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2013
-Le don de la fôret japonaise au Foire d’Automne 2013 :salon exhibition (FR)
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Le don de la forêt Japonaise
Association nippon collaboratory a exposé au Salon Foire d’automne 2013 qui s’est tenu à Paris Expo Porte de Versailles du vendredi 25 Octobre au dimanche 3 Novembre 2013.
Thème de l’exposition était “Le don de la forêt japonaise”.
Nous avons offert du cornouiller, érable, abricotier, cerisier, poirnier, buis, sophora, chêne et zelkova de bonne qualité. Les gens ont découvert la beauté de la écorce du bois qui ont crû bien en toute saison au japon et la tradition qui a été cultivé pendant de nombreuses années dans la terre de Tohoku.
Les poupées Kokeshi sont nées et continuent encore aujourd’hui d’être développées dans la région de Tohoku.
Plus des deux tiers de la région de Tohoku sont couverts par de vastes forêts. En été, il y règne une chaleur extrême ; en hiver, le paysage disparaît sous une épaisse couche de neige. Les habitants ont appris à s’accommoder de la nature. Produit de tâches répétées en silence, les objets d’artisanat traditionnel fabriqués dans ce cadre émeuvent par leurs facturent d’aspect simple mais néanmoins riche, à l’image même de la nature. Elles s’harmonisent à merveille avec les chambres modernes. Les gens ont rouvé sa poupée favorite et offert en cadequ à quelqu’un d’autre ou agrémenté son habitat. La présence d’une simple et jolie poupée Kokeshi leur apportera une ambiance chaleureuse.

Organization: nippon collaboratory / Direction: Mutsumi Abe / Demonstration: Toshinari Hayasaka / Art Direction: Shinya Wakaoka / Translation: Maika Fujiwara-Harper / Management: Kenji Kataoka / Collaboration: Miyagi Dento Kokeshi Kumiai Rengokai, Naruko-onsen Bussan Kyokai, Tokyo Kokeshi Tomonokai, Atelier Kiboko, JETRO, Artsite and Tsuyoshi Tane (DGT Architects) / Thanks to Kévin Condaminas, Hirohisa Ohta and Marie-France Aubert-Ono

-Ishinomaki Street Bookshelf community :space direction (JP)
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Brand Design and PR Plan: nippon collaboratory / Direction: Mutsumi Abe / Editing: Sendai TettoBunko / Art Direction: Shinya Wakaoka / Supported by Japan Society of the UK

On the Itopia street in Ishinomaki central shopping district, the former book store called “Tanshobo” was born again as a community space with public bookshelves “Ishinomaki Machi no Hondana” where anybody can spend time reading for free in July 2013.
A discussion event, a reading club meeting, a round-table talk, an exhibition and an open-air used book market might be held.
“Ishinomaki Machi no Hondana” is a small place with big potential. Even if you may say “I’m not familiay with books”, you don’t need to hesitate to join it. People who are interested in books, who wish to be familiar with books and people who wish to create their private library and so on, please visit anytime you like.

we have been practicing planning, producing, fund-raising, opening special events, working out a branding strategy and maintaining public relations since 2011. What we have looked at is bottm-up urban development.

First, we designed a concepts. There is an effective local community that can work well in desaster recovery, although there are several social issues in the histrical central district which are declining increasingly.

Then we realised connecting local cultural activities and ousides support to improve local cultural activities through the business system design.

In the end, we renovated an old bookstore as a sustainable community space to be supported by various people in and around Ishinomaki city that suffered the heviest damage in the great East Japan earthquake.


-地域環境計画 Regional Environment Planning :environmental protection x art project (JP,FR)
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2012
-LE CARROUSEL des Métier d’Art et de Création (FR) :salon exhibition (FR)

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-japanese Wooden Dolls Kokeshi by nippon collaboratory x NEW PEOPLE :pop-up store (US)
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2011
-Handicrafts in Japan, it’s region and material :ehxibition (JP)

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The selection was made under the theme of “Handicrafts of Japan, Its Regions and Materials”.
Various natural materials surround our lives in Japan. The best of these materials are used to create distinctive craft wares such as ceramics born out of clay, paper made from plants such as kozo, and baskets woven from bamboo. The craftsmen of these wares, while maintaining a high regard for regionalism and following cultivated experiences, continue to produce diligently. We use these craft wares that are almost works of art on a daily basis, and by using them, the wares are given life, and our lives are enriched in return.
We hope that the displayed craft works will engender interest in the regions where the crafts and materials originate.

Artist: 鋳鉄 小笠原陸兆(岩手) / 竹工芸 久保一幸(東京)/ 硝子 木村硝子店+松徳硝子(東京)/ 陶器 小鹿田焼・坂本工窯(大分)織物 玉木新雌(兵庫)/ 蛭谷和紙 川原隆邦 (富山)
Produce: Mutsumi Abe / Supervise: Akiko Hino / Photo: Bungo kimura / Staff: Yuki Yamazaki, Tomoko Takeyama / special thanks: LUFT Nami Makishi, Wajima Kirimoto, IwateKogyoGijyutsu Center, seikatsukogei.com

-four banal comme un cadeau from lycée de Kamoto shoko à Kumamoto pour centre commercial temporaire d’Onagawa :Aid collaboration planning(JP)
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