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MUJI MATERIALS GARDEN INSTALLATION

For New York Design Week 2018, Ladies & Gentlemen Studio teamed up with Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI to present a large-scale, immersive installation, celebrating the brand’s 10 year anniversary in the U.S.  
Taking the form of an abstracted landscape, MUJI Materials Garden juxtaposes a curated selection of MUJI’s products composed with the raw source materials used to make them.

L&G Studio mixed their long-standing reverence for MUJI's honest approach to simplicity with their fascination with materiality to create an environment that re-contextualizes MUJI's everyday products by celebrating their natural origins.

Taking the form of a landscaped garden and an immersive installation, L&G Studio envisioned MUJI Materials Garden  a series of carefully composed vignettes curating selections of  MUJI’s well-loved products juxtaposed with the raw source materials. The exhibit draws inspiration from MUJI's commitment to simple and high-quality design which the designers combine with L&G Studio’s curiosity in celebrating materials and their materiality.

Each Garden vignette connects via a haptic stone pathway, encouraging visitors to ponder MUJI products in a new context by wandering, exploring, and discovering the inherent beauty of the raw materials they originate from. Ceramic goods sit atop a block of the clay used to make them, MUJI's glassware emerges from a bed of sand (the main ingredient in glass) - the materials’ context, colors, and textures will convey the connecting element of MUJI’s broad range of home and lifestyle goods. The installation re-contextualized both product and raw material through a series of material-based vignettes, executed in the studio's signature warm, and playful palette of contrasting colors, forms, and textures. 

“MUJI’s philosophy is rooted in design as well as an honest approach to materiality with an emphasis on high-quality materials and good construction. It feels particularly apt to celebrate 10 years of MUJI USA with Ladies & Gentlemen studio; a local, and revered creative practice who are known for their skill in mixing and matching materials, form and color, to create work that feels welcoming and warm with a simple sophistication.” says Toru Tsunoda, President of MUJI USA.