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Milan’s northern outskirts_ Private Apartment

gototsukasa — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 22:41:10 +0000

I ntentional, minimal, serene. The Milan home of Japanese designer Tsukasa Goto and Italian architect Elena Naldi is a perfect reflection of the owners themselves.

Built in the early 1970s on the northern edge of Milan’s centre, the Brutalist high-rise building was designed by Gabriele D’Alì and Giacomo Scarpini and sits atop a villa that had originally been conceived by Scarpini for his parents. In their original project, Scarpini and D’Alì brought friends together to create living spaces that acted as empty ‘containers’ to be filled with the energy of their distinct private lives, while also catalysing close-knit relationships between the inhabitants through the building’s layout and structure. Then, as now, the ‘villa with overlapping tower’, as it came to be known by locals, was D’Alì and Scarpini’s answer to increasingly fragmented, frenetic and isolated big-city life.

Inside Goto and Naldi’s home today, natural light streams in through floor-to-ceiling windows, enveloping the space with a luminous calm. The space had been left standing open for years, and new life was breathed into it when the couple moved in seven years ago. ‘When we first walked into the apartment, I was immediately struck by how much natural light there was. We connected almost instantly with the space because of its light,’ Naldi recalls. ’And now that we live in it, light is a constant throughout our day, from morning until night. It’s almost as though it fuels the light of our family, glowing from the inside out like a paper lantern.’

Goto and Naldi chose to maintain the original layout, which places the spacious living room at the centre of the house. Some of the features that were conceived when the apartment was built, such as beds shaped out of concrete and a doorless main bedroom, were maintained, while elements of Japanese design were integrated into each room, not least the myriad pieces designed by Goto himself.
The home overlooks the treetops in the park that surrounds the building, so nature can be seen from most areas. Parquet flooring and a quiet, neutral colour palette background the items designed and produced by Goto as well as other carefully selected pieces that work with the minimal aesthetic. ‘Each product I designed was created based on the materials and the product’s function, reflecting our desire to only have things that are essential to our lives,’ he says. It’s a philosophy that is evident in everything from the pared-down kitchen stools by Alvar Aalto to the table centrepiece Goto made from discarded pieces of marble.
Above all, the couple think of their home as a nest from which their two young daughters, Agata and Anita, can always see nature. The space embodies the values they seek to impart to their offspring and celebrates the rich heritage of their Japanese and Italian roots. Respectful of the building’s past and of its architects’ intentions, the home is a haven that invites repose, reflection and a respect for what is and will be.

OTOMO

gototsukasa — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:52:33 +0000

For small children and older adults. The food is easy to eat and I want you to enjoy it.
From such a feeling, “OTOMO” was born.
A set of portable tongs and scissors that allows you to cut difficult-to-eat dishes on the table. Please take it to your “friend” for eating out.

Manufactured by NAGOMI Mitsuboshi Cutlery cp.Ltd.

Life Cycle Vase

gototsukasa — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 20:56:57 +0000

Small flower arrangements sit side by side on longline vases of marble and wood:
each one describes a phase of the transformations that the flower goes through during its life.
From bud to withering, delicate architectures of stems represent all stages of their life cycle.
Made of wood and marble, respectively, in Japan and Italy, these two vases designed by Tsukasa Goto are also
representative of the path of Green Wise, which connects Tokyo and Milan through the two locations of its activity.

Collection by GreenWise Italy

Transit

gototsukasa — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:02:36 +0000

This collection is the result of the materials’ transition: from decorative to essential shape.The borosilicate element has two types of section: one smooth and one with a striped interior. Combining the two types of profiles, following a rhythm of 1/2 or 1/3, it has been defined an horizon line overlaid to the water line.With placing together all the collection elements, it possibile define a landscape of different heights and a light weave between the decorative world and the essential world.Glasses are impalpable elements. The horizontal edge, at the point of joining of the two different profiles, allows the overlapping of the elements and become an anti-slip for the hand.

Manufactured by Ichendorf

Photo: Alberto Strada

Dōso

misuzu fujiwara — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 17:33:38 +0000

A simple shape and a minimum of industrial processing. The correct use of this ” Spaghetti measuring tool ” is allowed by the weight of the marble, which unlike other products on the market, is used positioned on a horizontal plane.

