designboom mart at tokyo designers week 2010

for the 6th time in tokyo, designboom hosts a group exhibition of international design professionals from around the world as part of the cultural program of the tokyo designers week 2010.

the event runs from october 29th to november 3rd, 2010, but after the opening, they had to close for a day because of weather warnings:

‘due to the expected typhoon, tokyo designers week will be closed down for the entire day (october 30th). we have been requested by the site owner to cancel the event to insure the safety of visitors and exhibitors. we deeply regret to inform you. we will resume the event on october 31st. the doors for the event will open as originally scheduled at 11:00am. we look forward to having you at TDW site.’

if you are in the tokyo area, please come and visit us for the remainder of the mart:

location: the designboom mart is located in the main venue of the tokyo design week, within the daylight tent.

address: jingu gaien, aoyama area 2-3, kasumigaoka-cho, shinjuku-ku tokyo 160-0013, japan

closest metro stations: GAIENMAE station (ginza line) and AOYAMA ITCHOME station (ginza line / oedo line)

dates / opening hours: october 29 – november 3, 2010 (6 days) planned opening hours: 11am – 10pm

bring a design souvenir back from tokyo! in designboom’s unique and world famous market exhibitions, visitors are not only able to meet the young avant-garde designers and become familiar with their work but also buy self-produced or limited edition pieces directly from the designers. profits through sales can be used towards partially covering any travel costs.

over the intense days of exhibiting and socializing, the designers have the chance to discuss their work with other like-minded professionals, customers, manufacturers, distributors, press and museum curators – verifying their designs and their packaging credentials.

after new york, sydney, saint-etienne, melbourne, copenhagen, stockholm and seoul, this unique formula now sees its 21st edition, since our very first mart in new york in 2005. you can see a line-up of some of our previous marts here.

compilation of images from tokyo designboom mart 2010