Nature Factory / Suppose Design Office

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Suppose Design Office has just shared with us their latest work for the Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama, Japan. While Makoto Tanijiri, the principle of Suppose, has designed over 60 residences (several of which we have featured previously on AD) his work also includes commercial and exhibition spaces. Tanijiri and Masaaki Takahashi, an independent writer and editor specializing in various fields of design and this exhibit’s curator, have created a gallery space for the Diesel clothing line. The , the signature store of the brand name, functions as a gallery space for art installations and exhibits throughout the year showcasing talented rising artists. For this year’s store installation, Tanijiri has created an “innovative art space” entitled .

More about the Nature Factory after the break.

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For the Nature Factory installation, a series of pipes branch across the stores in all directions.  The placement of the artificial plumbing echoes a tree’s branches growing over a period of extended time.  Tanijiri notes, “Denim as recognized work clothes formerly had, at times, shown different expressions as fashion items to the people.  Equally, a group of plumbing, usually unnoticed, shows completely different expressions in the installation.”  As the pipes run across the ceiling and down the walls, the fashion items are arranged among the network of pipes to show that “such primarily functional things actually are more diverse and also have higher value.”

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Troy Lemieur says:

I like this a lot. This is the kind of stuff I visit ArchDaily for!

 
# August 17, 2009 at 20:08
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ray says:

just brilliant, simple materials with dramatic effects, and i am greatly impressed by the shadow that the pipes create..

 
# August 17, 2009 at 22:04
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gm says:

Looks neat on the surface, but…
Except for the fact that it is pvc pipe.
Toxic and wasteful.

 
# August 17, 2009 at 22:26
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Jon says:

I love this project … ALOT
Concept to reality, and he does it in a realistic and artistic manner … NICE

 
# August 17, 2009 at 23:31
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Sissie says:

SMART DESIGN~

 
# August 18, 2009 at 01:25
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Paláu says:

pretty f****g awesome… great design

 
# August 18, 2009 at 01:55
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Lumiges.com says:

Looks like secret garden for me. Could be great shopping experience where people have to explore, find treasures and decide about buy in quiet corner. In general exterior and interior looks inviting, mysterious, exiting. I like it, its an interesting space. Thanks, Lumiges

 
# August 18, 2009 at 03:32
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Student of Architecture says:

Ingenious and beautifuly detailed

 
# August 18, 2009 at 05:28
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Luana Suciu says:

Diesel Denim Gallery and the use of pipes to create a great experience http://bit.ly/bplY4

 
# August 18, 2009 at 11:09
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jw says:

there is so much energy in this space! this is brilliant.

 
# August 18, 2009 at 13:40
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King Palisoc says:

Look they stole our idea! http://bit.ly/4ccsWy

 
# August 19, 2009 at 04:15
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Susan Cohan says:

Ghostly and unexpected. Plumbing pipe trees for Deisel Denim (via ArchDaily) http://bit.ly/EHycs

 
# August 19, 2009 at 07:13
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Shed says:

RETAIL FEATURE: Diesel denim location: http://bit.ly/bplY4

 
# August 19, 2009 at 08:49
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me says:

not to sound rude but…. i hate this proyect because it isn’t mine!
LOVE IT!

 
# August 19, 2009 at 14:20
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Maqbul says:

Reading: "Nature Factory / Suppose Design Office | ArchDaily" (http://twitthis.com/2v22nj)

 
# August 19, 2009 at 23:25
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mem says:

too many pipes for me

 
# August 21, 2009 at 18:41
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doyig says:

superb-stylish-supposed to be smart

 
# August 22, 2009 at 10:42
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storewindows says:

Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama, Japan. A series of pipes http://bit.ly/bplY4

 
# August 26, 2009 at 15:10
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Mervyn Chan says:

One reason why I always miss Tokyo – GREAT VM! RT @storewindows Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama, Japan. A series of pipes http://bit.ly/bplY4

 
# August 26, 2009 at 16:20
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gus gavino says:

Nature Factory / Suppose Design office – http://bit.ly/EHycs

 
# August 27, 2009 at 16:43
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TECO says:

i think its a stylish store but its pure cosmetic also.
and an absurd waste of plastic tubes.

 
# August 27, 2009 at 16:47
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Animal! Usando apenas tubos de PVC e bom gosto: Diesel Denim Gallery http://tr.im/yBP8

 
# September 13, 2009 at 19:09
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dog_race says:

http://tinyurl.com/yfoj9x8
Nature Factory / Suppose Design Office | ArchDaily

 
# November 18, 2009 at 04:24
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Rich says:

Awesome light play! 4 stars. However:

All that pipe, and they couldn’t spare a hundred bucks to resize their clothing hangers to fit on the PVC pipes! The pipe scheme really has the potential to extend into the entire shopping experience, but instead it’s only a graphic. Use it as the shelving, Diesel! Use it as partitions! Use it as the counter!

Not to say that every piece of architecture has to become a one-language pony, I just think it would have helped this project.

 
# June 24, 2010 at 19:51

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