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Kai Franck Exhibition: Timeless Finnish Design
Japanese original:
カイ・フランク展 時代を超えるフィンランド・デザイン
Finnish designer Kaj Franck (1911–1989) is known for plain, functional and versatile tableware. The exhibition looks at how he set out to enrich daily life with a minimum of vessels, and at an attitude to limited resources that speaks to today's sustainability.
- Dates
- Jan 16 – Mar 22, 2027
- Venue
- Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (東京オペラシティ アートギャラリー) · Shinjuku & Hatsudai
- Address
- 東京都新宿区西新宿3-20-2 東京オペラシティタワー3階Under 5 min walk from the East Exit, Hatsudai Station (Keio New Line), connected to Tokyo Opera CityOpen in Google Maps
- Hours
- 11:00–19:00Closed: Mon
Visit planning
The calendar entry starts on the opening day and covers the whole run. Please check opening hours and closing days before your visit.
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Knowledge cards
Industrial designインダストリアルデザインThe design of goods made in quantity by machine: deciding a product's shape and use before it is made.Read moreClose
01About
The term was first used in the United States in the 1920s for specialist designers working on product design. Henry Ford's introduction of the production line in the car industry in 1913, and its later use for other goods, prompted artists to try to combine art and technology. Russian Constructivism and the German Bauhaus drew on the machine age, and the Bauhaus also shaped modern architecture; they stressed form following function and produced abstract, geometric designs. In Japan, the Japan Industrial Design Association (JIDA) is the public-interest association of industrial designers. Today the World Design Organization calls industrial design a strategic problem-solving process that drives innovation and builds business success, covering products, systems, services, and experiences.
02In the gallery
Pick an everyday product and imagine making a thousand of it: which parts look easy for a machine to repeat, such as even edges, joined panels, or a molded surface?
Wall label terms in Japanese
- インダストリアルデザイン
- Industrial design
- プロダクトデザイン
- Product design
- 大量生産
- Mass production
03Notes
Industrial design shapes a product for machine production and for use.
This time, at Kai Franck Exhibition: Timeless Finnish Design —
On an everyday product, can you tell which part of its shape is there to make it easy to use?