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



 Nosigner

The word "design" originates from the latin word "designare", meaning de-sign.
On the other hand, "nosign" means no-sign and bears no signature.
Nosigner is somebody who designs invisible things without an explicit signature.



Arborism

Arborism is a table which has legs in the form of trees.
The unique design of the legs has been determined by a fractalalgorithm called the "Tree Curve."
So the design is the same as the branch structure of a real tree.
The interesting point of this design is that it was completed not by the arbitrary work of the designer but by the natural logic of nature itself.
As we have recently adapted to urban life, we have become more and more distanced from natural life.
I propose we regain our longing for natural life by surrounded ourselves with products that are designed according to nature's logic.


Spring rain

The Asian pasta "bean-starch vermicelli" is called "spring rain" in Japanese named by chinese characters of it.
This is a lighting made by bean-starch vermicelli. As a matter of course, it is edible when boiled.
Vermicelli is a naturally made biodegradable plastic and can be said ecological product for recycling use.
I propose "edible" product which has no trashes when dumped for saving our living environment!