DATE :May 23 -August 30 , 2013
PLACE : Polish Institute Berlin

LOCATION : Polish Institute Berlin, Burgstrasse 27

URL : dmy-berlin.com

Design is like a lense, but instead of light, it brings into focus various disciplines. From everyday life to hard sciences, it creates a new quality that redefines new functions. Volumetric expansion focuses bionics, technology, design and innovation, together shedding new light on the world of tomorrow. Our life is becoming ever more dynamic, while we once again embrace a nomadic lifestyle. Today, conquering new space takes on a new, broader meaning. Besides inhabiting new territories such as Mars, we must reinvent the old and familiar, expanding our living space through intelligent design. Volumetric expansion allows us to contain our individual worlds in a suitcase, and take them even to mars. This time this world is taken to a gallery in Berlin by Oskar Zieta and the Polish Institute. It is an interdisciplinary exhibition showing not just industrial design, but also creatures and organisms which present the inner workings and versatile functions which are possible with volumetric expansion.

BalloonLamp and some other products are elected and exhibited in this exhibition.

DATE : April 04-29 , 2013
PLACE : MUSEO POLDI PEZZOLI

LOCATION : via Manzoni 12 20121 Milano Italia

URL : www.museopoldipezzoli.it

The Salone del Mobile events with the Design and Contemporary Art exhibition "Intorno al libro/Around the Book", curated by the architect Beppe Finessi (Politecnico di Milano).
After the vases of From Vase to Flower, the candles and candle holders of Shed Light, the Poldi Pezzoli Museum and Inventario concentrate on a subject, on an object, apparently belonging to th epast but still extraordinarily alive: the book.
The book seen not only as a paper object, a container of written words and a fundamental tool for sharing knowledge, but rather as a universe of objects honouring it, with complementary ideas to it.
Several works will be exhibited among design items and contemporary artworks.
There will be bookmarks, made by different materials and with the most sophisticated shapes, bookstands more or less foldable, bookends, bookshelves, reading lamps and pieces of furniture, all inspired by books and designed by the most important contemporary designers.
There will be also some significant works of the contemporary visual arts: in particular, the attention will be focused on the masterpieces of some artists that are always been attracted by books.

kouichi okamoto's work is exhibited there.

DATE : March 28- , 2013
PLACE : Shanghai Museum of Glass

LOCATION : 685 West Changjiang Road, Shanghai 200231, P.R. China

URL : http://en.shmog.org/

On the 28th of March 2013 the Shanghai Museum of Glass presents a sparkling new exhibition that shows the playful and fun character of glass design. Keep it Glassy shows the work of more than 50 designers from all over the world, including renowned names such as Droog (The Netherlands), Fabrica (Italy), the Campana Brothers (Brazil) and Tadao Ando (Japan). Over 200 exhibited objects have one thing in common: they are designed with love and should be handled with care.

Exhibition organizer : Shanghai Museum of Glass

Concept and Design : Tilman Thurmer / COORDINATION ASIA Ltd.

Curation : Chen Ying / Shanghai Museum of Glass

COORDINATION ASIA Ltd.

Exhibition Lighting : ERCO

 

DATE : March 5 - April 10, 2013
PLACE : Contemporary Fine Art from China Central Academy of Fine Arts.

LOCATION : No.8 Hua Jia Di Nan St., Chao Yang District, Beijing, P. R. China

URL : www.cafamuseum.org

Hosts: China Central Academy of Fine Arts University of the Arts London Camberwell, Chelsea, Wimbledon Colleges (CCW)

Organizers: School of Fine Art, China Central Academy of Fine Arts CAFA Art Museum Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts London Art Director-General: PAN Gongkai Curators: SU Xinping WANG Huangsheng George Blacklock

The Water Clock was selected for this exhibition.

DATE : January 23 - March 25, 2013
PLACE : National Art Center Tokyo SFT gallary.

