JAPANOLOGY
FOCUS ON JAPANESE CREATIVITY
a cura di Orietta Pelizzari
Art and creativity
THE JALAPAGOS SINDROME
Jalapagos
JALAPAGOS SINDROME
Japan’s Galapagos Syndrome,
is used to describe how Japan
still seems to be disconnected
from the world in several spheres.
Is the new galapagosized culture of Japan just
waiting to be discovered again and adopted by the
outside world as a paradigm of the exquisite, the
charming and the useful?
Design Coop: the new market
design exibition by creator’s
cooperative.
http://www.design-coop.jp
Ba to Ma Wall
• http://www.artdiv-hpf.com/batoma/en/
Design Tide Tokyo
http://www.designtide.jp
Jumble. The exibition of art and
design
http://www.jumble-tokyo.com
Aoyamadori St and Omotesando
St.= AOSANDO
http://www.aosando.com
The Place
The Center of Now
…social community…retail…culture…people…entertainment….
Pass de baton
• East and west, north and south. Each region has its own
cultural climate.
• The modern marketplace contains a vast
diversity of commercial products. Creating
something new is a wonderful
thing, but taking good care of an
object that is already there can be
magical.
•
Pass on your Personal Culture.
Hermès and Pas de Baton
• “j’aime mon
Items
to treasure
over
generations
carreè”
Zozotown: Up-And-Coming in the
Japanese Online Fashion Scene
• ." Zozotown's
boulevard.
• Zozotown
virtual shopping
Rag Tag vintage
multistore
• http://www.ragtag.jp/pc/pdetail/1110/240
27/
Lift – Daykanyama, Tokyo
• http://www.lift-net.co.jp/index.html
• Concept boutique
• Our most is: pursue originality and challenge
perceptions.
• Gustavo Lins
• -Mihatayasuhiro
• -Cornelian Taurus
• -The Viridi+Anne
designers
…on the stage!
• shoes: AKAMINE
(AKA
INTERNATIONAL /
ZAPATA)
• http://www.aka.co.jp/
•SHOES: TETSUYA
UENOBE
• http://sites.google.com/site/uenobe/uenobeart
line
• shoes
: MOE ENOMOTO
• http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgibin/fl20080624jk.html
JAPANESE DESIGNERS: JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN
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John Lawrence Sullivan is a Japanese man
clothing brand designed by Arashi Yanagawa.
Unlike many designers from Japan, he started
his career as a professional boxer. His
inspiration for John Lawrence Sullivan came
from the boxer of the same name who,
in the 1880s became the first true champion in
heavyweight boxing.
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He is intrigued by the challenge of
matching
patterns and materials, leading to aesthetic
pieces of art. He continues to pursue the elegant
image of sleek silhouette and fine tailoring.
JAPANESE DESIGNERS: JULIUS
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Julius is a Japanese man fashion label run and
designed by Tatsuro Horikawa.
The label focuses on presenting a
wide array
of gothic inspired clothing, utilizing the
color black extensively to explore its meaning in
both Avant Garde, spiritual, and religious
aspects of the designer’s life.
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It's not only a clothing brand but a
global
concept and a complete creative aesthetic world
which also encompasses global Art Direction and
graphic design.
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The goal of a designer, according to Horikawa,
is to contribute to the lifestyle of the
individual rather than just the wardrobe.
JAPANESE DESIGNERS: YOSHIO KUBO
“There are so many outfits in the world, and
people keep buying and wearing outfits for
daily life. The large number of clothes has
paralyzed people’s thinking of wearing and
dressing. Therefore, I like to design
clothing that makes people think
meaning of details and wearing.”
yoshio kubo/muller of yoshiokubo http://www.ykgf.jp/
undecorated MAN http://www.undm.jp/
JAPANESE DESIGNERS: SOMARTA
Somarta is a clothing brand started Tamae
Hirokawa. Hirokawa, who originally worked with
Issey Miyake in the Miyake Design Studio in the
1990s debuted with Somarta over the course of two
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focuses on the use of
lace, knit, and macramé among many other
years in 2006. The brand
design methods that have been quite popular with
the Japanese fashion magazines and press.
The essence of Somarta is the use of full piece
bodysuits as well as similarly styled clothing
that introduces multiple different forms of design into
similar products. Items from the Second Skin Series
include the full piece body suits, a line of underwear,
and a much more wearable line of clothing including
things like pleated pants, capes, and trench coats for
outer wear.
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JAPANESE DESIGNERS: AGURI SAGIMORI
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Aguri Sagimori work, represented in her self-
named label, is a combination of
high concept
designs and edgy cuts that allows her to take on
the modern development of fashion with classic styles.
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She presents a
uniquely Japanese
aesthetic through her concepts of feminine
beauty and enchantment, frailty and strength.
Through her designs, this 24 year old continues to
redefine the nature of tailored clothing.
JAPANESE DESIGNERS: DRESS CAMP
DressCamp is a japanese
fashion label and clothing line
created by Toshikazu Iwaya, and
now led by Marjan Pejoski.
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The line represents a
combination of modern
designs and stereotypes
and classic, 1970s and 1980s
themes.
The essence of DressCamp’s clothing is to create
themes and designs that harken to numerous
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specific time periods and eras in fashion
design.
Using patterns and styles from the era, DressCamp
presented excessive, flaring clothing, hot pants, big
hair, scarves, and halter tops.
JAPANESE DESIGNERS IN PARIS:
TSUMORI CHISATO
www.tsumorichisato.com
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ATSURO TAYAMA
www.atsurotayama.jp
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JUNYA WATANABE
JAPANESE DESIGNERS IN PARIS:
TAO KURIHARA
www.atsurotayama.jp
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JUNKO SHIMADA
www.junkoshimada.com
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SACAI
ABE CHITOSE
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JAPANESE DESIGNERS IN PARIS:
THE DRESS & CO
HIDEAKI SAKAGUCHI
www.thedress.jp
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TOSSY MIURA
www.universal-lab.com/tossymiura
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NAOSHI SAWAYANAGI
http://naoshisawayanagi.web.fc2.com/
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