21_21 Design Sight

"Two-one two-one Design Sight" was born "to redirect our eyes to everyday things and events, and create various proposals and communicate numerous discoveries from the design point of view", it focuses on bringing exhibitions, talks & workshops to the visitor with the aim of exposing the "pleasures of design...as culture that enlivens our daily lives".

The Directors of 21_21 are three designers "well acquainted with the contemporary situation of design and the creative scene"; Issey Miyake, Naoto Fukasawa and Taku Satoh, with associate director, Noriko Kawakami.

Built in Tokyo and designed by renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando, the building consists of one ground floor; the entrance and reception area, and one underground floor; two galleries and a triangular sunken court, a "structure that would represent Japan". Ando's idea for the "one sheet of folded steel" roof came from Issey Miyake's clothing design concept ' A Piece of Cloth'. It also highlights Japan's world-leading technology being the longest sheet of double-glazed glass in Japan.

Check out the program to find out what's happening.

Images by MASAYA YOSHIMURA／NACASA＆PARTNERS, Inc.