"DESIGNART TOKYO, one of Japan's largest design and art festivals, returned for 10 days, transforming Tokyo into an expansive exhibition space. Operating across 91 venues throughout Omotesando, Shibuya, Roppongi, Ginza, and other key areas, the festival showcased a diverse collection of international works. Under the theme 'Brave: Pursuing Instinctive Beauty,' the 2025 edition celebrated creators who demonstrated the courage to trust their intuition and instincts, challenging the conventional markets."
"The cultural nucleus of the festival was the DESIGNART GALLERY, a large-scale group exhibition housed at the Media Department Tokyo in the heart of Shibuya. Serving as both an information center and talk lounge, this exhibition hosted 33 domestic and international presentations, showcasing creations from countries including France, the Netherlands, and Sweden. The space itself was a design statement, with the spatial design overseen for the first time in Japan by Hong Kong-based architectural firm COLLECTIVE. They paid homage to Japanese architecture by creating a modernized Shoji (traditional partition) in the first-floor escalator hall."
Designart Tokyo ran for ten days across 91 venues in Omotesando, Shibuya, Roppongi, Ginza, and other key areas, presenting a diverse collection of international design, architecture, and art. The 2025 theme 'Brave: Pursuing Instinctive Beauty' celebrated creators who trusted intuition and challenged conventional markets. Approximately 300 creators and brands participated, attracting an estimated 250,000 visitors. The DESIGNART GALLERY at Media Department Tokyo served as the festival's cultural nucleus, hosting 33 domestic and international presentations from countries such as France, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Hong Kong firm COLLECTIVE designed a modernized Shoji installation using reusable aluminum and non-woven fabric, with modulated lighting synchronized to photographs by ZEN.
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