Danielle Demetriou is a British writer and editor who moved from London to Japan in 2007. She writes about design, architecture and culture (for newspapers, magazines and books) and lives in an old machiya townhouse in Kyoto.
cherry blossoms and urban skyscrapers. This is the scene that greets visitors at the opening of a new exhibition in Tokyo – a large-scale animation of ‘Bird on a Rock’, designed by Jean Schlumberger in 1965 and perhaps one of the most iconic birds in jewellery history.
‘As architects, we spend on average between five to ten years completing a building,' says van Loon. 'The awareness that artisans can spend just as long and work just as intensely to create something as small and precious as a piece of jewellery was what we wanted to convey to visitors.Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox'Our intention was to exhibit the evolution of Tiffany & Co.
'The relationship between Tiffany and Japan has been important since the company's earliest years,' explains Giulio Margheri, associate at OMA. 'The exhibition presents this influence through a series of designs that have become emblematic of the brand, including not only jewellery but also objects like stained-glass lamps and lacquered wood.'The climax, however, is a towering black triangular installation containing the legendary cornerstone of the jewellery house – the 128.
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