21_21 DESIGN SIGHT holds the "Toward a DESIGN MUSEUM JAPAN" exhibition. Design impacts every corner of our lives; it brings joy to everyday life but it also leads the way to industrial growth and affluence. Design museums are not just an archive that passes on this remarkable design culture to following generations but it is bound to become an essential key when thinking to our lives from here into the future.

This exhibition will contemplate the roles expected of 21st century design museums. This will be examined through new outlooks based on time; past, present, and future accompanied by introduction to past 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT exhibitions as examples. We hope that this exhibition will become an opportunity for many to reflect upon their lives, culture, and society and furthermore about the possibilities of design.

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Exhibition "Toward a DESIGN MUSEUM JAPAN"

Date:October 25, 2013 - February 9, 2014
Closed:Tuesdays (Except December 24), December 27 - January 3
Time:11:00 - 20:00 (Entrance until 19:30)
Admission:General ¥1,000 / University Student ¥800 / High and Junior High School Student ¥500 / Ages 12 and under may enter for free
*¥200 discount for a group of over 15 people
*With a certification of disability, admission is free as well as that of an accompanying care-giver. 

http://www.2121designsight.jp/program/design_museum_japan/