‘Wings of Sparkle’ stand by Tokujin Yoshioka for Swarovski

Tokujin Yoshioka’s ‘Wings of Sparkle’ stand design for crystal brand Swarovski at Baselworld 2013, the international watch trade show, featured a wall with hexagonal reflectors and strategically placed blinking lights within them that made the wall appear to “sparkle”.

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‘Element’ furniture collection by Tokujin Yoshioka

Tokujin Yoshioka’s ‘Element’, a furniture collection with a sculptural form inspired by the natural, random structure of crystal, will be shown by Italian brand Desalto, known for its innovative metalworking techniques, at Salone del Mobile 2013 in Milan next month.

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‘Mirage’ mirror by Tokujin Yoshioka for LEMA

Long, thin mirror plates placed side by side produce a dynamic collage of surrounding scenery in Tokujin Yoshioka’s ‘Mirage’ mirror for Italian design brand LEMA.

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Luminous table by Tokujin Yoshioka for Glas Italia

Glas Italia will be presenting the new Luminous table designed by Japanese architect and product designer Tokujin Yoshioka at Salone del Mobile in Milan.

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Let there be light: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka's paean to transparency and lightness in the form of his retrospective at the Cologne Kunstverein, which coincided with him being named A&W Designer of the Year 2011

‘Maybe I don’t like objects.’ It’s not every day you hear such a statement from a designer, particularly one as celebrated as Tokujin Yoshioka, who was recognised as A&W Designer of the Year 2011 during this year’s IMM Cologne. But, then again, there’s a certain (pleasing) contradiction in the design language of the Japanese creative’s work, which, through its ongoing engagement with the ideas of transparency and lightness, gives expression to objects that sit somewhere between presence and absence. Architonic met up with Yoshioka in Cologne to trip the light fantastic.

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'Phenomenon' by Tokujin Yoshioka for Mutina

Once more the Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka inspires with his sense for delicate surfaces and structures. Recently at this year’s CERSAIE in Bologna he unveiled ‘Phenomenon’, a new family of three-dimensional structured ceramic tiles he created for the Italian manufacturer Mutina. The collection includes the patterns ‘snow’, ‘honey-comb’ and ‘rain’.

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The Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka created this beautiful shop window installation for the Maison Hermes in Tokyo.

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The prototype is made of paper

Moroso presented in Milan a new sofa and armchair by the Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka.

“I have pondered on expressing the texture of material in nature through industrial product. This new product for Moroso might be a reminiscent of clouds in the sky and flow of water, which are breathed in one’s memories.

For the prototype, which will be presented this year’s Salone, I decided to use paper in order to make it conceptual. Later on, they will be developed with fabrics and other materials for daily use.

I am fascinated by the elements of nature, because they are not deliberated on purpose but they have the beauty born of coincidence beyond human imagination.” (Tokujin Yoshioka)

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