interior design: upsetters architects

We attempted to create a special Japanese space balancing the Japan-ness, the element of Japan-style room, delighting overseas customers and its history and memory accumulated there. We focused on three points. First of all, some of the walls, which were carefully selected considering the sense of touch and natural light, are exposed. In addition, "sumi"s, markings for construction guidance, were deliberately left. Finally, the minimum Japan-style elements, the light well in the universal room and the tatami floors of the others, were added. Consequently, it became extremely Japanese and people can feel its unique stateliness and tenseness there. The ceiling of the common corridor is covered with the 7-metre-long work by Shun Kawakami, an artist. Additionally, the effective lighting design makes the artwork stand out and their combination raises people's expectation of the guest rooms.

海外からの来客に、日本らしさを感じてもらうための和室の要素と、既存物件に蓄積された情報のバランスを取りながら、ここでしか成立できない日本的な空間を目指した。質感、自然光の関係によって選定され、限定的に露出された壁面と、建設当時に躯体に刻まれた「スミ」、最小限の和室の要素 ( バリアフリーの部室における光庭、そのほか3室における畳 ) にそぎ落としてデザインされた空間は、独特の重みと、緊張感を生み出し、結果的に 極めて日本的な空間を生み出している。共用廊下の天井には、7メートルに渡って グラフィックデザイナー / 川上俊の作品を埋込み、効果的な照明計画と合わせて、客室への期待感を高める、前室としている。

balloon as vase / shun kawakami + EDP from shun kawakami on Vimeo.

artwork by shun kawakami (artless)
balloon by daisy ballon
calligraphy by gen miyamura
photography by yuu kawakami

motion graphic by EDP

Urban Abstract from Musuta on Vimeo.

* RICH magazine　www.richmagazine.jp

[artbook] balloon : composition of knowledge and feeling
3000 JPY (EDITION 250 with sign)

artwork by
composition of knowledge and feeling
: shun kawakami (artless)
: takashi kawada (kotenhits!)

balloon by daisy ballon
calligraphy by gen miyamura
photography by yuu kawakami

balloon as vase 01:

balloon as vase 02:

balloon as vase 03:

balloon as vase 04:

Limited poster art (stamp and signed)
Edition: 10

Size: A1 (594(w) x 841(H)mm)
Print: Giclee - Pigment ink
Paper: Washi

125,000 JPY

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ISETAN LIVING × more trees
「鳩時計コレクション」
INFO from Openers :
http://openers.jp/interior_exterior/news/isetan_clock.html?keyword=artless

concept, art direction, design: shun kawakami(artless)
manufacture : TRNK

Direction : ISETAN LIVING、more trees
Coordination : Rightning、MIRU DESIGN

Motoin Graphic by WOW Tiokyo
Artworks by shun kawakami(artless)
Music by Masato Hatanaka

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kansei ‐ Japan Design Exhibition:
2008.12/12 (fri) - 21(san)
at Les Arts Décoratifs (Musée du Louvre / Paris)