Innovation beyond space & time Collaboration between Japanese craftsmen & European Designers
Under the conceptual banner of “tradition is continuing innovation,” the CJD-Project started in 2014 as an international project with the help of the Japanese government, creating a network of manufacturers and craftsmen from various places around Japan and designers from Germany and France.
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Bag & Cusion
SAKEI, Kiryu Japan

ORIORI 2IN1 CUSHION
A classic cushion size, 40x40 cm, with a twist. It shows both sides of the Ori fabric. It can be folded back to front and bound on either side with a knot.

ORIORI 2IN1 BAG
Small bag (iPad Size) The front and backside of the same fabric is used for the bag. Just by turning it back to front there is a different color image (back to front not inside out).

Ori is an old established Japanese traditional fabric using a simple weaving technique with a beautiful effect. The back side of the fabric is the exact opposite than the front. Ori also means “folding” in Japanese. So OriOri in this sense is a foldable Japanese fabric.

Designer: Ines Blume

Fashion item
TOMITA SENKOGEI, Tokyo Japan

EDO KOMON SCARF  / FOUR SEASONS
unisex / length 2m
4 scarfs for 4 seasons are designed using hand carved pattern from the Edo period. Each scarf assembles two pattern and a color according to each season (spring, summer, autumn and winter).

EDO KOMON SCARF  / MITSU UROKO
unisex / lenth 2m
The scarfs are designed using different hand carved patterns from the Edo period. Each scarf includes the very classic ”Mitsu Uroko“ pattern, which represents a good charm to avoid desaster combined with one additional pattern from the Edo period.

For nearly 100 years, Tokyo based TOMITA SENKOGEI has been dyeing kimono garment with traditional Japanese techniques. The Company possesses a large archive of hand carved pattern. Using this old knowledge and technique all products are produced carefully by hand and the quality is promised.

Designer: Ines Blume

Interior fabric
NAKANI, Sakai Osaka prefecture Japan

LONGLONG (size 3 meter) is based on the Chusen dyeing technique used for the traditional Tenugui. Three times the length of a traditional Tenugui, LongLong is a decorative multipurpose product. As such it can be used as a tablerunner, wallpicture or curtain. According to the nature of the dying process, both sides of the fabric have the same intensity of the color. Most images are based on hand drawings.

Nakani Co., Ltd was founded in 1966 as a dye-works, processing yukata (Japanese casual summer cotton kimono) and tenugui (cotton handcloth) using a special dyeing technique called chusen.

Designer: Ines Blume

Tenugui with frame, Frankfurt Ambiente 2014
Nakani, Sakai, Osaka prefecture Japan

Tenugui: GARDENERS
Frame: Studio Wagner Design