroluce, Axolight Hall 13, Stand 226

Designers
Ryosuke Fukusada
Studio Nahtrang 
Fabrizio Pellegrino e Ludovico Gabbetti 
Francesca De Giorgi 
Timo Ripatti
Dima Loginoff 


AUTOMOBILE COUNCIL 2023

New DEEC sunglasses models will be unveiled at the AUTOMOBILE COUNCIL, an automobile exhibition based on the concept of ‘Enjoying Automobile Culture’ at Makuhari Messe.
The two new models in the line-up are named Imora, with a solid titanium frame, and named Brooklands, with a combination acetate and titanium frame.

AUTOMOBILE COUNCIL 2023
Date:14th (Fri) – 16th (Sun) April, 2023 10:00~18:00(Last day until 17:00)
Venue: Makuhari Messe (Chiba City, Chiba prefecture Mihama-ku, Nakase 2-1)

Website


LEDucation 2023

Axolight is participating in the lighting show LEDucation 2023. Our Pivot lighting system will be exhibited in the show. Come visit the stand!

Venue : Hilton Midtown – NYC
Date : March 7-8
Booth 6107


Kyoto Gift Show 2023


 
Same as the previous Tokyo, the collaboration project between Ukrainian Design and Kyoto craft carried out last year, will be shown in the Kyoto Gift Show 2023. Also on display will be the products of nine companies participating in the Kyoto Inter-industry Exchange Association Kyoohoo, which cooperated with the project.
 
 
 

 
Shogado will unveil their novelties, designed by Ryosuke Fukusada at the Kyoto Gift Show 2023.
Come visit the stand!
 
 
 
KYOTO GIFT SHOW 2023
Date : Wednesday 8, Thursday 9 March 2023 10:00 ~ 18:00 (last day until 17:00)
Venue : Kyoto Miyako Messe
UKRAINE DESIGN / Kyoohoo stand : 住-053・054
Shogado stand : 住-063


IFFT International Furniture Fair Tokyo

Following the recent Tokyo Gift Show, iwakagu’s SUMIIRI CHAIR and SUMIIRI MIRROR will be shown at the IFFT Tokyo International Furniture Fair from 28 February. The materials used for this furniture series are Shizuoka’s wood which are naturally grew up and hinder traffic in the city. They are necessary to cut, however, it was difficult to utilize as a material. The iconic SUMIIRI furniture is made of this wood, with all processing and assembly taking place in Shizuoka Prefecture. Please come visit our stand!

IFFT International Furniture Fair Tokyo
Date : Tuesday 28 February – Friday 3 March 2023 10:00 ~ 17:00 (last day until 16:30)
Venue : Tokyo Big Site East Hall 7 ARTISAN GALLERY A-9

Free entry with pre-registration (without pre-registration, entry fee ¥ 3,000 on the day).

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Tokyo Gift Show LIFE x DESIGN

 
 

 
 
 

 
 
SUMIIRI Chair and SUMIIRI Mirror designed by Ryosuke Fukusada will be unveiled by Shizuoka based furniture maker iwakagu within the Tsunagu Design Shizuoka project at the Tokyo Gift Show LIFE x DESIGN to be held at Tokyo Big Sight from 15 to 17 February.
The project “TSUNAGU DESIGN SHIZUOKA” aims to connect designers and manufacturers to create new products.
Development started with the aim of creating a wooden chair that symbolises iwakagu, and an iconic chair incorporating elements of “Sumiiri” was completed. Please drop by our stand!
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
At the same Tokyo Gift Show LIFE x DESIGN, the collaboration project between Ukrainian Design and Kyoto craft carried out last year will be presented. Also on display will be the products of nine companies participating in the Kyoto Inter-industry Exchange Association Kyoohoo, which cooperated with the project.
Ryosuke Fukusada has designed their stand in the show. Come visit us!

Tokyo International Gift Show LIFE×DESIGN 2023
Date : Wednesday 15 – Friday 17 February 2023 10:00 ~ 18:00 (last day until 17:00)
Venue : Tokyo Big Site East Hall 4

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JIDA Design Museum Selection

Our wall clock RELIEF has been selected as a product of JIDA Design Museum Selection vol.24, hosted by Japan Industrial Design Association.
The selected products will be exhibited in the AXIS gallery from 18th to 23th January 2023.
Looking forward to your visit!

