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Ambient Weaving Collection – Environment and Textiles: The Art Exhibition Presented by ZOZO NEXT Inc., UTokyo, and Hosoo Co., Ltd., Featuring New Innovative Weavings with the Keyword 'Overlap'
An art exhibition of a joint research project by ZOZO NEXT Inc., UTokyo, and Hosoo Co., Ltd., "Ambient Weaving Collection – Environment and Textiles" will be held for seven days from August 1 (Tuesday) to August 7 (Monday) at the Tourist Communication Center 'Have a Nice TOKYO!' located in Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo.
At this exhibition, they will publically unveil two works from the previous exhibition "Ambient Weaving Collection – Environment and Textiles" and six prototype products developed during the R&D season, "Woven Prototypes".
What are these new woven works from "Woven Prototypes"? Satoshi Nakamaru, Kayato Sasaki, and Motoki Takano, who are in charge of this project at ZOZO NEXT, spoke to us about them.
PROFILE
Satoshi Nakamaru
Nakamaru joined ZOZO Technologies (now ZOZO NEXT) in 2019. He serves as a director in the MATRIX IoT/Textile division, responsible for new technology development and commercialization. He holds a doctorate in Policy and Media. He specializes in developing soft functional materials and devices and designing their interaction and UX. He is engaged in the R&D and commercialization of smart textiles. He's received the ACM DIS 2019 Best Paper, the Ars Electronica Festival Starts Prize Honorary mention, and other awards.
PROFILE
Kayato Sasaki
After experience in advertising promotions, interactive installations, interactive content, and web production at production company, he joined ZOZO NEXT in 2022. He works on the IoT/Textile team, which conducts research and development and commercialization of smart textiles. He assists in the development of new textiles and project progress.
PROFILE
Motoki Takano
A device engineer, Takano joined ZOZO NEXT in 2022. He takes charge of circuit design, enclosure design, and hardware-software implementation on the IoT/Textile team of the MATRIX division. The team develops new seeds technologies related to smart textiles and device technologies, designs interactions using these technologies, and works on their commercialization.
The New Works Have 'Overlap' As a Keyword
Please tell us about "Ambient Weaving Collection – Environment and Textiles (in Have a Nice TOKYO!)".
NakamaruIn this exhibition, we will display a total of eight pieces in Marunouchi, Tokyo: two works from the "STARTS Prize 2022" which received an honorary award and attracted attention at overseas exhibitions, and six new works that will be unveiled for the first time.
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