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Exploring the History and Case Studies of Design Archives
Understanding the History and Case Studies of Design Archives
In Japan, a wide range of design archive initiatives have been developed over the years.
While these archives differ in scale and areas of focus, they have accumulated valuable insights into how databases can be presented and how individual data can be edited and curated.
In this section, we organize and share such precedents as collective knowledge, aiming to connect them to future practices in design archiving.
Design Archive
Case Studies
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Platform for
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ThinkingThe first “digital archive of designers” in Japan that compiles the works, footprints, and episodes of designers who have led Japanese design from the prewar to the postwar period and to the present day. This is the first “digital archive of designers” in Japan. The collection is full of realistic stories through interviews with the designers themselves, their families, and former staff members. The book is full of realistic stories from interviews with the designers themselves, their families, and former staff members.
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Japan Design Committee.
Design collectionDesign Collection” on the 7th floor of Matsuya Ginza sells excellent design goods from all over the world, selected by the members of the committee. Naoto Fukasawa was in charge of the overall store concept, Kaoru MENDE was in charge of the lighting design, and Taku SATO was in charge of the in-store graphics.
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Kohei Sugiura Design Archive
"Design Cosmos"This website is a “collection of visual works” supervised, composed, and selected by Mr. Sugiura, where you can freely explore, move, select, surprise, play, learn, and enjoy the world of Sugiura's works floating in space.
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Archive Core Formation Model Project
The design field is divided into the three fields of graphic, fashion, and product, and the project aims to preserve and utilize materials to build an archive so that Japan's valuable culture-related materials with historical and cultural value will not be scattered or lost. A project led by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and implemented from FY2015 to FY2020. *The project has now been terminated.
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Modern Chair Collection: Musabi's Chair 3D
(Application for iPad)An application for iOS that allows users to view a list of chairs in Musashino Art University's collection and browse them in 3D data, including detailed data about the chairs in addition to 3D data.
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ART PLATFORM JAPAN
Reseach Portal by NCARAPJ is a platform for collecting and providing information on Japanese modern and contemporary art and museum collections throughout Japan and abroad. Art Platform Japan (APJ) is managed by the National Center for Art Research (NCAR), an independent administrative agency of the National Museum of Art.
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