LOCATION : 7-22-2 Roppongi minato-ku tokyo

URL : www.nact.jp

DATE : january 10 -25, 2013
opening party : january 9 2013, 18:30-21:00
PLACE : Gallery Libby Sellers

LOCATION : 41-42 Berners Street, London W1T 3NB
Closest underground stations: Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road, Goodge Street

URL : www.libbysellers.com/

Organised by : British Council / E&Y co.,ltd
Curation : Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa / Max Fraser
Art Direction & Design : Fumikazu Ohara
Exhibition coordination : Taku Sato
Planning : Manami Yuasa(British Council ),Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa (E&Y co., ltd)

This will be a Japan/United Kingdom design exhibition. This exhibition aims to examine the various factors which have acted as an inspiration featured, to seek which aspects inspired the designers from each country, and the relationship ties between their respective social backgrounds besides them. It is an exhibition to see how each designer was inspired, consciously or un-consciously, and to see if those inspirations have been visualized or shaped,and also to see how global those factors were.

kouichi okamoto's new work "light of thought" is exhibited there.

Participants :
Makoto Orisaki, Koichi Okamoto, Jo Nagasaka, Ryuji Nakamura, Risa Fukui, Koichi Futatsumata, Yuri Suzuki, Maiko Kurogouchi

Moritz Waldemeyer, Ismini Samanidou, Paul Cocksedge, Max Lamb, Geoffrey Mann, Helen Amy Murray, Hannah Martin, Benjamin Hubert

DATE : December 14, 2012 - February 28 , 2013

LOCATION : 1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa, Japan 920-8509

URL : http://www.kanazawa21.jp/en/

10:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. *Open until 8:30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays closed on Mondays *When Monday is a national holiday, closed on the following weekday instead. and New Year Holidays.

Kyouei design is opened a pop-up shop and exhibition at whole space of the museum shop 2 of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

DATE : October 31, 2012

doors to the venue open at 19:00, with presentations starting at 19:30

LOCATION : Meiji-Jingu Gaien (Central Venue), Tokyo

URL : http://pecha-kucha.org/night/tokyo/96

PKN Vol. 96 -- is a BIG one! Officially part of Tokyo Designers Week, it will be celebrating with a very special PechaKucha Night at the TDW Dome (at Meiji-Jingu Gaien) with a lot of fantastic guests, and yes, a focus on design. With a venue that can hold up to 1200 attendees, this should be one of the biggest PKNs in Tokyo yet! It will be held on Wednesday, October 31 (doors to the venue open at 19:00, with presentations starting at 19:30), and you will be able to attend the event with a regular TDW ticket (2500 yen), or through a specially discounted night ticket (1500 yen, which allows entry after 18:00).

Kouichi Okamoto will do a presentation at PKN vol.96.

DATE : September 20 - 23, 2012
live performance DATE : September 22nd (sat),23rd (sun) 2012. 16:00 -

LOCATION : Victoria and Albert Museum
Sackler Centre Reception

URL : http://www.vam.ac.uk/

London Design Festival

DATE : September 15 - 23, 2012

URL : http://www.londondesignfestival.com/events/kouichi-okamoto-musical-table-2012

"musical table" and "lighting chair" works are shown in this exhibition.
This latest work of Okamoto's is made up of 504 of musical boxes
which play delicate sounds in reaction to visitor movement.

Creative Director&Art Director: Hideyuki Kume / ICN
Curator: Hisami Omori / ICN
Sound Producer & Product Designer: Kouichi Okamoto / kyouei design
Photography & Movie Director:Hideyuki Kume / ICN
Space Designer:Hideyuki Kume / ICN
In cooperation with: Pola Orbis Holdings Inc,CCC (the centre for creative communications)

DATE : September 15 - 23, 2012

LOCATION : ICN gallery
96-98 Leonard Street London EC2A 4RH

URL : http://www.icn-global.com/gallery/index.html

new products : random musical box, dish of light and form of the function jewelry collection will exhibit in ICN gallery.

