Now on display in Japan, Heatherwick Studio's new exhibition opens at the Mori Art Museum

Buildings such as the Bombay Sapphire Distillery and the 2017 Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa are featured alongside Heatherwick’s design for the 2012 Olympic Cauldron and the recently-completed Little Island as examples that evince this philosophy. 

Heatherwick’s furniture design also plays prominently, as pieces like the Friction Table and Spun chairs are carefully placed in the galleries as part of the final Playing and Using section. Finally, its location in the Tokyo City View observation deck affords visitors with an urban frame of reference which works in combination with the set designed by the studio to create an enhanced experience meant to provoke and center their emotions.

Heatherwick himself says it’s “thrilling to be able to showcase such a vast collection of our work in Japan, where respect for design thinking and craftsmanship is unrivalled. I hope visitors will leave the show feeling like their emotions have not just been respected but were an essential part of our thinking and fascination.”

A full-scale model of Heatherwick’s redesign of the London double-decker bus is also on view in the observatory. The exhibition will be supported by talks and workshops on topics such as “Making Soulfulness” and “Design through Making.” Heatherwick-designed stationery and a commemorative drawing scale are for sale in supplement to the exhibition. A children's workshop hosted by designers Hannah Parker and Adam Brown will also accompany the opening. 

Information about visiting the exhibition can be found here.