Design Museum Selection Vol.24 Tokyo
Date : Wednesday 18 – Monday 23 January 2023 10:00 ~ 18:00 (last day until 15:00)
Venue:Axis Gallery
(AXIS Bldg. 5-17-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032)

JIDA Design Museum


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Our Japanese zodiac of this year is rabbit.
Wishing all our friends a fantastic 2023!!⁠


Seasons Greetings

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Our studio will be closed from the 30th December 2022 until the 3rd January 2023.
Enjoy holidays!


NNT RADIO STATION

Ryosuke Fukusada will be on the radio program ‘Nippon Night Talk’ which is produced by GENETO Architects, on FM 79.7 Kyoto Sanjo Radio Cafe!

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KIKIME JOURNAL

An interview between KIKIME brand producer Yoshinori Tateyama and Ryosuke Fukusada is featured in KIKIME JOURNAL vol. 11, an edited collection of stories about KIKIME.
The specialists active in a variety of fields talk about KIKIME from their own unique perspectives in KIKIME JOURNAL. We had talked about the design process of KIKIME at the time of its launch.
The interviewer : Marie Takemoto.

KIKIME JOURAL


Sekkei Handrail for Comenza

We are pleased to inform you that our Sekkei Handrail for Spanish company COMENZA, has been launched this week! Check out more details from their website!

Website


JIDA Design Museum Selection

Our wall clock RELIEF has been selected as a product of JIDA Design Museum Selection vol.24, hosted by Japan Industrial Design Association.
The selected products will be exhibited in the AXIS gallery on January 2023.

Design Museum Selection Vol.24 Tokyo
Date : Wednesday 18 – Monday 23 January 2023 10:00 ~ 18:00 (last day until 15:00)
Venue:Axis Gallery
(AXIS Bldg. 5-17-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032)

TAKATA Lemnos press release


Kyoto Design Award 2022

Our STANDWEIGHT for Shogado won the Kyoto design award 2022!

There will be an exhibition with awarded projects.

Date : Friday 4 – Sunday 6 November 2022 13:00 ~ 17:00

Venue:Kurochiku event hall
(379, Mukadeya-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8214 Japan)


Crowdfunding ended / Thank you for your support

Crowdfunding for the [UKRAINE DESIGN KYOTO CRAFT] project has ended on October 31, 2022, and we received support from 147 people, totaling 1,012,260 JPY. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who cooperated and supported the project. We will responsibly send money to Ukraine in near future and continue to support them through the sale of our products. Thank you again for your support.


Crowdfunding

The crowdfundning has been started fo the UKRAINE DESIGN KYOTO CRAFT project. It will be our pleasure to have your support! Check out the link below;

CROWDFUNDING LINK


NHK Kyoto NEWS

Our Ukrainian project has been featured on the NHK Kyoto TV. Check the link below!

NHK Kyoto


UKRINE DESIGN KYOTO CRAFT

Ryosuke Fukusada has collaborated with SVOYA Studio as a Design Director on a project to develop 6 products that link traditional Japanese manufacturing with helping Ukraine. This collaboration between FUKUSADA STUDIO, SVOYA Studio and Kyoohoo (Kyoto Inter-industry Exchange Association) aims to support SVOYA studio’s activities in Ukraine in facilitating economic recovery through design.A limited press event for the products will be held on September 22nd at Murinan in Kyoto. This is an effort to provide support by selling products and remitting part of the sales to Ukraine.

Press release

Public presentation exhibition at Murinan

Date : 22th Thursday September 2022  9:00 ~ 16:00

Venue: Murinan
(362-202, Sanbou Inokumacho Kitagumi Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8313 Japan)

※ This is a press-only event with a complete reservation system. It will be on a first-come, first-served basis and will be closed when the capacity is reached.

Product design:SVOYA studio(Ukrine) Participating Companies : ISUKE & Co., LTD. / UNSODO Co., LTD. / OKUMURA Planning Office CO.,LTD. / Kimura Ohshido Co., Ltd. / Taniguchi Seigado Ltd / Maruwa Co., Ltd. (company-wide Kyoohoo member) Direction:FUKUSADA STUDIO LTD. Ryosuke Fukusada
Support:Kyoto Sangyo21

Project office

hisafuji@wgd-kyoto.com  WGD Kyoto Hisafuji

Project website


Design talk

Ryosuke Fukusada will give a design lecture for the event of JIDA.

