At BASELWORLD 2013 in Switzerland known as an international trade show of watch and jewellery, the new stand of SWAROVSKI designed by Tokujin Yoshioka was presented. 

' Wings of Sparkle '

SWAROVSKI stand is an immense circular stand that covers more than 2,000 m2 over two levels,  taken up its residence within the fair's new hall. 

The stand is entirely surrounded by a 7 meter high curved wall of 155 meters circumference. This is made of 253,231 reflectors with a mirrored surface that symbolize the facets so characteristic of Swarovski, and on these 60 mm reflectors, 22,856 LED lights were positioned on the Sparkle wall.

In the stand, its watch and fashion jewelry collections are displayed, and it is a poetic reference to Swarovski's brand signature concept. Visitors enter the world of Swarovski by being veiled with light of luminance and immerse in a bath of light. This fascinating glow also evokes images of a swan on a lake spreading its wings gracefully.

With the great curvature and the dynamic space of lights, the visitors are enveloped in the sparkle and experience the light itself as if entering into the dazzling crystal and expresses Swarovski's ' world of luminance ' with its pursuit of beauty.


Swarovski (@ BASEL WORLD 2013 at Messe Basel )
会期 : 2013.4.25.Thu ~ 5.2.Thu
web : BASELWORLD 2013

Tokujin was featured in "From crystal to baked chairs: Why they show the future" on web "BBC NEWS", April 5th 2013.

BBC NEWS : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22030428

At Milano Salone del Mobile in 2013, ' SPARKLE ' will be presented from Italian brand, Kartell.

SPARKLE shines by refraction of light from the prism effect as like a crystal glass. The distinctive twisted is particular and it is the collection of stool and side table design.

Kartell (@ Salone Internazionale del Mobile)
Duration：2013.April.9.Tue - April.14.Sun
Location：Milan Fairgrounds, Rho, Hall 20, A15-B14
web : http://www.kartell.it/

SPARKLE appears on the website below.
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At Milano Salone del Mobile in 2013, ' PRISM mirror ' will be presented from Italian brand, GLAS ITALIA.

GLAS ITALIA is an Italian manufacturer of glass furniture who has a long history and tradition, and this is the second collaboration following LUMINOUS presented last year.

PRISM mirror is a collection of mirror and mirrored furniture composed of thick high-transparency mirror glasses. Glasses are sculptured by facet cut as the idea is to create mirror dressing the sense of transparency like prism.

The form with the sense of simplicity and gravity will be a sparkling sculpture piece with mysterious atmosphere by the refraction of light.

GLAS ITALIA (@ Salone Internazionale del Mobile) 
Duration：2013.April.9.Tue - April.14.Sun  
Location：Milan Fairgrounds, Rho, Hall16, Stand C23-D18
Web       :  http://www.glasitalia.com/

PRISM mirror appears on the website below.
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At Milano Salone del Mobile in 2013, ' Element ' will be presented from Italian brand, Desalto specialized in innovative metalworking techniques.　This is a collection of various design such as a chair and tables. 

Element is born and developed from the experiments and research of Crystallized project which has been a continuous work. Inspired by the natural crystal structure, it incorporates the random beauty and harmony of nature. 

Special metalworking technique produces the special texture and it is a sculptural form of furniture as if it is free from the gravity.

DESALTO (@ Salone Internazionale del Mobile)
Duration：2013.April.9.Tue - April.14.Sun
Location：Milan Fairgrounds, Rho, Hall07, Stand15　
web : http://www.desalto.it/

Element appears on the website below.
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At Milano Salone del Mobile in 2013, ' MIRAGE ' will be presented from Italian brand, LEMA.

Mirror plates at various angles would produce sparkle and make a collage of scenery in mirrors.

MIRAGE is consisting of several reflecting surfaces that can be mounted at different angle, and also can be transformed into several type of design, thanks to the module system from a special coupling system.

Each module is finished with a polishing that reminds us of classic mirror manufacturing, combining modernity and tradition; a complement that becomes a work of art and an innovative interpretation of a traditional piece of furnishing that is carried on with subtlety and lightheartedness.

It exists in space like a mirage made of mirror.

LEMA (@ Salone Internazionale del Mobile)
Duration：2013.April.9.Tue - April.14.Sun
Location：Milan Fairgrounds, Rho, Hall 07, B15-C24
web : http://www.lemamobili.com/it/

PRISM mirror appears on the website below.
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On Feb 28th, Tokujin appears on TV, NHK WORLD " DESIGN TALKS " from 11:30am JST.
Also, it will be distributed approximately every 4 hours at NHK WORLD.

"DESIGN TALKS" is TV program "magazine style intellectual aesthetic voyage, and exploring art and philosophy in Japanese designs from antiques to high-techs, commodities and fashions".


NHK WORLD "DESIGN TALKS"
Date: Thursday 28th Feb. on NHK World
         11:30 - 11:58, 15:30 - 15:58, 19:30 - 19:58,
         22:30 - 22:58, 02:30 - 02:58, 07:30 - 07:58 (JST)
web：NHK WORLD HP 

NHK WORLD TV is NHK's international English-language television channel for viewers all over the world. Currently, NHK WORLD TV is available 24 hours a day in about 130 countries and regions.

You can also view the program at the NHK World website.
The streaming timetable is same as TV program at the information above.

New space installation designed by Tokujin Yoshioka for Lexus new model HS

As if LEXUS emanates its aura, the skin creates the world of another dimension which blurs the boundary between reality and future.

Having the special optical films overlapped on one another, their transparent skin projects the image as dual portrait using refraction of light.

This prism wall project has been started since ISSEY MIYAKE project, and appried for other projects such as Toyota booth in Tokyo motor show 2007.

