KEIKO + MANABU 「Heart of Shapes」｜DIESEL ART GALLERY｜ディーゼル（DIESEL）公式オンラインストア

HEART of SHAPES

KEIKO + MANABU

NOV 22, 2008 – FEB 8, 2009

Countless massive structures will flood the DIESEL DENIM GALLERY. These cookie-cutter like structures form ♥♦★ are simple and playful shapes that resemble children's toys and comic balloons. Crawl through, cuddle inside, and wander between ♥♦★; this experience is extraordinary but also tickles your mind with nostalgia of secret hide-away from our childhood. ♥♦★ structures are made with recycled paperboards using its strength and flexibility. Waste paper collected from homes and offices were recycled into the paperboards. During exhibition, they form surreal space in the gallery. At the end, they will be melted down and recycled back to have another form in everyday world.

BIOGRAPHY

KEIKO + MANABU

www.keikomanabu.com

https://www.instagram.com/keiko.manabu/

KEIKO + MANABU is a design team based in Tokyo - Seattle, founded by KEIKO Uchiyama and MANABU Sawase, both studied Architecture in U.S or Japan. Their Design projects stretch wide from jewelry to product, commercial, architecture, landscape and urban planning, from Japan to overseas.

AWARD

2006 JCD Design Award

2008 JCD Design Award

KEIKO UCHIYAMA

1974 BORN IN SEATTLE WA

1998 GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ARCH

2000 – 2004 KAZUYO SEJIMA + RYUE NISHIZAWA / SANAA

MANABU SAWASE

1971 BORN IN MORIOKA JAPAN

1997 TOSHIAKI ISHIDA ARCHITECT AND ASSOCIATES

1998 LEFT YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

2002 – 2008 CO-ESTABLISHED LOCO ARCHITECTS

VIEW ARTWORKS

Title: Heart of Shapes

Artist: KEIKO + MANABU

Date: Nov 22, 2008 – Feb 8, 2009

Venue: DIESEL DENIM GALLERY AOYAMA 2F

Curator: Masaaki Takahashi / BRIZHEAD

Cooperation:

Jewelry Design and Production: IKUYO

Installation Materials and Production: Oji Paper Co., Ltd / Oji Paperboard Co., Ltd., / Oji Packaging Co., Ltd.

Installation Materials: Sumitomo 3M Limited

Lighting Plan: USHIOSPAX

CURATION

Masaaki Takahashi / BRIZHEAD

http://www.brizhead.jp/

Masaaki Takahashi is an independent writer and editor specializing in design, architecture, art, and culture. He is a regular contributor to AD:Architectural Design, Interior Design, FRAME and Mark magazines. His work also appears in other international publications such as Interior Design, Blueprint, Design Report, IdN, MONITOR, CUBES, Pen etc. Studied oil painting in Berlin before he enrolled in a course in environmental design at London Metropolitan University.

Gained degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology at The State University of New York, at the same time he took courses at New York University.