DATE : September 24, 2012 , from6:30pm

LOCATION : The Japan Foundation,London,Russell Square House 10-12 Russell Square,London WC1B 5EH

URL : http://www.jpf.org.uk/

Illustrating his much-admired products, Okamoto will talk about the idea and ethos behind them and demonstrate how his career has developed to its current state. For an informal discussion to follow, Okamoto will be joined by Max Fraser, Editor of the London Design Guide, who, through his familiarity and experience with Japanese design, will discuss the challenge Okamoto faces when he constantly evolves his creation, and explore the potential a designer or creator holds in creating products beyond their realm. Assessing the current climate in Japan and the UK, they will also touch upon the creative environment in each country and what elements are expected of a successful product designer.

This event is free to attend but booking is essential. To reserve a place, please email your name and the title of the event you would like to attend to event@jpf.org.uk

This event is organised in association with the ICN Gallery

DATE : September 19 - 23, 2012 ,

LOCATION : The Sorting Office 21-23 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1BA

Cooperation by Places and Spaces

URL : http://thedesignjunction.co.uk/#

Kyouei design's product "form of the function" jewelry collection is exhibited at our distributor Places and Spaces's booth. Places and Spaces URL : http://placesandspaces.com/

Now in its second year, designjunction has cemented its reputation for showcasing the finest selection of international design brands. This year designjunction welcomes the Tramshed into the event to create an even more powerful showcase for design in London's largest non-purpose built event space. designjunction will feature more than 100 world-class international brands set against the industrial surrounds of a 1960's Sorting Office. Moving away from the traditional trade show environment, designjunction strikes the balance between creative and commercial, offering visitors a vibrant yet relaxed atmosphere to engage and connect with design. Three floors, across an impressive 120,000 sq ft. space, will be devoted to leading international brands, smaller cutting-edge labels, design shops, large-scale installations, temporary restaurants, bars and cafes, working flash factories, and live entertainment. designjunction will transform the Sorting Office into the largest destination for design, culture and entertainment.

DATE : September 7 - 11, 2012
LOCATION : Hall 1 under the mezzanin PARC DES EXPOSITIONS, PARIS NORD, 93420 VILLEPINTE

URL : http://www.maison-objet.com/en/inspirations/#element

Living well is changing the parameters.
Now is the time for a simple timelessness that is nevertheless rich
in emotions and sensations.
Geometrical, archetypal, molecular or abstract forms are referencing elements like water, earth, fire and air.
Design is drawing inspiration from meteorology and climatology to invent
new expressions of today's atmosphere. Between lightness and weightiness,
power and transparency, force and fluidity ,a new generation of objects is inviting us to dream.

The Water Clock was selected for this exhibition.

DATE : June 9 - 30, 2012

LOCATION : CCC (the center for creative communications) 2F gallery
4-16 Ote-machi; Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Japan

URL : http://www.c-c-c.or.jp/

Organizer: the center for creative communications (CCC)
Cooperation: Pola Orbis Holdings Inc.
Planning: NPO Hexaproject
Creative director/Art director: Hideyuki Kume
Curator: Hisami Omori

DATE : April 27 - June 3, 2012
opening hours 11:00-20:00

LOCATION : POLA MUSEUM ANNEX
POLA Ginza building 3F,
1-7-7, Ginza, chuo-ku,Tokyo

URL : http://www.pola.co.jp/m-annex/

Related event :
live performance by Kouichi Okamoto
April 28, 13:00-13:20/15:00-15:20
LOCATION : POLA MUSEUM ANNEX

Presented by POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.
http://www.po-holdings.co.jp/

Production & Curation NPO Hexaproject
http://www.icn-global.com/

Okamoto's new creation "musical table" and "lighting chair" are exhibited during in the period.

Musical table :
The musical table installed 504 volumes on the top plate, and there are 504 musical box movements which play only a single sound in the point of the 5-m electric line extended from there. The motor revolving speed of the musical boxes are adjusted by the volume of the table, and the musical boxes play sound at random.

Lighting chair :
They are a chair in which the electric socket plates are embedded, and a chair in which the switch plates are embedded. The electrical cord extended from the plug inserted in the electric socket is to a switch, and the electrical cords are transmitted to brass and copper gas pipes. The lamp of the colander made from pure copper of various sizes illuminates the chairs. The Musical table and the Lighting chair were created by cooperation of POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.

