An exhibition of several dozen prototypes, sketches, and more of smartphones and other devices, never before made public. New products are formed through repeatedly trying out designs, working toward the envisaged ideal form. This is a chance to experience DOCOMO’s vision of product design through actual objects you can touch, to see the ideas and commitment that inspire this company.

A discussion on the possibilities of design by focusing on the theme of FUSION, bringing together leading figures in various fields such as SPREAD, creators of the Roppongi Color Canyon, creative director Yu Yamada, and Shunsuke Ishikawa, author of the book Hello, Design: the Japanese and Design.

With the motto of bringing to Roppongi the Brilliance of “Milano Salone”, world’s greatest design event held every year in Italy’s Milan, the event “Salone in Roppongi” will be held this year as well.
This year will be the Seventh time. Masahiro Kakinokihara the designer of a select shop, Rocca SPIELE which held an exhibition biennially from 2012 in Orlandi that buyer from all over the world admits, is going to exhibit a mobile imaged from a word “Sustainable”

The intree table is an exhibit from DESIGNART TOKYO, held simultaneously with this event. This is a piece of outdoor furniture designed to create a small private space in a public area. The seats swing like branches when you sit while sporting your body at the table. It creates a unique sense of having become part of the trees. At the same time you can experience a sense of nostalgia while being in a new community space.

This is the 12th year of this competition which is held under the aim of finding, supporting and collaborating with creators and artists of next generation.

・Annoucement of Awards / Award Ceremony

・Exhibition of Award-winning Works

Redesigning gloves to serve as communication tools for the family, between parents and children or among children. This product fuses the practical values of protecting and warming the hand with the emotional value of enjoying companionship. Feel for yourself the potential to create freedom of movement for the fingers and hand while wearing the gloves. Make sure to have a look at the other items also on display.

GOOD DESIGN EXHIBITION 2019 is one of the biggest design events in Japan, to the extent that you can understand this year's trends just by attending the exhibition. This year’s theme is the GOOD DESIGN MUSEUM. The entrance covers the over sixty years of history of the Good Design Awards, then leads to an exhibition of 1,400 award-winning items from fiscal 2019, bringing visitors into the world of Good Design as they visit various parts of Tokyo Midtown. The first day also gives you a chance to join in the voting for the Good Design Grand Award on the stage in the venue. These five days will be an excellent chance to enjoy in full Good Design as part of our daily lives.

You can find a broad range of products with high sense of design at shops at Tokyo Midtown.
Why not look for Good Design Award-winning items by walking around Tokyo Midtown?

Insects are all around us, yet we know surprisingly little about them. This exhibition focuses on insects from various perspectives: the surprising ways in which they work, their structure and their ecology. The more about which you learn, the more surprised you will be. This exhibition presents a novel approach to a new facet of design from insects, by looking at their diversity and relationship to humans.
The exhibition is directed by graphic designer Taku Satoh, and supervised by Takeshi Yoro, an anatomist known for his love of insects.

A pause, a thought, a poem, a connection... These in between human moments in life are what define comma, a new exhibition by Google.
A contemplative installation curated by trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort, exploring how technology is seamlessly integrated into our homes. These still lifes are composed of everyday objects, calming colours, and textile wall hangings. The exhibition is punctuated by a series of lifestyle moods that when brought together, link into a whole.

The selection committee of the Good Design Awards consists of 92 members from inside and outside Japan who are active in the very front rank of a wide variety of fields, including designers, architects, researchers, journalists, and businesspeople. This exhibition allows visitors to see individual works selected as being of particular interest or fancy by each of these members, prior to the Good Design Awards own exhibition. This is an excellent chance to gain insights into how the screening committee perceive these works.

A joint shop by Papier Tigre, a Parisian stationery brand, and Moheim, a product brand of Fukui. In addition to the items from each brand, collaborative pieces such as tin boxes and pen trays are also lined-up. Delight in the worldviews of these two brands, each emphasizing its own uniqueness, while both insist on harmony with nature.