This exhibition provides an overview of Japanese design from the 1960s, examining it from 20 perspectives with a focus on "simplicity." It presents the cultural and aesthetic ideas that run through Japanese design, often expressed with words like "emptiness" (ku), "space" (ma), "poverty" (wabi), and "consumption" (sabi). Rossella Menegazzo, a researcher in Japanese art history, is responsible for the curation; Kenya Hara for the graphic and spatial design. It features more than 150 works that have been largely unexhibited in Italy.

THE MIYAKE ISSEY FOUNDATION and ISSEY MIYAKE INC. loan four works for the exhibit.

Items from THE MIYAKE ISSEY FOUNDATION on display:
《No. 1》 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE 2010
《NIHON BUYO》 IKKO TANAKA ISSEY MIYAKE 2015

Items from ISSEY MIYAKE INC. on display:
《KONBU》 me ISSEY MIYAKE 2019
《Prototype 07: Studies of sphere light》 A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE 2023

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