SAURS' Iron Sculpture Exhibition

Koichiro Tokumochi's art studio, SAURS, has been one of our long time partners ever since we started MollaSpace. Below are his recent works exhibited in various events and exhibitions across Japan. All his iron sculptures are individually handmade with precise calculation of how the shadows will cast on to its surroundings.
Below, each sculpture resembles a Chinese character (From top: "潤" Moisten, "愛・ぬくもり" Love and Warmth, "寂" Sadness)
Contact us for any enquiries.
http://dealers.mollaspace.com/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=6=SAURS.

TUBELOR HOMME coming soon

Ideaco & Associates has had great success particularly in Japan, where you will likely see at least one of their lifestyle collections in any interior shops, magazines and catalogues.

Having recently won the iF Design Award for their TUBELOR, other collections such as the KAMUI magazine rack has also won the Good Design Award in Japan.

Coming soon to the U.S. will be their latest addition, TUBELOR HOMME. A slightly larger version of its sibling, TUBELOR, available in 4 different colors in matte finish.

Available exclusively through MollaSpace in July'08.

TUBELOR wins iF Design Award 2008

Ideaco's TUBELOR Trashcan has won the iF Design Award 2008! Information has been uploaded in iF's website.

Follow the link below.
http://www.ifdesign.de/awards_exhibition_index_e?sprache=1&award_id=142&search=tubelor&submit=start+search

Chinatsu Ban & Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.

Some of you may have recognized this elephant from a much larger yellow version that was displayed in NY during Takashi Murakami's "LITTLE BOY" exhibition held back in 2005 in Central Park.

Chinatsu Ban, a Japanese artist (born 1973), is the designer behind the elephant+underwear motif. She is currently one of the artists featured under Kaikai Kiki, an art studio launched by Takashi Murakami in 2001 to help produce and promote young Japanese artists. Having studios in Japan and in NY (Brooklyn), they currently have 6 up-and-coming artists under Murakami.

Pictured here is a miniature stuffed version of the previously exhibited, Pan-chan the Elephant, by Chinatsu Ban. Another new addition to our Japan office's collection... (http://english.kaikaikiki.co.jp/)

New Designer Addition - GOODY GRAMS

As part of our Fall/Winter'08 collection, we are proud to introduce to the U.S. for the first time, Goody Grams from Japan.

Goody Grams is not the “g” (gram) used to express measurement of a physical weight/mass, but instead symbolizes the “weight of the value” expressed throughout their collection. It is to express the “weight” in which one can sense from the design, material, technique and other values created by the designer and its balance between human senses and surrounding.

Here are some of the newest items to arrive for this fall (Black Deck of Cards and Black Baseball), along with another surprise to be unveiled very soon.