水の記憶 – 川口智慎 – Water Recollection – Kawaguti Norimitsu

Today I met with Kawaguti Norimitsu (川口智慎) to go see a public art project that he just completed at a new grade school in Nagakute. The sculpture titled, 水の記憶 (Water Recollection), is meant to move in the rain and it rained the entire time that I rode my bicycle to the university to meet [...]

Combinations of Wood and Steel

I am always on the lookout for functional design.  Recently I visited the Expo site in Aichi.  While exploring the grounds I came across a nice fence design using cylinders of wood and  simple metal hardware that penetrated the posts.  This gave the fence a natural but sturdy look.  At another location I found the [...]