Tokyo Designers Block
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Tokyo Designers Block (TDB) is one of Tokyo
's main recurring design events. It is a 5-day exhibition showcasing hundreds of international and domestic design
ers of all backgrounds. Works are displayed all through Tokyo's
fashionable districts, in shop windows, exhibition spaces and galleries.
TDB is the brainchild of Teruo Kurosaki, president of Aoyama design shop Idée, who got the idea following a visit to London's designersblock. "TDB is not a design event nor a trade show of product designs; we are willing to make fun of design and try the best how design can do to the society in Tokyo."
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
's main recurring design events. It is a 5-day exhibition showcasing hundreds of international and domestic design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
ers of all backgrounds. Works are displayed all through Tokyo's
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
fashionable districts, in shop windows, exhibition spaces and galleries.
TDB is the brainchild of Teruo Kurosaki, president of Aoyama design shop Idée, who got the idea following a visit to London's designersblock. "TDB is not a design event nor a trade show of product designs; we are willing to make fun of design and try the best how design can do to the society in Tokyo."
History
- 2000 (12-15 October) "Form follows your mind"
- 2001 (10-14 October) "Design makes cities"
- 2002 (10-14 October) "Design has no boundaries"
- 2003 (9-13 October) "Anything goes design flows 2003"
- 2004 (7-11 October) "1968 revolutions"
- 2006 (31 October-5 November) "100% design tokyo"