15 to 20 April 2024
Milan Design Week 2024 / zona K
As part of the Milan Design Week 2024, an exhibition organized by ARAKAWA GRIP was held at the zona K. Under the direction of Kaori Akiyama of STUDIO BYCOLOR, spatial designers Takanori Urata and Maki Izawa created a biblioteca d'Oro (golden library) with a forest of wire trees. The space where visitors could enjoy the book ‘50 GRIPS’, bound in ARAKAWA GRIP with the aim of ‘More opportunities to experience ARAKAWA GRIP’, attracted a large number of people. The 50 GRIPS project has consistently emphasised ‘GOLD’ as its main visual color, and ‘biblioteca d'Oro’ was the final stage of the project from materials that have long been familiar to Japan to those created using cutting-edge technology, such as the golden swing and golden book shelf, were presented. The ‘biblioteca d'Oro’ was a place to encounter design work created by the gem of creators over the past 50 years in a deep space that echoed with the ARAKAWA GRIP clad in GOLD.
1 to 12 September 2023
TIERS GALLERY by arakawagrip
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of ARAKAWA GRIP, an installation "unique" by a spatial designer, Hiroto Yoshizoe, was exhibited at the TIERS GALLERY" on the 3rd floor of the company's headquarters on September 5, 2023. The concept of the installation was "to be omnipresent" or "to be anywhere" and a spatial design featuring the functional artistry and aesthetic presence of the "ARAKAWA GRIP" wire system was presented.
During the exhibition, a talk event was held with Hiroto Yoshizoe, Junya Maejima, who was in charge of graphics for the exhibition, Kaori Akiyama, who directed the exhibition, and Hajime Arakawa, president of ARAKAWA GRIP. Under the theme of "ubique" the discussions covered a wide range of topics, revealing the very essence of product development.
The NORI Project exploring the future of seaweed through ARAKAWA GRIP technology
18 to 23 April 2023
Milan Design Week 2023 / Almach Art Gallery
As part of the Milan Design Week 2023, an exhibition organized by ARAKAWA GRIP was held at the Almach Art Gallery. At the venue, a contemporary design studio, we+, explored the potential of seaweed as material by pairing it with ARAKAWA GRIP to create an installation, "Less, Light, Local." It demonstrated the new creative expression by coupling ARAKAWA GRIP, which has created delicate ambiances by integrating materials such as glass and wood, and seaweed, which is durable, lightweight, and sustainable. Toshiya Hayashi and Hokuto Ando of we+ commented, "We wanted to explore the future of production and communicate new ways of using seaweed from Japan, a country with a large seaweed industry."