It was appeared on all newspapers nationwide on January 26, and this collaboration will also be featured in other magazines. 

Actors Jude Law and  James Floyd  won 'Eternal Objects' trophies, designed by  Tokujin Yoshioka for Swarovski Crystal Palace, as winners of 2012 @ British Independent Film Awards http://www.bifa.org.uk/trophy

Tokujin Yoshioka designed the Award trophy 'Eternal Object' which is given to the winner of the British Independent Film Awards. 

This Trophy originates from the design of the stool 'Eternal' for Swarovski Crystal Palace in Milano Salone 2008.

The 15th British Independent Film Awards took place in 9th December 2012. In this Awards, Meryl Streep was nominated as one of Best Actress, and Jude Law was celebrated as the winner of The Variety Award.

"The passage of time marked by the luminance of crystal."

SWAROVSKI has presented a new watch "LAKE OF SHIMMER"-AVANT Time N˚3 designed by Tokujin Yoshioka.。

The watch marks the passage of time by the luminance of the dial of the watch, which is consisted of one piece of twelve faceted crystal.

Inspired by the facade of the SWAROVSKI stand that Tokujin has designed in 2009 for Baselworld, the fine bracelet of this watch reinterprets the scenery as if the sunlight reflects on the surface of the lake, and emits the luminance.

The watch, distinctly representing SWAROVSKI's essence of the poetic luminance, and the elegance, has been born.

Release date: 2012.September

For more detail: DESIGN

In the occasion of re-branding of a Japanese cosmetic brand, FANCL, Tokujin has designed their new corporate logo, and a whole-renewed bottle and packages.

"Nothing but Beauty"

With the purpose not merely to renew the design nor "transform" the image of the brand, this is "a new departure and evolution from its origin" in order to deliver the FANCL's true beauty and inspiration, cultivated in the 32 year-old brand history. The symbolic design, reminding of the brand's origin of its innovative beauty and unceasing challenge to Preservation-Free, has been launched.

Imaging the form of pure water overflowing and rising up, the design brings out the high intellectual sense and the brand's power to enhance the inner beauty.

For further detail:New Project(Corporate Logo,Package)

FANCL
Release：2012, 20th March
Website： FANCL

●Kartell

The transparent furniture series 「The Invisibles Light」, which is developed from「"The Invisibles」presented in 2010, will be presented.
「Kartell - The Invisibles Light designed by Tokujin Yoshioka」 
Duration: Tuesday, 17 April - Sunday, 22 April, 2011
Location: Milan Fairgrounds, Rho、Kartell(Hall 20/A15-B14)

●GLAS ITALIA

Fist collaboration with Italian glass furniture manufacture GLAS ITALIA, "LUMINOUS" , the transparent glass table completed by the solid glass structure, will be presented.
「GLAS ITALIA "LUMINOUS" designed by Tokujin Yoshioka」
Duration: Tuesday, 17 April - Sunday, 22 April, 2011
Location: Milan Fairgrounds, Rho、GLAS ITALIA(Hall 20/C12-B07)

The new version of "MOON" is currently presented from MOROSO at Milano Salone 2012, which is held between 17 - 22 April 2012.
This new "MOON", having a metallic surface, expresses the glow of the moon.

Tokujin's exhibition at Maison & Objet, Paris, in honor of the award of now! design à vivre 2012 CREATOR OF THE YEAR, has came to an end on 24th of January.

In the exhibition at MAISON & OBJET 2012, Tokujin presented pieces from "Crystallized Project," which originates its first start in 2007. The "Crystallized project" explores the mutual dependency that exists between human's memories and nature, and tries to create a new "portrait" of nature. Crystal works, the result of the laws of nature and unpredictable beauty, give full of possibilities for the future of creation, which is believed to return to nature.

New works, the crystallized painting series grown by the vibration of music composed by Frederic Chopin , " Ballade n°1 en Sol Mineur , Op.23 ", " Étude Op.10 n°12 " and " Fantasie - Impromptu, Op.posth.66 ", crystallized rose " Rose " and the video art of " Rose ", as well as the crystallized chair "VENUS - Natural crystal chair" and the crystallized painting in the aquariums were exhibited.

For more detail: New Project

「 TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA  now! design à vivre 2012 CREATOR OF THE YEAR 」
Venue：Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre
Location：ZAC Paris Nord 2, 93420 Villepinte, FRANCE
Duration：20th January (Fri.) ~ 24th January (Tue.), 2012

Tokujin Yoshioka receive the award of now! design à vivre 2012 CREATOR OF THE YEAR by Maison & Objet, Paris. Each year, Maison & Objet gives this award to one creator who is acknowledged as the most influential and who has made an impact on world's creative scene.
Tokujin extends his sincere appreciation to all people and companies who have been giving the warm encouragement and kind support, which have been a source of his creative inspiration, and have realized the reception of this award.

In honor of this award, Tokujin Yoshioka's exhibition will be held at Maison & Objet.

-Crystalized pieces adopting the randomness or unexpectedness of nature surpasses human's imagination.-
Started since 2007, the "Crystalized Project," on the reflection of "Relationship between power of nature and human beings," tries to create and reveal a new portrait of nature. In the exhibition at Maison & Objet, new pieces, which has not ever been exhibited in the world, will be presented along with a crystalized chair "VENUS - Natural crystal chair," and crystal paintings grown by the vibration of music.

「 TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA now! design à vivre 2012 CREATOR OF THE YEAR 」
Venue：Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre
Location：ZAC Paris Nord 2, 93420 Villepinte, FRANCE
Duration：20th January (Fri.) ~ 24th January (Tue.), 2012
Detail：http://www.maison-objet.com/en/createurs-annee-2012/#tokujin-yoshioka
Website：www.tokujin.com