DATE : June 13 - 24, 2012
opening hours 11:00 - 20:00

LOCATION : Shibuya Hikarie, Creative Lounge MOV aiiima 3
8F, 2-21-1, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

URL : http://www.shibuyamov.com/aiiima/003/

method inc. http://wearemethod.com

"Creative Lounge MOV aiiima" is a project which is shown a popular company in the space.
visitors can see working life of them in real.
method inc's project '(shop)' is also exhibited in the same space.

Okamoto's work "weight of the light" is exhibited during in the period.

DATE : May 5 - 13, 2012

LOCATION : Fukuoka city central

URL : http://designing10.com/

This year, DESIGNING creates places which introduce each one of people who are in the city.
We hopes that the event will be the place where everybody can share awareness and actions.

Okamoto's "Pendulum Sound Machine" is exhibited at SHOP exhibition curated by method during in the period.

method http://wearemethod.com/

DATE : May 20 - 23, 2012
OPENING HOURS : 5/20-5/22: 9:00am - 6:00pm
5/23: 9:00am - 12:00pm

LOCATION : The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York 655 West 34th Street New York, NY 10001

URL : www.javitscenter.com

Kyouei design's products including new product 'form of the function' are exhibited at our distributor Sweet Bella's booth in National Stationery Show NY.

sweet bella booths 2452-54

sweet bella URL : http://sweetbellausa.com/

DATE : February 5 - 9, 2012
OPENING HOURS : 9:00am - 6:00pm

LOCATION : The NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT, United Kingdom

URL : www.springfair.com

Places and Spaces is showcased at spring fair international some of the sharpest international brands featuring the latest design trends, designers and makers. Kyouei design's products are exhibited at our distributor Places and Spaces's booth.

Places and spaces booth 6H22-J23. Hall 6

Places and Spaces URL : http://placesandspaces.com/

DATE : October 29 - November 3, 2011
opening hours oct 29- nov 2 11:00-20:00
nov 3 11:00-17:00
November 11, 18:00-20:00

LOCATION : Tokyo midtown hall A&B at DESIGNTIDETOKYO
9-7-2,akasaka,minato-ku,tokyo

URL : http://www.mark-ing.info/

Organised by : British Council / E&Y co.,ltd
Curation : Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa / Max Fraser
Art Direction & Design : Fumikazu Ohara
Exhibition coordination : Taku Sato
Project coordination : Chika Sudo (British Council)
Planning : Manami Yuasa(British Council ),Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa (E&Y co., ltd)

During DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2011, we will be hosting an exhibition showcasing 16 designers from Japan and the UK. We have focused on designers from various fields ranging from furniture design, architecture, to interactive design, each with an experimental approach towards their works. Along with the works exhibited, a story about the origin of each inspiration will be shown.
https://designtide.jp/

This will be a Japan/United Kingdom design exhibition. This exhibition aims to examine the various factors which have acted as an inspiration featured, to seek which aspects inspired the designers from each country, and the relationship ties between their respective social backgrounds besides them. It is an exhibition to see how each designer was inspired, consciously or un-consciously, and to see if those inspirations have been visualized or shaped,and also to see how global those factors were.

Kyouei design's Glass Tank and Okamoto's 'dram machine' as his inspired item are exhibited there.

Participants :
Makoto Orisaki, Koichi Okamoto, Jo Nagasaka, Ryuji Nakamura, Risa Fukui, Koichi Futatsumata, Yuri Suzuki, Maiko Kurogouchi

Moritz Waldemeyer, Ismini Samanidou, Paul Cocksedge, Max Lamb, Geoffrey Mann, Helen Amy Murray, Hannah Martin, Benjamin Hubert

DATE : November 2 - 13, 2011
12:00-19:00
Closing Party
November 11, 18:00-20:00

LOCATION : Raum 1F
5-39-12 Jingumae Shibuya-ku Tokyo

URL : http://www.raum1f.jp/

curated by method
http://wearemethod.com/

art direction : 14sd Yosuke Hayashi)
http://www.14sd.com/
supported by : Kawahara Mokei Seisakusho Ltd.

