Kenya Hara’s first major solo show in China entitled “Designing Design” is held at China Beijing Center for the Arts from June 13 till July 15. As a result of 3-year’s endeavor of preparation and the joined efforts by the artistic director Ms. Weng Ling, curator Zhu E, Tang Jing and the designers, the exhibition attempts to offer a full trace to follow Kenya Hara’s creative ideas and career, as well as a distinctive overview of the nucleus of Japan’s design industry, through a voluminous display of design objects and documentations. Viewers can also get a glimpse of the latest experimental semi-finished design prototypes, which will definitely bring to mind storms of ideas and inspirations on the future of human’s living.

 The exhibition will divide a space of 2,000sqm into three sections: Exhibitions of the Exhibition, through object display, epitomizes the pearls of the 7 shows curated by Hara on the ultimate endeavor to explore the possibility of “the nature of things” with his Japanese colleagues such as Kengo Kuma, Naoto Fukasawa and Shigeru Ban etc.; Art directing of MUJI is a vivid narrative on the design practices by Hara through the perfect integration of his distinctive Japanese esthetics into corporate development; Multiphase of Design serves as a retrospective of Hara’s creative adventures with a full showcase of his package design, logo design, book design and poster design, some of which are from projects involved with China.“Designing Design” is homage paid to the Japanese designers, also an invitation sent out to the Chinese counterparts, with the earnest wish and appeal that the energy and passion can beat the lethargy of the current design industry.

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