Designing time, space, light

摘要

Hundreds of kilos of feathers gathered in a large glass box fall softly to the ground after being blown in every direction. Abstract and white, TokujinYoshioka's installation Snow resembles a snowy landscape. In reality, it is a dynamic and monochromatic sculpture, the evolution of a work born in 1997 in Issey Miyake's Paris atelier. "The feathers trigger the memory of a snowy landscape that is in all of our hearts,"says Tokujin Yoshioka.lt is a way of interpreting nature through design. Or, more precisely, the way in which nature is perceived in Japan and how this might influence the work of artists and designers. The goal is not the mere reproduction of nature but it is rather to understand how our senses work when in contact with it. Because design is also a matter of instinct and is closer to a natural process than it seems. Tokujin explains: "Designs are not things you create. They are the things that you allow to come about. Design is not something you talk about. Things speak for themselves and are best understood naturally when left to do so."