Kyouei design's new product "weight of the light" is exhibited during in the period. This program is held as a part of the Design Tide Tokyo Extension.
https://designtide.jp/extension-tide2011/

concept :
Choose what our heart desires and think of the reason why it attracts us
besides its category, function or price.With our own words, convey the product's story, value and how it relates to others.Look carefully at the world around us; look back at our history; think of the existential meanings of the thing and ourselves. The process will enable us to find our own place. (SHOP) can help us with that. (SHOP) is a new kind of shop produced by "method", and it is what we're looking for, moreover, maybe it is what shop used to be with our nostalgia.

participants :
Bob Foundation, con.temporary furniture / Hinoki Kougei Colin Schaelli),
edition HORIZONTAL / E&Y Gen Suzuki, Koichi Futatsumata, Yosuke Hayashi, Hironobu Yamabe ,Hamiru aqui , minorityrev Julien David,
OUTBOUND Yukiharu Kumagai, Ryo Watanabe,Takara Kinoshita,
writtenafterwards ,Maico Akiba, Kutani Choemon + Maruwakaya ,
kyouei design (kouichi okamoto), Hiroshi Kudo,Mitsuru Koga ,
Hisakazu Shimizu, Ryuji Nakamura.

DATE : November 12 - December 17,2011
10:00-20:30 (closed sundays & holidays)

LOCATION : the center for creative communications (CCC) 2F gallery

URL : http://www.c-c-c.or.jp/en/future/apparatu.html

Organizer : the center for creative communications
Admission : Free

Supported by Shizuoka City, CCC creative resident, Koichi Okamoto (Kyouei design) completed an 11-day creator in residence with the apparatu ceramic studio in Barcelona, Spain from 2011.02.26 to 03.07. During the residence, Okamoto (product designer) and Xavier Mañosa (apparatu ceremic artist/designer) worked on a collaborative project creating glasses with use of ceramics as a material and held an exhibition in Barcelona. In "Kyouei design x apparatu Spain Residence Exhibition", you can see their collaborative work and their own works with the theme of ceramics which shows you their creative activities. The Creative Talk Show by these two designers will be held during the exhibition as well. This is a not-to-miss exhibition by Kyouei design and apparatu who both have unique styles.

Exhibit-related : Creative Talk Show
DATE : November 12, 2011
18:30-20:00

LOCATION : B-nest (Shizuoka City Industry-University Exchange Center)
Presenters: Koichi Okamoto (Kyouei design), Xavier Mañosa (appartu)

Co-organizers : B-nest
Limited to the first 100 people to register.
Free entrance

To register, send an email to CCC.
Please include your name and contact info.
info@c-c-c.or.jp

DATE : September 30 - October 30, 2011
Monday-Friday 10:00-18:00
Saturday-Sunday 10:00-20:00

LOCATION : Songshan cultural & Creative park
No. 133, GuangFu South Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan

URL : http://www.2011designexpo.com.tw/default.aspx

supported by after rain design studio
URL : http://www.afteraindesign.com/

The 2011 Taipei World Design Expo is the biggest event among all "Taiwan Design Year," including 3 venues, Songshan Cultural & Creative Park, TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall and TWTC Exhibition Hall 1. It will be the most important international activity after Deaflympics and Flora Expoheld in Taipei. This activity will bring businesses, design companies, design schools and design promotion organizations under one roof. Under the theme "Design at the Edge", these participants will interpret it from the angle of design beneficence so that the general public can experience the dynamic power of world design industries and come to appreciate brilliant idea of Taiwan designers in in particular.

The Pendulum Sound Machine is exhibited at the venue.

DATE : October. 11, 2011 - January. 8, 2012
Opening hours
Tuesdays-Sundays 10:30-20:30
Thursdays-Fridays 10:30-23:00

LOCATION : Triennale di Milano
viale Alemagna 6, 20121 Milano, Italy

URL : http://www.triennaledesignmuseum.org

Curated by Silvana Annicchiarico and Jan van Rossem
Exhibition and graphic design: Patricia Urquiola

The exhibition is organised in partnership with the luxury watch brand Officine Panerai, which, at the opening ceremony, will present an installation about the design of its watches.

