Designart Tokyo, in second-annual event, shows promise
But the fair still needs to find its voice Like many of his peers in Japanese design, Baku Sakashita received his education abroad?at the prestigious Swiss design school ECAL. Shortly after graduating, he debuted his first pieces in Milan at SaloneSatellite?the annual design fair?s showcase for young designers. Yet, when it came to putting down his roots, returning to Japan was a must.
?For me, it?s very important to work in Japan because there are a lot of craftsman who are making things by hand like ceramics and glass,? the 33-year-old designer, who also crafted his lighting collection, told Curbed. Consisting of handmade paper connected to thin stainless-steel frames, the ?Suki? lighting collection is a contemporary take on traditional Japanese lanterns, inspired by the artwork of Isamu Noguchi. Sakashita is one of many young Japanese designers presenting work in the second-annual Designart festival, a citywide celebration of Japanese product and furniture design, architecture and art, held in 110 locations throughout Tokyo.
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Baku Sakashita?s ?Suki? pendant lamps were inspired by the work of Isamu Noguchi.
Unlike Milan?s Salone del Mobile or Paris?s Maison et Objet, the festival is not centered on a trade fair. Instead, the majority of the works are placed in stores and boutiques around the avenue Omotesando, a hub for design and architecture in bustling Shibuya, on the border of the hip Tokyo neighborhood of Haraj...
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