The sumiiri furniture series from Shizuoka woodworks iwakagu will be exhibited at DESIGNART TOKYO 2024. The venue is the Axis Gallery on the 4th floor of the Roppongi Axis Building, and Ryosuke Fukusada will be there all day on Saturday 26th October only. Looking forward to meeting you.
Date : 18-27 October, 2024
Hours : 11:00-19:00 (Last day until 16:00)
Venue : AXIS Gallery, AXIS Bldg. 4F 5-17-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Sunagu will be exhibited in the MEET WITH EXHIBITION.
Date : 4-6 September, 2024
Hours : 10:00-19:00 (Last day until 16:00)
Venue : ARIAKE FRONTIER BUILDING ATRIUM
Japanese interior brand Masterwal, which pursues its commitment to walnut, is launching a new interior accessory product series, CRAFT SCAPE BY MASTERWAL.
The new series will be launched and a talk show will be held at the opening reception for the renewal of the Masterwal Kyoto shop on 12 July (Fri). In addition to the new products, visitors to the shop will also be able to see a rocking chair designed by Shunsuke Kondo using Nishijin textiles and an existing furniture series designed by Mikiya Kobayashi.Please contact us for your attendance.
Date : 12 July (Fri), 2024
Hours : 17:00-20:00 (talk show 18:00-19:00)
Venue : AB Building 1F, Shimizu-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
CRAFT SCAPE BY MASTERWAL products can be seen at the Masterwal stand at the furniture exhibition ‘Okawa Furniture Exhibition 2024’ prior to the launch at the Masterwal Kyoto shop. If you are coming to the exhibition, please drop by.
Date : 10 (Wed) – 11 (Thu) July 2024
Hours : 9:00-17:00
Venue : Okawa Industrial Hall, 2F, in the Masterwal stand
At the 3 days of design in Copenhagen, HAY will present its new product collection included our BRIM, a pendant lamp with a glass shade, designed in collaboration with Rui Pereira. It will be unveiled for the first time during 3 days of design in preparation for the summer sales launch.
The venue is HAY HOUSE, the HAY showroom in Copenhagen. If you are going to be there, please stop by.
Date : Wednesday 12 – Friday 14 June 2024
Hours : 10:00-18:00
Venue : Østergade 61, 2, 1100 Copenhagen, Denmark
We are pleased to inform you that our latest products will be showcased by Japanese brands - Ceramic Japan, Shogado and TAKATA Lemnos at the Interior Lifestyle 2024. Come visit our stand!
Date : Wednesday 12 – Friday 14 June 2024
Hours : 10:00-18:00(Last day until 16:30)
Venue : Tokyo Big Sight West hall 1・2 + Atrium
WATOJI, which was presented last year, will be exhibited at the Ceramic Japan booth. This will be its first unveiling at the Interior Lifestyle Show.
Booth No.：Atrium / B016
At the Shogado booth, a new product, a tray made of yuzen washi paper that can be assembled from flat surfaces, will be presented.
Booth No.：Atrium / D001
At the TAKATA Lemnos booth, Dachs Cuckoo and RELIEF will be on display, as well as a new pendulum clock and a cuckoo clock that are in development to be commercialized.
Booth No.：West hall 2 / MOVEMENT W2-Q002
The first product “Sunagu” from “Kaneban Eco Material Products,” a project launched by Tokyo-based manufacturing company Kaneban Corporation with the goal of selecting and producing various biomass materials for specific applications, will be presented at THE BOX, an exhibition organized by Sempre Design. Ryosuke Fukusada created the product design, and the project was directed by Frameware Inc.
Dates: 10 (Mon) – 14 (Fri) June, 2024
Hours: 11:00 – 19:00
Venue: LIGHT BOX ATELIER / SEMPRE, 2F Ideal Building, 6-13-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062
This event is for buyers and press only.
Our KAWARA OBJECTS table lamp, recently presented in Milan will be exhibited in Osaka.
The exhibition will be held in B1 floor of Naniwabashi Station of Keihan Railway.
The table lamp will be exhibited in the “HIZO market OSAKA Art & Design 2024,” an event to exhibit and sell valuable works that have not yet appeared on the market, as part of the “Osaka Art & Design 2024” area tour event.
HIZO market is a charity market by Kansai creators for the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
Dates: May 29 (Wed) – June 11 (Tue), 2024 (14 days)
Venue: Art Area B1 (B1F, Naniwabashi Station, Keihan Railway)
Hours: 12:00 – 18:00 *Closed on Monday
FIAM ITALIA will be presenting its new pendant lighting “TAU” designed by Ryosuke Fukusada at the Fiera venue during Milan Design Week 2024.
Ryosuke Fukusada will be at the booth on 19th Friday April, in the morning. For more information, please click the link below.
Date: 16(Tue) – 21(Sun) April, 2024
Hours: 9:30 – 18:30
Venue：Fiera Milano Rho HALL 9 STAND C09
We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting a new work at the exhibition ALCOVA during Milan Design Week 2024.
The work for this project was created in collaboration with Masahisa Asada, a craftsman from KYOGAWARA Co. Ltd. and Portuguese designer Rui Pereira. The exhibition site, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi is located 25 minutes away from the center of Milan by train. If you are coming to Milan Design Week, please stop by and visit the exhibition.
Date: 15(Mon) – 21(Sun) April, 2024
Hours: 11:00 – 19:00 (Last entry at 18:00)
Press preview: 14(Sun) April This preview is reserved for journalists only. Please contact us to have a link for your entry registration.
Venue: Room0.BV4 / Villa Bagatti Valsecchi
Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 48, 20814 Varedo
Alcova 2024 can be easily reached with a 25-minute metropolitan railway ride from the city center via the S2 and S4 lines, with trains passing every 15 minutes. Transfer to other Metro lines at Cadorna(M1,M2), Porta Venezia(M2), Porta Garibaldi(M2,5), Repubblica(M3), and Affori FN.
We keep uploading the latest information in our website.
Looking forward to your visit.
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
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.
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!
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)
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.
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
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
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.
Ryosuke Fukusada has designed two theatre / hole chairs “Loop” and “Carol” for KOTOBUKI SEATING. Please check the ‘Projects’ category for more information.
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.
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
It is mandatory to get an invitation card. It is available from the website.
※The show is not open for general public or students.
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
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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
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.
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
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)
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
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
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).
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!
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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
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）
Our Japanese zodiac of this year is rabbit.
Wishing all our friends a fantastic 2023!!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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）
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 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.
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;
Our Ukrainian project has been featured on the NHK Kyoto TV. Check the link below!
