Last week, I curated a retrospective exhibition for the design agency Kokoro & Moi at Utrecht’s NOW IDeA gallery in Aoyama, Tokyo. The exhibition revolved around two events: organising a paper airplane workshop of the printed exhibition material with Mr. Takuo Toda, a local aerogami expert and the holder of the world record for the longest paper plane flight, and cooking Finnish food for Tokyo Design Week visitors at the gallery with Apartamento magazine. Focusing on people, the events depict a change of focus from strategies of display to strategies of participation. …(more)
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"For the OK Talk brunches, we asked the guests to bring over a breakfast ingredient each so that we can cook together with them in the morning and sleep more during the night."
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"By applying artistic perspectives to scientific processes and results, it is possible to make science more approachable – and perhaps more useful for the lay people."
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When asked why Armi Ratia decided to base Marimekko in Finland out of all places, she stated that she was "not amused by easiness".