chris kirby design news

Spiral Lamp in Milan

2009-03-19T22:54:00.000-07:00

I'm excited to be showing the Spiral Lamp this year in Milan during the Salone del Mobile as part of the Designersblock exhibition. I won't be able to attend in person, but will be joining fellow Tokyo designers Keiji Ashizawa, Mikiya Kobayashi, and Drill Design in a group submission.

Revel Scalo d’Isola
Via Thaon De Revel,3
20159 Milano (Zona Isola)
22-27 April 2009, 10:00 - 20:00
Cocktails 23 April, 18:00 - 22:00
BUS 86 82 91 90 92, TRAM 7 31, MM3 Zara

Azure Magazine - March/April 2009

2009-03-01T05:18:00.000-08:00

Canada's Azure magazine has me featured in this month's Identikit, written by design journalist Terri Peters. During Design Tide, she visited the studio where I work, we made some ceramics, and talked about chaos and the joys of having nothing turn out according to plan.

Dezain no Genba - February 2009

2009-02-05T23:39:00.000-08:00

I was included in the recent special edition of Dezain no Genba (Designer's Workshop) as one of 50 designers to watch in 2009 along with several other alumni from the Prototype exhibition series. Article by Hisashi Ikai.

Pen Magazine - 1 February 2009

2009-02-01T00:12:00.000-08:00

Japan's Pen Magazine ran a nice article on my work on the Negative Series.

LORO Magazine - 5 January 2009

2009-01-05T00:26:00.000-08:00

Design Tide Tokyo 2008

2008-11-04T04:26:00.000-08:00

Design Tide Tokyo is the high point of my design year and this year the organizers put together a fantastic event at Tokyo Midtown Hall in Roppongi. I showed the Negative Series vases and lighting to over 30000 guests. Everyone was really interested to hear the story of how the pieces are made and many were surprised to learn that they're made from porcelain. It was fun to hear peoples' guesses which ranged from paper to silicone to white chocolate!

Prototype 02 Exhibition

2008-10-25T06:14:00.000-07:00

This year's "Prototype 02" exhibition is twice the size of last year's and continues the tradition of showing new and experimental works by young Tokyo designers with a focus on process and idea creation. I will be showing the Spiral Lamp, a design arrived at through experimentation with slitted pieces of paper.

30 October 2008 - 3 November 2008, 11:00 - 19:00
5TANDA SONIC, Tokyo

Prototype Exhibition

2007-12-07T05:56:00.000-08:00

The Clutter Series is being featured again as part of "Prototype", a group exhibition being held at Keiji Ashizawa's new architecture and design office. The exhibit includes new and prototype works from a number of young Tokyo designers and highlights the process taken to arrive at new products and concepts.

7 December 2007 - 16 December 2007, 11:00-20:00
2-17-15 Koishikawa Bunkyo-Ku Tokyo

Design Tide Tokyo 2007

2007-11-04T05:25:00.000-08:00

Design Tide 2007 came together with a ton of help from everyone at Tomorrowland. Together we set up the Clutter Series at their Maison Galerie Vie boutique in Aoyama. On display were the clutter shelf, clutter table, and a massive front window lighting installation.

Guests made their own paper lamps and decorated them with "mushihanko" insect stamps, turning a normally unwelcome event into a design feature. In fact, during setup, a real fly landed on one of the lamps and everyone got really excited and started taking photos!