For the Designart Festival, which transforms Tokyo from 18 to 27 October into a citywide art and design museum, Paola Lenti presents the exhibition “Hana-arashi” at its flagship store, located at 3-5-5i Azabudai-Minato-Ku and opened in partnership with Atlantic Cars Ltd., the brand’s exclusive distributor in Japan.
Hana-arashi is more than just a family of products – lamps, armchairs, poufs and baskets; it also marks the second chapter of Mottainai, a project by Paola Lenti aimed at restoring the functional and aesthetic value of production leftovers. Paola Lenti invited Oki Sato, founder of Nendo design firm, to interpret this new chapter. Sato infused new life into Maris fabric offcuts – whose structure and texture precisely informed the shape of the products – creating a collection that is vibrant yet understated, with a distinctly Japanese aesthetic.
Hana-arashi is now on display in its cultural cradle, with a setting that evokes the delicate dance of Sakura petals twirling in the wind. Visitors will pass through a captivating aerial installation of floating offcuts, made from the same material used by Nendo to craft the collection’s furnishings.
The exhibition, inaugurated by Anna Lenti, CEO of Paola Lenti, Takayuki Nozawa, CEO of Atlantic Cars, and Oki Sato, founder of Nendo, will be open to the public until November 16th.
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