designboom ICFF mart 2006: ribbon project .........................................................................................................................................................................................................
	ribbon project, japan http://www.ribbonproject.net in november 2002, young japanese designers gathered together in imadate-gun, fukui prefecture, one of major ribbon producing districts in japan, to create beautiful objects and tableware made from ribbon. andrew maynard and eizo okada (director of the ribbon project and editor of the educational design blog dezain.net) eizo okada and his wife (ceo of ribbon project) 'uzu' bowl by rieko miyata 'uzu' bowl by rieko miyata ‘dot’ by flask, coat hook made from ribbon ‘stop!!drop’ by flask, is designed to soak-up unavoidable drips of wine ‘ribbon’ clock by hiroyuki kato ‘ribbon’ clock packaging 'slow-fast' by nana kikuchi a luncheon mat cut from a roll of large ribbon (following the cutting line) the convex and concave bas-relief shows cutleries (there are also other countries/cultures versions). --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------