Craft x Tech is a new initiative to develop innovative products & art pieces through collaborations between Japanese traditional crafts and international creators. In 2023, the inaugural edition, 6 craft districts from Tohoku region will each be paired with one of the 6 participating creators, with the aim to identify innovative and novel approaches to creation using traditional Japanese crafts.
As part of this project, the participating creators and craftsmen are invited to hold a special lecture series. After our successful first lecture, we held our second lecture featuring Alex Groves from Studio SWINE and Rikiya Yunome, the director of Sendai Tansu Cooperative. We had the opportunity to understand deeply about the works they engage in, as well as their excitement to collaborate together to produce an innovative “Sendai Tansu”!
