Last month's Salone del Mobile Milano, also known as Milan Design Week, had a particularly good turnout of innovative Japanese designers.
Big names pulled out all the stops, with On: Design favorite Nendo not only holding a solo exhibition of more than 100 works at Museo della Permanente, but also showcasing various new collaborations and picking up an Elle Deco International Design Award for its Peg Bed design for Cappellini. Other familiar names included artist Tokujin Yoshioka, architect Kengo Kuma and Karimoku New Standard, which held its own show in the Brera district.
The Salone Satellite exhibition of young designers had an impressive array of newcomers, too, including Design For Industry and 3x-Design, but this week's column focuses on one of the design week's less publicized Japanese exhibitions — Experimental Creations. Originally exhibited in Tokyo late last year, most of the works displayed here are still in the prototype stage, but they are impressive none the less. Here's a few that caught the eye.
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