The three gaps from the different shapes express the three different quantities of 100g, 80g, 60g and give the product a sensitivity, through which it becomes easy te it ando us becomes easy to avoid wastage.

Collaborated with Marco Guazzini

Photo: Alberto Strada

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Video: Giulio Boem

Archetipo

gototsukasa — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:42:39 +0000

This container, small enough to fit comfortably in the palm of the hand, still manifests a logical, functional and simple beauty. Created with the aesthetic sense passed down throughout the history of Japanese traditional crafts fully in mind, conceptualised from a stylishness that demonstrates the maker’s enjoyment as a craftsman, offering the ability for a single object to be used for many different purposes and the lightness and portability that allows it to be taken anywhere, attention is even paid to areas that will never be seen.
The bowl-shaped part on the top level uses yosegi woodwork. To achieve this look, the craftsman had to develop a range of home-made blades and jigs to shape the traditional yabanemon arrow-feather designs, where all the wood grain runs diagonally, into a round shape, then using a technique to pull it in towards the inner side to create a yosegi technique that has never been seen before.
The middle level uses retractions from the inner side around the circumference to ensure that it retains its strength as a container while still allowing the slits to be used in the design. The bottom level is a radical new design that incorporates the circumferential yosegi parquetry diagonally.
The entire item is a tastefulness that we who live in the modern age, in a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, sense subconsciously as beautiful, created by a master turner from Kyoto.
Anyone who handles this item will find the memories of their ancestors who lived harmoniously with wood that are engraved subconsciously in their spiritual memories reawakened from the soothing lines, warmth, feeling, and scent of hinoki; and their minds will no doubt turn to the role of craftsmen in passing on the aesthetics and traditional techniques down to the future.

Manufactured by Hiroaki Usui ( Kuroda kobo )

Photo by Sohei Oya (Nacasa & Partners)

SHU-SHU

gototsukasa — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:04:52 +0000

To work with an artisan I thought it was important start from his point of view. In Japanese tradition, the wooden artisan worked for realize the daily life elements (houses, objects).
Through practice, tradition and sensibility the Japanese artisan have been able to achieve extraordinary works that have come to us by history. Unique works in the world.
In modern architectural composition forms are derived from the rules, the modulus. Also in Japanese traditional, the rules and the module were tools for the architectural composition. This simple form has been developed together with artisan sensibility, focusing on the combination of natural grain, on the joints of elements, using a traditional wooden “hinoki”, Japanese cypress.
Hinoki is an ideal wood to hold the fabrics and objects, the children’s toys.
It is a durable wood, resistant to moisture and with antibacterial properties.

The name “shu-shu” is a Japanese sound and means to collect, pick up.
Collecting is part of everyday experienceManufactured by Hiroaki Usui ( Kuroda kobo ) for Hands on Design 2016-2017

photo: Alberto Strada 2-3, Sohei Oya (Nacasa & Partners) 1,4,5,6,7

Metabolizing Cement/Dressing Cement

gototsukasa — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 23:34:37 +0000

By adding a selection of natural materials in the grey universe of cement, the designer aims to eliminate dull aspects of consturction material such as architectural glass or marble. The characteristics of natural material found in texture and colors of flower petals or plants seeds destroy the fixed images of concrete and gives new life to the inorganic material. Poetic imaginations and fantasies may arise when colors are casted into the grey world. The imagery far from the reality just may be what we need right now. By configuring the ordinary things that surrounds us, the designer hopes to express the feeling and joy of vision and sensibility.

Materials: Cement & natural materials (Chamelaucium, Genisteae, Gypsophila, Hydrangea, Limonium sinuate, mimosa, Ranunculus, Taraxacum, Tulip, Cynara scolymus )

Exhibition with EXPERIMENTAL CREATIONS

photo: Alberto Strada

So Table

gototsukasa — Wed, 14 May 2014 22:50:58 +0000

layers. recomposition of the images of the past, following my thoughts, my point of view.
with this table I have not designed an object at the forefront following the trend of the current market, but I tried to design an object looking at history, choosing the good things in the past.
objects should always have a story, because it is this history which define beauty and materiality.
as well each marble layer is a memory of a passage as well this table wants to tell a story.

