When I was in Tokyo during the design week 2005 I saw a nice exhibition called Retired Weapons. I just got the information that this design project for peace will propose its first appearance outside of Japan through an event during the Milan furniture fair next month. Retired Weapons is launched by art director Yuji Tokuda and producer Junya Ishikawa and combines incisive graphic design with a straight message of peace through a variety of tools including an inflatable real-size tank with a flower in its gun.
All the design elements like rifles, land mines and bombs carry flowers to spread the message of peace. Seeds of flowers will be handed out as an invitation to happiness and dialogue. I planted the seeds I got in Tokyo in my garden in Falsterbo which brought happiness to my friends. Also stickers and cards, screensavers and postcards will enable the visitors to circulate the Retired Weapons peace message. By doing that everyone is contributing to make the 21 century an era of dialogue.
Curator of the Retired Weapons event is Yoichi Nakamuta, a well known design expert from Tokyo. The event takes place 18-23 April at via Lombardini 22, Milan. DJ Gak Sato joins with selected music. All the staff of Retired Weapons is excited to meet new people and expand friendship.
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Den nya världen » Blog Archive » Bästa pensionen says:
Mar 27, 2007
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tim power says:
Mar 28, 2007
Yes – i saw this exhibit in tokyo in 2005 and thought it was a great exhibit and have been hoping since then that it would come to milan…the message is very simple and honest.
although we all know that the complexity of the world is in fact often overwhelming and that ‘energ’y and’ war ‘are big buisneses that often walk hand in hand, the simple message of the exhibit is to turn the war machine into a machine of happiness…..
Yes….little by little it could happen. Let’s retire every weapon we can, one by one.
I would like to thank Yoichi Nakamuta for bringing this show to Milan.
There are so many things to see and do during the Salone in Milan, the show has gotten so big – it is almost a victim of it’s own huge success.
Retired Weapons will be one of the shows that deserve to be experianced and supported.
David Carlson says:
Mar 28, 2007
Tim, you are right about the size of the Milan fair. I remember when I started to exhibit with David Design in Milan in 1993, you were almost able to see all shows at town. Today it is probably 10 times bigger. And yes, everyone should see the Retired Weapons show.
amit dixit says:
Mar 31, 2007
You guys should watch the Movie -”Lord of War”, some great insight on world wide arms market and One big Tight slap on UN Face.
btw – nice illustrations.
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Gillzy says:
Sep 17, 2010
I love this art work! Really nice simple but with such a powerful message. Would love to see this as an exhibition aye.
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