A wide selection of site-specific works, installations, designer items, works of art, videos by international artists and designers will try to answer such questions as: "How can time be measured?", "How can passing time be shown?", "How can time be experienced?". All exhibits address such topics as the passing of time, ever-changing time, perishing, sometimes funnily, sometimes poetically, sometimes meditatively and critically.

The Water Clock is elected and exhibited.

Part1:
DATE : September. 22-24, 2011

LOCATION : RED GALLERY
3 Rivington Street,City of London EC2A 3DT,UK

URL : http://www.redgallerylondon.com/

Part2:
DATE : September. 22-25, 2011

LOCATION : TENT LONDON
Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL

URL : http://www.tentlondon.co.uk

Openning event:
DATE : September. 22, 2011 18:00-21:00

LOCATION : RED GALLERY BF

Artists : Kouichi Okamoto,jemapur and more
Okamoto performs live by the Pendulum Sound Machine.

Organised by Shizuoka City
Curated by ICN gallery
Cooperated by CCC(the center for creative communications),SCV (Shizuoka Content Valley),IdN magazine HongKong), ICN café,NPO Hexaproject
Moderator : Hideyuki Kume (CCC Producer)

Over the past 10 years the design scene in Asia has changed greatly. Countries have placed emphasis on the creative industries in efforts to improve their economies and in places such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and Taipei large international design events are taking place. But in Shizuoka the attitude towards design value in business and recognition of design is still rather low. We will hold an exhibition featuring top curators/creatives from Shizuoka-Japan, Singapore, Malaysia,Taiwan, China and South Korea. What is happening in design scenes in other countries From the multiple non-Western viewpoints of Asia we can see what's happening across the globe and give thought to how the design scene in Shizuoka can shine more brightly. Art, animation, game design, fashion, graphic, product & interior design and more exhibits introducing the various aspects of creative culture in each country.

Kouichi Okamoto is in each venue during the exhibition.

DATE : September 17 - December 4, 2011

LOCATION : FuXing Barn Exhibition in ChangHua
No.28, Fuxing Rd., Yuanzhong Vil., Fuxing Township, Changhua County 506, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

URL : http://lianyi.myweb.hinet.net/
Curated by Chauhsin Chen, Lian-Yi Planning,Design & Arts, Inc.

International Craft Art Biennale is held at ChangHua in Taiwan on the Living Craft Art Renaissance and Green Design theme.Around 60 craft artists from Taiwan, Japan, Thailand and more are joined to the exhibition, and over 100 items are exhibited in 3 locations.During the period, a work shop is held in the venue by invited artists to teach simple DIY activities for citizens.

construction chair and seven items from Kyouei design are selected and exhibited. Kouichi Okamoto is in the venue from the opening event on 17th to 18th,Sep.

DATE : September 2-4, 2011

LOCATION : Jilin Animation Institute
No.168Boshi Road,High-Tech Industry Development Zone,Changchun,China

URL : http://en.jldh.com.cn/

As the important platform for the exchange and cooperation of the Northeast Asia regional culture, the Northeast Asia Cultural Art week, Changchun China has obtained more and more attention and approval from the international cultural art circles. On the basis of the successful holding of the 1st Northeast Asia Cultural Art Week puts more emphasis on the cultural exchange and cooperation, and attracts more artists from Northeast Asian countries to come over.

These artists can communicate with each other and deepen the mutual understanding between each other,and show the characteristics of different cultures in the same time. "The Second China Jilin / Northeast Asia Culture and Arts Week and 2011 China Jilin International ACG Forum is co-sponsored by Ministry of Culture of the Peoples's Republic of China, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC), Jilin Provincial People's Government and Changchun Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, Changchun Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department and Jilin Animation Institute.

The designers, the creators and the artists give the seminar from every country in the world in the period.
Kouichi Okamoto present a seminar.