Tokyo Designers Block (TDB) is one of
Tokyo
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's main recurring design events. It is a 5-day exhibition showcasing hundreds of international and domestic
design
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ers of all backgrounds. Works are displayed all through
Tokyo's fashionable districts, in shop windows, exhibition spaces and galleries.
TDB is the brainchild of
Teruo Kurosaki, president of Aoyama design shop
Idée
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, who got the idea following a visit to London's ''designersblock''. "TDB is not a design event nor a
trade show
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of product designs; we are willing to make fun of design and try the best how design can do to the society in Tokyo."
History
* 2000 (12-15 October) "Form follows your mind"
* 2001 (10-14 October) "Design makes cities"
* 2002 (10-14 October) "Design has no boundaries"
* 2003 (9-13 October) "Anything goes design flows 2003"
* 2004 (7-11 October) "1968 revolutions"
* 2006 (31 October-5 November) "100% design tokyo"
External links
Designersblock
Design institutions
Events in Tokyo
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