Thema : The Design World that young generation who is starting their career must know.

Date : Thursday 11, August 2022
Venue : Nakanoshima Museum of Art Osaka
Open hours : 10:00 – 16:30

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Relief for Lemnos / Story

The design development process of Relief clock for Lemnos, has been written up on the Lemnos website in the Story section.

LemnosStory


3 daysofdesign 2022

Our works for HAY and Please Wait to be Seated will be shown during 3 days of design in Copenhagen!
 
 

Our Chim Chim scent diffuser will be shown in their HAY House among other designer’s novelties during 3 days of design.

Date : Wednesday 15 – Friday 17 June 2022
Venue : Hay House Østergade61, Copenhagen
Open hours : 10:00 – 18:00

invitatoin
 
 

For this year’s festive days, the PLEASE WAIT to be SEATED showroom has gone under a complete transformation, re-designed in the hands of Faye Toogood. Our ANZA collection will be shown as part of her showroom make-over.

Date : Wednesday 15 – Friday 17 June 2022
Venue : Frederiksgade 1, 1fl, Copenhagen

invitation


Milan Design Week 2022

We are pleased to inform you that our lighting system Pivot for Axolight, which had been launched 2021, will be showcased in their showroom located in the center of Milan near San Babila station during Milan Design Week 2022. Ryosuke Fukusada will be in the showroom on the 10th June. Come visit our place!

Date : Monday 6 – Sunday 12 June 2022
Venue : Corso Monforte 16, 20122 Milan

Open hours :
6 June 10:00 – 18:00
7, 8, 10, 11, 12 June 10:00 – 19:00
9 June 10:00 – 22:00

※Ryosuke will be in the showroom 10 June

Related website : Axolight

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Interior Lifestyle 2022

We are pleased to inform you that our latest products will be showcased by three Japanese brands -TAKATA Lemnos, Shogado and KIKIME- at the Interior Lifestyle 2022. Come visit our stand!
 
Date : Wednesday 1 – Friday 3 July 2022, 10:00-18:00(Last day until 16:30)
Venue : Tokyo Big Sight West hall 1・2 + Atrium
Web : Interior Lifestyle

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RELIEF for Lemnos
Lemnos will unveil a porcelain clock RELIEF produced in collaboration with Ceramic Japan.
Stand No:West hall 2 / MOVEMENT / N012
 
 
 

 
Shogado will unveil a new Origami collection. In addition, we have directed their stand design.
Stand No:Atrium / E001
 
 
 

KIKIME will showcase the amime plate and koudai bowl, which had been unveiled in 2020 for their brand launch.
Stand No:West hall 2 / NEXT / A021


CPH:DOX

Our Anza collection for Please Wait to be Seated, co-designed with Rui Pereira is part of the beautiful lounge space at the film festival CPH:DOX in Copenhagen!
Date : Wednesday 23th March – Sunday 10th April 2022


Kyoto Gift Show 2022

After the show in Tokyo, our STANDWEIGHT will be shown again at the Shogado booth in Kyoto gift show 2022.
Come visit us!

Date : Wednesday 9th – Thursday 10th March 2022, 10:00-18:00(Last day until 17:00)
Venue : Kyoto Miyako Messe, Kyoto international exhibition hall 3F, Living zone 060

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Pray for Peace


Living with Scents

The first prototype of our Chim Chim Diffuser for HAY is exhibited at the 「Living with Scents」which focuses on the scents and related products in the Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco US.
This prototype had been designed with Rui Pereira for the exhibition COTTO Another perspective in 2016. You can see more than 40 designer’s works related to the scents in the museum and available to do virtual tour in their website. Please check it!

Date : saturday 12th February – Sunday 5th June 2022
Hours: Wednesday–Saturday: 10:00 AM–5:00 PM Sunday: 12:00 PM–5:00 PM Closed Monday and Tuesday
Venue : Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94107

website

download press release

credit: Living With Scents, 2022, Museum of Craft and Design. Image courtesy of Henrik Kam.