Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

Design Ah! Exhibition in TOYAMA

March 21 - May 20, 2018

The Design Ah! program on the NHK Educational TV was created to nurture children’s “design minds”. This exhibition expands the practice of Design Ah! into an experiential space. Excellent designs have innovations that further improve connections between people, and between people and things. For the Design Ah! TV program, “design mind” is interpreted as the combination of sensibility and thinking to be aware of one’s environment [LOOK], investigate what kinds of problems exist [THINK], and make a better situation [CREATE], using a diversity of expressions. This Design Ah! Exhibition was created so that visitors can experience and participate in this “ design mind”. Works from the previous Ah! Exhibition, held in 2013, Tokyo [attracting some 220,000 visitors over a three month period of time] have been revamped and revisited, to investigate themes ranging from objects and phenomena in our daily environment to broader concepts. Our wish is for children ― who will be responsible for the future ― to experience the richness of looking, thinking, and crating with their “design minds”. (Exhibition Directors: Taku Satoh etc.)

Details

Period March 21 [Wed. / public holiday] - May 20 [Sun.], 2018
Opening Hours 9:30 - 18:00 [Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.]
Closed Wednesdays [March 28, April 4, 11, 18, 25 and May 16, 2018]
Admission Adults 1,300yen [*1,000yen], University students 950yen [*750yen], Advance ticket 1,000yen
  • *For groups of 20 people or more, admission fees in [* ] are applied.
  • Advance tickets are available from February 13 to March 20, 2018.
  • Tickets for the special exhibitions also include admission to the collection exhibition.
  • Free admission both to collection exhibitions and special exhibitions for the following visitors.
    1. Children, students [elementary, junior high or high school students, etc.]
    2. Persons escorting children/students for school activities or social activities. [Submission of admission free application is necessary.]
    3. Disabled people with a physical disability certificate.
  • For seniors [70 and above], admission to collection exhibitions is free.
  • Please note that the Museum may be closed for maintenance or an exhibition change out.
  • Opening hours and days of the Museum may be changed depending on seasons or events.
Venue 2F exhibition room 2, 3, 4
Organized by Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, NHK Toyama Station, NHK Educational Corporation, NHK PlanNet Chubu INC., THE KITANIPPON SHINMBUN
Cooperation: NHK Promotions Inc. / Equipment Cooperation: JAPAN MATERIAL Co.,Ltd / Video Cooperation: TYO / MONSTER

Images

Egg Transformation

Egg Transformation    Perfektron / © SATOSHI ASAKAWA

Content Shapes

Content Shapes   plaplax / © SATOSHI ASAKAWA

An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth

An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth   Perfektron / © SATOSHI ASAKAWA

Names Express Faces

Names Express Faces   Dainippon. Type. Org. + Yukiya Okuda / © SATOSHI ASAKAWA

"Ah!" Theme

"Ah!" Theme   Yugo Nakamura / © SATOSHI ASAKAWA

Limits of Patience

Limits of Patience   Daihei Shibata / © SATOSHI ASAKAWA

Time Model

Time Model   Tomohiro Okazaki + Mizuhiro / © SATOSHI ASAKAWA

Observing Parts

Observing Parts   Perfektron / © SATOSHI ASAKAWA

Everyone's "Ah!"

Everyone's "Ah!"   Posted Works / © SATOSHI ASAKAWA

press visual

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Design Ah! exhibition logo_toyama

Design Ah! exhibition logo_toyama