PROTOTYPE



Exhibitors


Ben Nagaoka

Chris Kirby

Drill Design

Izumi Okayasu

Jo Nagasaka

Keiji Ashizawa

Kentaro Kudo
Maki Kato


Mikiya Kobayashi

Norihiko Terayama

Nosigner

Takafumi Nemoto

Thomas Antonietti

Yuko Nagayama


Special thanks!

Jean Snow
Kaishi Tomoya



Chris kirby

profile

1972 Born in Canada
1995 B.A.Sc., Queen's University
1997 M.Eng., University of British Columbia
1997-2005 Ballard Power Systems. Fuel cell engineer
1999 Accredited Professional Engineer of Ontario
2005 JDi Design. Design Intern
2005-2007 Form3 Design. Product designer & researcher
2006 B.Des., Emily Carr Institute
2006-2007 bocci. Senior designer
2006-2007 chris kirby design

exhibitions
2007 Design Tide, Tokyo
2007 Ceramic Works Exhibit, Tokyo-Yo-Shisha, Tokyo
2007 Designersblock, Handled with Care, London


Clutter Series:
The clutter series consists of a shelf, lamp shade, and a set of nesting tables. Through these objects, messiness is examined as a state of being in conflict with the rules set out by our furnishings. Normally undesirable characteristics of a disorganized environment are turned into welcome features. The shelf, table and lampshade adapt to the cluttered nature of the way we live, rather than force us to keep our lives neatly arranged in tidy square boxes.