Category — Textiles

This sounds really interesting and perhaps worth a trip. Shiseido Art Director by day and installation artist by night, Hisashi Narita (aka Cue-chan) will be holding a show at Gallery Yori between December 12 – 27. Narita primarily uses textiles in his work and his previous shows, “Bedroom Exhibition” and “Ishoku” (both 2008) were both highly tactile and  engaged the viewers in a dialogue concerning clothing as costume.

His upcoming show is curiously titled “My Closet Only Opens Once Every 2 Years.” There’s not much information available on the gallery website but here is what the invite looks like.

PS this may sound kind of shallow, but I like it when artists put a little thought into the title of their exhibition.

I love Mihoko Mori’s new line of cushions for CIBONE.

Jute Pouch Cushion   |   Oh, my Darling! , Oh, my Honey!

My only concern would be that the Jute Pouch Cushion is stuffed with Soba (buckwheat) chaff, a customary practice in Japan but also one that is known to induce asthma.

Mihoko Mori started her career as a designer of Issey Miyake. She decided to o freelance in 2004 and expanded her practice while absorbing local skills and techniques from around Japan.

As you may or may not know, Scandinavian design is huge in Japan right now. That’s why it’s only fitting that Finnish heavyweights artek, famous for their stools, and marimekko, famous for their fabrics, collaborate in Japan for an installation. “Be Honest” will feature an installation using Alvar Aalto ‘s Model No. 60 stool (circa 1933), as well as reinterpretations of his stools by marimekko designers. Taking place at SPIRAL in Tokyo, the show will open this Saturday and run for 2 weeks.

Related:

• Photographer Seiji Shibuya at SPIRAL

Before I head out for the weekend, I need to get something off my chest. It’s my obsession with coral prints, especially antique-styled. So in an attempt to puke it all out I’m doing a coral print extravaganza.
So here are the prints…

from left to right: Esper Coral Print ($135), Black Coral Print ($195), Coral Print by Pretre ($75)

And here are the print/motif inspired housewares…

from left to right: Botanical Coral Silk Twill Pillows ($98), sea life lumbar pillow cover ($39), inhabit coral pillow ($60)

From left to right: coral chair by Ton Haas, oly coral armchair, hand-printed linen chair ($1,695)

left to right: coral dinner plate set ($36), oversize coral chandelier (unfortunately, no longer available)

…aaah, now I feel much better! Have a happy happy weekend!!

Found some totally “fierce” tote bags at Baden Baden. They specialize in discovering young and unknown designers in Japan.

Drawing Mini Bag by tomotake

 

Note Bag by yuruliku

Some textiles by Elleke van Gorsel, dutch artist and mastermind of Studio ePosh. I just love how her cultural, religious and historical influences are so apparent in her art.

I am just loving these placemats and potholders by Finnish textile designer Jaana Huhtanen. Unfortunatly, I can’t read her website and therefore can’t tell you much about these designs… so lets just sit back and enjoy the pictures. If anyone can read her website I would love to know if she sells them anywhere!

Placemats

Potholders