hisakazu shimizu: fruits at vivid gallery

hisakazu shimizu: fruits
vivid gallery, rotterdam
on now until august 21, 2011



'fruits' by hisakazu shimizu at vivid gallery in rotterdam
images courtesy of dezain


tokyo-based designer hisakazu shimizu of sabo studio presents new works in the exhibition 'fruits',
currently on display at vivid gallery in rotterdam. examining the universality of fruit, this series of objects
recreates these borderless products of nature as domesticated, man-made housewares. the collection includes
a range of pieces, from melon-shaped porcelain clocks to colorful glassblown lamps, that subtly suggest fruit
with their spherical shapes and stem details.

the exhibition also displays works from shimizu's 'japanese history series', which examines the place of
hairstyles in his country's cultural identity. see designboom's previous coverage of the project here and here.



daytime installation view



'fruits wall lamp'



'fruits wall lamp detail'



'watermelon clock'



'chonmage piggy bank', small



installation view, with 'ii naosuke' hairstyle mirror (left) and 'fruits table lamps' (right)



aerial view of 'fruits table lamps', illuminated



nighttime installation view



sketch of 'fruits wall lamp'



axon of 'fruits wall lamp'



sketch of 'watermelon clock'



sketch of 'melon clock'


first previewed at design miami/basel 2011 last month, 'fruits' on view through august 21, 2011.
this exhibition was curated by eizo okada of dezain.