Under the cooperation between Japan Institute of Design Promotion and the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA), the project  which can contribute to encouraging young designers has been developed and from 2015, the young designers’ workshop exchange programhas launched, finally.

At first, in this February, Japanese designers visited Switzerland and held workshop. Then, from May18, Swiss designers will come to Japan and visit Ishinomaki for collaboration workshop.

The results of those workshops will be exhibited at JIDA gallery in October and November, during Tokyo Designers week. 

<Overview of the workshops>
Swiss
Dates: February 2 - 6, 2015
Venue: GLAESER WOGG AG
           Im Grund 16, Dattwil CH-5405 Baden, Switzerland
Japan
Dates: May 18 - 21, 2015
Venue: ISHINOMAKI LABORATORY
           164-3 Sakaeda, Watanoha, Ishinomaki-city, Miyagi pref.

<Overview of the exhibition>
Dates: October 24 - November 3, 2015
Venue: JIDA Gallery

 <Designers>
TORAFU ARCHITECTS, Drill Design, Shigeki Fujishiro Design, Koichi Futatsumata, Keiji Ashizawa, Dimitri Baehler, Camille Blin, Christophe Guberan, Carlo Clopath, Micael Filipe

Organizor:     Design Workshop Japan – Switzerland project team
Cooperation: The Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) 
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                      Japan Institute of Design Promotion
Support:        Embassy of Switzerland