PAISLEY PARKS “MEIKO WIRE”
Pen × INDUSTRIAL JP
This experimental music project brings cutting-edge technology to Japanese craftsmanship to create music labels from back alley workshops. One musician is assigned to one workshop, producing hypnotic sounds and scenes of the manufacturing process.
Accolades include: Grand Prix Prize at the Tokyo Art Directors Club 2017, Golden award at the Good Design Award 2017, Cannes Lions 2017, NY ADC 2017 and Spikes Asia 2017 in overseas.
The most recent work brings visuals and sounds together from Meiko Futaba, a factory that specializes in electric wires and harnesses. The high-tech JUKE dance music comes from Chicago.
TRENDING
-
The Sources and Secrets of Japanese Tattooing
During their journey through tattooing across the world, the French authors met one of the last tebori masters in Japan.
-
Les larmes du Levant, the New French Sake Produced as it Should Be
After a trip to Japan, Grégoire Bœuf set himself the challenge of creating a company dedicated to sake in France.
-
Paris, Tokyo: Nobuyuki Nakajima
In the last episode in the series Paris, Tokyo, we meet pianist, arranger and composer Nobuyuki Nakajima, who now works in Paris with singer Jane Birkin.
-
Kiyoharu Art Colony, Where Art and Design Meet
At the heart of a park full of cherry trees, this art complex is littered with architectural works that make for an art colony.
-
The Fighter Jet-Shaped Mazda RX500 in the Words of its Original Designer
The Mazda RX500 was not a mere show car, but a prototype vehicle, developed as the successor to [the Mazda] Cosmo Sports.
