Tokyo Design Tide 2009

by Eberle, Lars 2 November 2009 in Just Interesting

This year, Design Tide, the Tokyo based product design show, went into its fifth year. It's been interesting following this event the past 4 years and seeing it grow from a small insider event into a very mature exhibition. This year it somehow felt like already surpassing its bigger brother, the Design Week – a similar event held at the same time.

Meyer, Miller, Smith.

Head. Hands. Heart. We believe that there is a real connection between craftsmanship and communication. Working together as a group of skilled craftsmen we fuse contemporary design (Meyer) and the art of storytelling (Miller) with cutting edge technology (Smith), relentlessly pushing into new territory by creating pioneering work.

As information and intelligence becomes the domain of computers, society will place more value on the one human ability that cannot be automated: Emotions.

People want to experience beauty, enjoy one’s work, feel passion, they want to interact with each other. We all want.

That’s why we believe that the future of brands is interaction, not commodity. It’s not something you buy, but something you participate in.