The world's reluctance is increasing, and the number of people moving across borders continues to increase. Economics and technology continue to focus on the global environment, regardless of the political situation. On the other hand, in such a situation, the local value is relatively high. The originality that can only be found in that place is the source of value in a global context. Rather than being mixed and gray, culture contributes to the rich harvest of the world by vividly raising its uniqueness. Therefore, global/local is not a synonym, but a concept that integrates and creates new value.
In Japan, we must reexamine the uniqueness of our culture, re-examine the extremely special terrain of the Japanese Islands, ruin the cultural accumulation of our existence as a country of more than a thousand years, and seek wisdom to utilize these as future resources. Under such circumstances, JAPAN HOUSE was established in London, Los Angeles and Sao Paulo as a base for disseminating Japanese cultural information. In this context, I would like to talk about how Japan will be re-examined and originated in the world.
＊This lecture is an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum.
- Date and time
- Sunday, June 16, 2024 13:30 to 15:00 (Open at 13:00)
- Tutor
- Kenya Hara (Designer)
＊The instructor's profile is listed at the bottom. - Location
- Multipurpose Hall on the 1st floor of Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
- Participation fee
- Free (admission fee is required)
- Capacity
- 150 people ※Lottery in case of a large number of applicants
- Application deadline
- Until Saturday, June 1, 2024
- How to apply
- From the application button below
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Born in 1958. Graphic designer. President and Representative Director of Japan Design Center. Professor, Musashino Art University.
Exhibitions and educational activities with keywords that update existing values such as "HAPTIC", "SENSEWARE", and "Ex-formation", including "RE-DESIGN: Daily 21st Century" exhibition, which traveled around the world and widely influenced. In addition, at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Nagano Olympics and the promotion of the Aichi Expo, he practiced designs deeply rooted in Japanese culture.
Art director of Muji since 2002. Although the area of activity is extremely wide, he works for transparency, and works on VIs such as Matsuya Ginza, Mori Building, Tsutaya Bookstore, GINZA SIX, and MIKIMOTO. He is a general producer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "JAPAN HOUSE" and focuses on work that stimulates interest in Japan. In July 2019, the website "Low Flying" was launched, and from an individual's point of view, he has been attempting a new approach to the tourism field, including introducing high-resolution Japan.
He has authored "Design of Design" (Iwanami Shoten, 2003), "DESIGNING DESIGN" (Lars Müller Publishers, 2007), "White" (Chuo Koron Shinsha, 2008), "Japanese Design" (Iwanami Shinsho, 2011), "White Hundreds" (Shinkan Chuo Ko 2), ", 10)
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