Design Tide Tokyo 2011: "Toge" by Emmanuelle Moureaux

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When first walking into the exhibition space, one encounters a mysterious, optically-fuzzy, impressively colorful, wedding dress. Upon closer inspection, the dress is composed of small seemingly-floating, wildly colorful round spokes. Emmanuelle Moureaux is a Tokyo-based architect who visits Design Tide each year, with a keen eye for evolving architectural design.

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The title of the piece, “Toge,” means ‘thorn’ in Japanese. Each individual block is composed of a small metal ball, with a net of long, thin pine-needles, made of piano wire, and painted with a glossy paint. Moureaux says that the design for “Toge” marks the latest evolution of her exhibition pieces.

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