LECTURE ON JAPANESE HANDICRAFTS
, 13/05/2013 09:05The Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies attended the lecture and workshop on “Japanese handicrafts: Designs from Tokyo” at the Vietnam Designers House, HCMC on May 09, 2013.
The Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies attended the lecture and workshop on “Japanese handicrafts: Designs from Tokyo” at the Vietnam Designers House, HCMC on May 09, 2013.
The program was co-organized by the Consulate General of Japan in HCMC and the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam with the purpose of promoting cultural exchanges and knowledge of Japan’s traditional handicraft.
Noriko Kawakami, a design journalist and also a deputy director of 21_21 Design Sight (one of the top design galleries in Japan), had a presentation at the event with the theme “New designs in the 1000-year history of Japanese design heritage”. She has contributed to numerous design magazines and newspapers, such as AXIS, Design no Genba, Graphis, Beaux Arts, Vogue Nippon, and Figaro Japon. Now she is the co-author of the books Le design and Nippon Products, and the author ofRealising Design and Shiseido Parlour.
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Participating in the program, Trademark Manager of Hosoo Co. Ltd. Masataka Hosoo had a talk on “Kyoto’s new tradition – Nishijin textile and metal knitting”. Born in 1978, he is the 12th heir of Hosoo family which has been well-known for the oldest manufacturers of Nishijin textile. Since the start of their textile business in the late 17th century, the Hosoo’s have produced a wide range of textile and apparel, even participating in processing for a project of the Japanese government named National Human Treasure. Additionally, artisan Toru Tsuji instructed the participants to make a tofu server with metal knitting, which is one of the typical products of Japanese handicraft. Toru was born into a family in which all generations follow the traditional job of metal knitting called Kyo-kanaami.
The old capital Kyoto is famous worldwide for traditional handicrafts and craftsmen. With a long history, artisans in Kyoto have been trying to maintain their trademarks and create new products to get into the global market.
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