ISSUE 56 · AUG 8 2026 · DESIGN · MATERIAL RESEARCH

The Paper Log: Shell and Core

Tokyo, Thursday, Gallery 3 at 21_21 Design Sight in Akasaka, free, through September 13. The object is a compressed roll of pleated paper eighty centimeters tall, produced as packing waste by Issey Miyake's garment pleating. Ensamble Studio peels it into sculpture; Satoshi Kondo's team soaks it in wax and glue and builds stools. Cut one open and the cross-section rings like a tree.

7.6SCORE FLAME ROOM'S RIGHT HEAT 62 ▮

ROOM'S RIGHT — the room is loud, and the room is correct.

BENCHMARK IN THE 50 · JJJJound — the 50's object-first design entry; the Paper Log arrives at the same place from the factory floor instead of the archive

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