Dear all,

I hope that those of you who were trapped in Milan are recovered from the 'get home' races by now.  This May newsletter from Tomoko Azumi and t.n.a. Design Studio tells you about two talks in London, Clerkenwell Design Week, a design symposium in Basel and a product launch in Tokyo.  If you are anywhere near to these events, please do check out the following details.

 

This Friday, 14 May at the Design Museum, London. Tomoko is one of 14 speakers and she shows 20 slides of 'Evolution of a Chair', the story of Ro-Ro rocking chair for Zilio A&C.  To book tickets: www.designmuseum.org

19 May 2010, 1pm at Metropolitan Works, London.  Tomoko is a guest speaker on how she uses advanced digital techologies in her works include ISOS collection trade fair stands.
To book seats: www.metropolitanworks.org

25 to 27 May 2010, London.  At the first event of the Clerkenwell Design Week, our client MARK is showing Spin Tables in new colours in the main building of the event.  MARK is a manufacturer from Cornwall, set up for revitalising their local factories.
Information and registration is at: www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com
MARK website: www.markproduct.com




Design Symposium 'New Regionalism in Japan and Europe'

22 May 2010, Basel, co-held by Vitra Design Museum, Japanese-German Centre Berlin and The Japan Foundation.  Tomoko will be a part of discussion on 'New Regionalism in Industrial Design'.  Other panelists are; Fritz Frenkler (Germany), James Irvine (Italy/UK), Hiroshi Kawasaki (Japan), Makoto Koizumi (Japan), Jacqueine Otten (Switzerland) and Taku Sato (Japan).

Information on Japanisches Kulturinstitut website: www.jki.de/kulturinstitut
To book seat; News section of Vitra Design Museum website: www.design-museum.de


Launch of  a clock for Lemnos

2 to 4 June 2010, at BigSight in Tokyo. At Interior Life Style show, our new product is launched by Lemnos (Japan).  We tried to translate patterns from nature into objects for everyday, applying the traditional technology of Aluminium casting in Takaoka, Toyama, where our client is located.

Lemnos website: www.lemnos.jp
information of Interior Life Style: www.interior-lifestyle.com