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100% Design Tokyo.


From cedar bags to twisting lights, we survey the range of imagination on display at 100% Design Tokyo.

501 & DESIGN

Nekko, a witty colourful colourful or US colorful
Adjective

1. with bright or richly varied colours

2. vivid or distinctive in character

Adj. 1.
 vase for a single flower (Bot.) a flower with but one set of petals, as a wild rose.

See also: Single
 from & Design, a collaborative of four Japanese product designers established in 2005.

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502 PITIKHUP

Saluxe rack series from Thai manufacturer Pitikhup to hold fruit, papers or wine. ('Saluxe' means bolt, bar or latch in Thai.) Ultra precise CNC-cutting enables veneered wood to be shaped into elegant configurations that simply slot together in a modular fashion.

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503 GOODSS

Cubix light from Goodss, a modern Chinese lantern lantern

held by Judas, leading officers to Christ. [N.T.: John 18:3]

See : Passion of Christ
 with a twistable frame that cleverly modulates the intensity and direction of illumination.

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504 CARL HANSEN

Wingchair from Carl Hansen, originally designed in 1960 by Danish designer Hans Wegner The of this article or section may be compromised by "peacock terms".
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Hans J.
, is now reissued with a range of coverings. The clean Scandinavian lines, solid beech beech, common name for the Fagaceae, a family of trees and shrubs mainly of temperate and subtropical regions in the Northern Hemisphere. The principal genera—Castanea (chestnut and chinquapin), Fagus (beech), and Quercus  frame and elegant ergonomics ergonomics, the engineering science concerned with the physical and psychological relationship between machines and the people who use them. The ergonomicist takes an empirical approach to the study of human-machine interactions.  have clearly stood the test of time.

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505 TERADA DESIGN

Koma, by Naoki Terada for Terada Design, is a compact, stackable rocking stool for contemporary commercial or domestic applications.

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506 I-DESIGN

Delicate chandelier from I-Design, with floating, jellyfish-like fronds that catch and reflect light.

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507 ASPLUND

Poppystar from Asplund, a moulded plastic stackable chair for domestic or commercial use in assorted coruscating cor·us·cate  
intr.v. cor·us·cat·ed, cor·us·cat·ing, cor·us·cates
1. To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight.

2.
 hues.

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508 REAL DESIGN

Japanese designer Shinichi Ito used his time teaching in Ghana to develop a robust range of furniture made out of the trunks of coconut trees. Products are fabricated fab·ri·cate  
tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates
1. To make; create.

2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts:
 in Ghana, giving a boost to the local economy.

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509 100 PER CENT

Lamp Lamp by Hironao Tsuboi for 100 Per Cent, a playful pop-art take on the notion of the humble light-bulb as light fitting.

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510 SUNNIN

Perfect for cramped Japanese apartments, Sunnin's Tokyo dresser neatly folds away when not in use. Elements fold out to reveal a mirror, table top and drawers.

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511 MONACCA

Bag ingeniously fabricated from Japanese cedar by Takumi Shimamura for Monacca. The wood comes from natural thinnings, so is environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] , and the bag, which can accommodate a 17in laptop, is lined with canvas.

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