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The imagination of Tokujin Yoshioka has taken our breath away. An installation featuring 2 million transparent straws twist and turn their way around a few of his greatest works. Among them the glistening water block, the texture wonderful honey pop. His majestic touch on ordinary materials (like glass, paper, fabric, plastic, tissues) cause us to be open minded, stumped in our tendency to underestimate their possibilities.
Simply divine art in full throttle, with an angelic personality. We can’t take our eyes off him, and neither can the rest of the world. He has been honored with the Mainichi Design Award in 2001, the Cultural Affairs Section of Government of Japan, Encourage Prize in 2006, and designer of the year 2007 at Design Miami. Pieces visible at MoMa, Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Victoria and Albert Museum, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and Vitra Design Museum.
