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Cloud by Makoto Tanijiri
Tokyo 09: architect Makoto Tanijiri of Hiroshima architects Suppose Design Office designed an exhibition environment based on clouds for Designtide Tokyo in Japan last week.
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Visitors were led along a tunnel to individual booths, all covered in a fluffy cotton and polyester material.
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This material will now be reused, heated and compressed to form suitcase wheels.
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Designtide Tokyo took place 10 October to 3 November.
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Here's some text from the organisers:
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The exhibition space was designed with a "cloud" inspiration serving as the basis for subtle partitions that created booths that weren't like traditional booths.
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Visitors entered a layered "cloud" tunnel and from there into the TIDE Lounge where materials made by INVISTA were shown.
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INVISTA kindly supported the exhibition by providing the material necessary to make the "clouds".
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The exhibition design was an antithesis of rigid and invited visitors to meander the site's twisting routes, stumbling upon unexpected discoveries.
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