
“TOKYO WANI DEPT STORE” MAKES WICKED HATS OF WICKER WHIMSY. EGGS AND HAM OR PANCAKE STACKS, ANYBODY?
籐でできためだま焼?籐でできたホットケーキ?籐でできたかわいい世界?「東京ワニ デパート」の手編みアクセサリーとオブジェはいろんな意味で”ひねてる”・・
Interrupting the USA trade show report to come back to Japan for a moment. I was going through some business cards from Tokyo’s ROOMS and came across one from a brand I freshly discovered at the show this month called “TOKYO WANI DEPT. STORE”. I was running through the Yoyogi stadium and only stopping for booths that seriously caught my eye. Well, this booth seriously put a fish hook through mine.
Was it the pancakes hat? Or the giant apple slice with a fork in it? Both. Both were awesome. And so much more!
前回のブログの終わりで“次のブログもべガスリポートです”
まず目についたのはパンケーキの形のハット、
Tokyo Wani Department Store’s signature is its pieces made out of wicker, and they are masters at manipulating it. But it’s not just the material that defines this unit’s flavor… you’ll see they stick to similar motifs, usually quirky things like food and candy or utensils. It’s very innocently fun, but the exaggerated size puts the observer off-balance and pushes it into the realm of the surreal.
カゴ素材を用いて作られる東京わにデパートの作品。
“Cavity”
“虫歯”
“Omelette Rice”
”オムレツ”
Ham & egg
ハムとめだま焼き
Seeing things like this always brings me back to it: the Japanese can get away with so much stuff that the rest of the world may call “weird” with such innocence! Like, how brazilian girls always look great in a bikini no matter how ugly it is or how French people can always look cool even when smoking a cigarette. It shouldn’t work, but it DOES. This is Japan’s weapon. It’s WMD, if I may appeal.
こういったブランドを見るといつも思うのだが、
So Tokyo Wani Dept started in 2009 by Keisuke Hosoka and Mio Umekita . Keisuke was constructing autamtons, old Japanese wind-up dolls, and Mio was an illustrator before they started Wani. Now they make accessories, hats, furniture and interior displays with their sense of wicker whimsy. See more of their work below! Hopefully I will get my hands on a piece to photograph soon!
このブランドは、もともと日本の伝統的なネジ仕掛けの人形を作っ
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