on show at the jingu gaien grounds in aoyama
nearest subway station is gaienmae (on the ginza line).

100% design
there will be the tokyo edition of the UK's 100% design
which shows international furniture and home accessories.
opening hours 10 am - 9 pm.
show designer: michael young
see map

BRING A DESIGN SOUVENIR BACK FROM TOKYO!
as part of the cultural program of 100%design tokyo,
designboom will host a group exhibition of international
design professionals from around the world.

now in it's third year the tokyo mart will, once again
provide an unprecedented opportunity to meet the
young avant-garde and become familiar with their work.
visitors are able to buy design souvenirs™ and limited
edition pieces directly from the designers themselves.

see the mart preview






LOVE YOUR EARTH
come and see the exhibition of the 100 posters
of designboom’s ‘love your earth’ graphic design competition.
the winning and shortlisted entries will be unveiled.
visitors to the show will have the opportunity to have their
favorite design printed for them to take home.
in addition to the poster exhibition, 70 designs from the
competition will be displayed at shops and other locations
throughout the city during tokyo design week 2007.
(designboom will publish the 'love your earth' competition
results after the 100% design tokyo event. please stay tuned.)


container ground exhibition
open air, at the jingu gaien grounds, there are professional and
student showcases with more than 600 works from more than
60 japanese schools.
sourrounded by the container ground exhibition, in which various
international designers and companies exhibit their work in
cargo ship containers. don’t miss the ‘sangaku’ containers, in
which students collaborate with companies on various practical
and experimental projects.


‘blickfang’
for the second time in tokyo, blickfang shows fashion design,
jewelry and interior design

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various shows around the city

shop exhibitions
interior shops, boutiques, hair salons, galleries and cafes
open their spaces and hold a new-product-release exhibitions
and let people get around and enjoy the events and have
parties at night for cultivating a relationship with their customers
during the event. a selection of 70 posters of designboom’s
‘love your earth’ competition are are displayed in the shop windows
around tokyo.

'no windmills, cheese or tulips'
19 dutch designers
show a collection of objects by design practices
based in amsterdam, rotterdam and eindhoven.
the display,
4-21-26 minami-aoyama, minato-ku.

‘swedish style’
the annual design showcase organized by the embassy of sweden
not to be missed are the ‘fashion sweden’ exhibition with the
country's top fashion brands and the the ‘young swedish design 06/07’
exhibition at the marunouchi building's maru cube hall.

‘lisn to finland’
7 designers from finland on show at the axis gallery

‘akasaka zero’
is a project held at akasaka ark hills
and shows work of designers under the age of 40.

nextmaruni+K
exhbition at gallery le bain in nishiazabu 3-16-28 in minato-ku.
opening hours 11am - 7pm.

‘deroll’
eizo okada, editor of tokyo-based design blog dezain.net
has invited 5 japanese architects to create a box ...
junya ishigami, yuko nagayama, makoto yamaguchi,
hideyuki nakayama and ryuji nakamura
on show at ars gallery in omotesando.

‘water’
how can we use design to respond to and address issues related to
our natural or social environments? the exhibition is an attempt to
engage the five senses by creating different points of reference between
design and water.
at the gallery 21-21
in 9-7-6 akasaka, minato - ku

plusminuszero
in aoyama
kita-aoyama 3-12-12 holon-R 1F

‘a normal for 24hr’
young thai designers’ exhibition of film, sound, installations...
in shinjuku at the living design center OZONE
3F to 8F shinjuku park tower
3-7-1 nishi shinjuku, shinjuku-ku
10:30 am - 7:00 pm

spain playtime
fresh air in spanish design
in roppongi/nishi-azabu / at the spanish embassy
opening hours 10 am - 5:30 pm

architecture in spain
this exhibition introduces 10 major projects
in shinjuku at the shinjuku park tower
3-7-1, nishi-shinjuku, shinjuku-ku
opening hours 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

cultivate:
kazuhiro kojima + kazuko akamatsu
in aoyama/harajuku at gallery MA
toto nogizaka bldg. 3F, 1-24-3 minami-aoyama, minato-ku
opening hours 11 am -6 pm.
see map

dyson
the 6th edition of dyson design award
at spiral gallery 5-6-23 minami-aoyama, minato-ku

sori yanagi collection
in shinjuku / at the living design center OZONE
3F to 8F shinjuku park tower
3-7-1 nishi shinjuku, shinjuku-ku
starts november 1st, opening hours 10:30 - 7 pm.

designtide
in aoyama/harajuku at the national stadium

cibone shop
in aoyama bell commons
B1F 2-14-6 kita-aoyama, minato-ku

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art and crafts exhibitions

‘roppongi crossing 2007’
future beats in japanese contemporary art.
36 japanese artist on show at the mori art museum
their art takes a variety of forms, including painting, sculpture, photography,
design, video, manga, games, and even unlikely genres such as dollmaking and
bathhouse mural painting. until 14 january, 2008
roppongi hills mori tower 53F 6-10-1 roppongi, minato-ku

‘space for your future’
visual creations in a variety of fields by 34 artists from 13 countries
at museum of contemporary art
opening hours 10 am - 6 pm.
metropolitan kiba park, 4-1-1 miyoshi, koto-ku

embroidery of the world
at the bunka gakuen costume museum
1F shinjuku bunka quinto building,
3-22-7 yoyogi, shibuya-ku
opening hours 10 am - 4:30 pm.

bernard leach : art for life's sake
130 pieces on display
including ceramics, etchings, sketches, furniture and others.
at the shiodome museum
matsushita denko tokyo honsha bldg. 4F 1-5-1,
higashi-shinbashi, minato-ku

the jewels of tiffany
tokyo metropolitan teien art museum
5-21-9, shiroganedai, minato-ku
opening hours 10 am - 6 pm.

visual communication
solo exhibition of art director and graphic designer issei hattori
at gallery 5610
5610 ban-kan, 5-6-10 minami-aoyama, minato-ku
until november 3rd. opening hours 11 am - 6 pm.

kumagusu's forests
the universe according to minakata kumagusu
at the watari-um, the watari museum of contemporary art
3-7-6 jingumae, shibuya-ku
opening hours 11 am - 7 pm.

for more info on exhibitions, see tokyo artbeat

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before october 31st

tokyo motor show
at makuhari messe in chiba city
five types of test ride programs where visitors can actually come in
contact with cars. the entertainment aspect will be heightened so that a wide
range of visitors can enjoy a full day at the show.
from october 26th to november 11th, opening hours 10 am - 6 pm.
see where it is on the metro plan
see the map

yamagiwa salone 2007
introducing the new collection of driade, zanotta
at driade aoyama 3-16-3 minami-aoyama, minato-ku
only october 25- 30, 2007, 11am - 7:30 pm

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only on november 3rd

‘cut’n paste’
live digital design tournament http://www.cutandpaste.com/events/tokyo.html
doors open at 6pm, competition from 7 - 10pm
afterparty from 11pm - 4am

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november 3rd

scandinavian modern
design & craft /hatsudai / tokyo opera city art gallery
opening hours 11am - 7 pm

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only on november 4th

kenya hara (graphic designer)
special talk with nobukuni takada:
the times when I began to think about a design /...
in aoyama/harajuku / at the aoyama book center main store
2 -4 pm

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only on november 5th

creative GBG at ‘pause talk’
pause talk is a regular series of events that take place at cafe pause
as part of the swedish style event at the tokyo design week.
opening party starts at 8 pm. 2-14-12-1F minami-ikebukuro

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