Manufactured by Elements Optimal Denmark

photo: Alberto Strada

Metabolism

gototsukasa — Wed, 14 May 2014 22:45:18 +0000

when the city grows the districts begins to divide and decreases the territory of the single; the city begins to wear out and decay.
when the leaves of the trees fall to the ground begin to decompose, leaving only their structure, this outline seems to me the movement of the city.
for this reason I wanted to use a material that changes through time.

Exhibited Salone Sattelite 2014

photo: Alberto Strada

Fra-pergola

gototsukasa — Wed, 14 May 2014 22:40:21 +0000

In the rainy days walking under a canopy made of simple glass, looking from the bottom, you see a transparent world;you hear the rain without getting wet without touching it. is a good feeling

glimpse the shadow of trees and drops like a painting almost white.

I brought this giant world in a minute one, like ants world.
when a strawberry produces the fruits stretches an arm on the ground. insects and damp ruin the fruit. is a feeling of sadness.
I have developed a canopy-to support the fruit. without plant becomes bowls, trivets …

Exhibited Salone Sattelite 2014

Photo: Matteo Baldini

Agricultural

gototsukasa — Wed, 14 May 2014 22:35:58 +0000

miniature. decreasing great things
enlargement. increasing little things
the human eye see things in perspective, this method of remark is the world of eye. through this world view the people imagine many things enlarging and reducing the reality. here then we realize that people do not think about things but imagine things. Is from that imagination that humans create things.
the agricultural fields produces infinite varieties of foods.
the fields accept the life of nature.

Exhibited Salone Sattelite 2014

Photo: Alberto Strada

Architectural

gototsukasa — Wed, 14 May 2014 22:30:47 +0000

miniature. decreasing great things
enlargement. increasing little things
the human eye see things in perspective, this method of remark is the world of eye. through this world view the people imagine many things enlarging and reducing the reality. here then we realize that people do not think about things but imagine things. Is from that imagination that humans create things.
architecture is made to accommodate people. architecture receives and hosts the life of men

Exhibited Salone Sattelite 2014

photo: Alberto Strada

Geographical

gototsukasa — Wed, 14 May 2014 22:25:11 +0000

miniature. decreasing great things enlargement. increasing little things the human eye see things in perspective, this method of remark is the world of eye. through this world view the people imagine many things enlarging and reducing the reality. here then we realize that people do not think about things but imagine things. Is from that imagination that humans create things. a mountain contains incredible amounts of substances. a mountain contains valuable resources for life.

Exhibited Salone Sattelite 2014

photo: Alberto Strada

Moire

gototsukasa — Wed, 14 May 2014 22:20:24 +0000

when two existing materials blend together, they give rise to a new composition.
with this object I wanted to test the juxtaposition of existing elements, that fine combined, they set up this new effect of “moire”, playing with their different transparencies.

Exhibited Salone Sattelite 2014

photo: Alberto Strada

Mademoiselles

misuzu fujiwara — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:13:09 +0000

Mademoiselles : modular system furnitureThe idea behind the shape is inspired by the image of a ballet school,
where many girls are training by running various positions, which will give life to ballet.
Similarly the elements of Mademoiselles change position, creating a dance with multiple functions.

Collaborated with Marco Guazzini

Manufactured by Officinanove 2011-2016

Foto: Beppe Brancato

Fua Fua

misuzu fujiwara — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:49:19 +0000

The form and the deformation.

The lightness and softness come from an image of a child eating a cloud cotton candy.

“Cristalplant Design Contest + MDF “ special mention price

Collaborated with Marco Guazzini 2011

C’era il vino

misuzu fujiwara — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:47:15 +0000

Evoking the atmosphere of the cellar where the wines mature and the bottles acquire a look full of experience.

Atenuous red light, emitted from a wax element, revives the experience of passing time and of the instant in which the ritual of drinking the wine takes place.

Collaborated with Marco Guazzini

Unit

misuzu fujiwara — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:20:20 +0000

I feel beauty in a continuous simple form.
I feel beauty in a discontinuous complex form.
However, the form that makes up it is often a simple form that has two elements.

+o-

misuzu fujiwara — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:55:52 +0000

The contrast between positive and negative comes from the association that light and shadow acquire. The flower moves because of the wind as the candle flamemoves at the imperceptible movement of the air.

Collaborated with Marco Guazzini