Jen 15 - Mar 28 2010
Wanda Telakowska exhibition hall
Our headquarters at Świętojerska 5/7, Warsaw
Wa : The Spirit of Harmony and Japanese Design Today, an exhibition prepared by the Japan Foundation, is the third presentation of the world's best design practice at the Institute of Industrial Design as a part of Design Your Profit project.
Title WA: Harmony refers to the fundamental values of Japanese culture. Curators prove that harmony and balance are a characteristic of Japanese design in which the opposite at first glance, phenomena exist in a perfect harmony, creating a unique value.
The combination of art and design, craft and industrial production has been practiced by Japanese designers from the beginning of the industrial revolution. Yanagi Muneyoshi designer pointed this out already in 1937. Today, this compatibility is still very strong and is evident not only in products by major designers like Naoto Fukasawa.
It is also an important part of a fusion between Asian and Western culture, acting on the strength of Japan and Japanese design in the world.
Wa : The Spirit of Harmony and Japanese Design Today exhibition, presents 161 everyday objects, originating primarily from recent years and several design icons postwar years. Divided into sections according to 12 categories and 6 key words, simply illustrates the phenomenon of Japanese design.
We show it in order not to realize the dream of Poland as the second Japan. We hope that Polish entrepreneurs and designers, to whom exhibition is especially addressed, will find a lot of inspiration in it to design and implement to production well-designed objects. And that will rise to harmonious cooperation.
More information about the exhibition.
Japan Foundationwas established in 1972. Its purpose is to carry out activities of international cultural exchange. In October 2003 it was reorganized as an independent institution.
There are 22 overseas offices of The Japan Foundation in 20 countries. The headquarters is located in Tokyo, its affiliate in Kyoto, and two institutes in Urawa and Kansai.
Japan Foundation promotes dialogue between Japan and other nations through culture. Implement its program in three main categories:
cultural exchange, learning Japanese language abroad, japanese studies abroad and the intelectual exchange.
The exhibition was created as part of the kay project Design your Profit. The inprovement of the competitiveness of enterprises through the application of design (produt and process innovation), conducted by the Institute of Industrial Design.
