TANEMOKU×Mica Nakajima

HANAKUMIKO

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dates
Wed.May.29,2024 - Tue.Jun.25,2024
hours
10:00 - 20:00
location
Daimaru Umeda in front of the south escalator on the 4th floor

Shippo Kumiko is a traditional Japanese pattern and craftsmanship technique that up to now has only been used for household fittings. We started this project with the goal of bringing these delightful patterns and fine techniques closer to people in their everyday lives. Careful consideration was given to the size of the kumiko, so as to combine a range of attractive products, and many long hours of hard work went into developing products that realize new combinations with different materials. We aimed for a design that would be open to being accented and would harmonize beautifully with the changing tastes of the times, thus creating a treasured possession that you could carry with you for your entire life.

Artist Profile

TANEMOKU×Mica Nakajima

TANEMOKU/Tanemura Woodworks is a company that produces fittings and furniture, made out of wood. Our company was founded some 66 years ago, and is based in Hirano Ward, Osaka. Tanemura Woodworks, specializing in fittings, has been producing fittings for everything from private homes to shops and historic temple and shrine buildings. We have also been increasingly developing a great many original goods using wood technology, based on our strong drive to preserve the traditional techniques of wood construction in a form that fits the modern world and to connect these techniques to modern life. Mica Nakajima/Design*MagicaーBased in Kyoto, works as the Good Design Award judge and participates in product development projects in Osaka and Kyoto prefectures. She creates many products that utilize traditional Japanese techniques.

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Daimaru Umeda

3-1-1, Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi
530-8202