Date | ASAHIKAWA DESIGN WEEK : 6.21 (Sat) - 6.29 (Sun), 2025
Meet up Furniture Asahikawa 2025 : 6.25 (Wed) - 6.29 (Sun), 2025
Time | 10:00 - 17:00
Venue | ASAHIKAWA DESING CENTER
Address | Nagayama 2 Jo 10 Chome 1-35, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 079-8412
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"CALL"
Based on our encounter with the young girl, in the spring of 2024 we were inspired to create CALL, a collection of works that aims to evoke the emotions felt at the time of an experience, rather than looking at just the past or future events. The balloons remind us of fissures in the ground or the surfaces of uninhabited planets, and when we view them from macro and micro perspectives while considering the past, present, and future, there is a hidden noise, which we bring to the surface in this work. Those sounds that wander, never to take the form of language, are echoes of our inner challenges, creating their own unique signals from within. During the course of about one year, working alongside photographer Masaki Ogawa, we pushed the boundaries of our contrasting areas of expertise, knowledge and experience. Through trial and error, we created a collection of photographs of cracked balloon surfaces and photo frames.
The book is a collection of 20 photographs of crack patterns on balloon surfaces. All pages are double spread, with each photograph capturing the world of the micro and macro. The cover page is located in the middle of the book, and the title CALL shines light upon the planets floating in space. The unnumbered pages allow the gaze to trace the patterns of cracks across the planet's surface, from center to left and right. The standard edition is encased in a book sleeve and the special edition comes with a whistle and a fragmented chip of the actual cracked balloon. It is designed to interlock with the photo frame.
The photo frames are an exploration of the natural phenomenon of surface cracks which are caused by various environmental fluctuations. Low temperatures cause the paint to harden and split, creating a fissure, while humidity creates fine, even cracks across the entire surface. When the balloons shrink or expand dramatically with bright lights or complete darkness, dynamic, curved patterns can be seen. Under stable conditions with moderate temperatures and pressure, we saw a more uniform type of pattern. The photo frames and whistles were designed by Luka Yasukawa, and like the special edition book, the frames include a built-in whistle and a fragmented chip of the actual balloon.
Photo | Masaki Ogawa
Photo 2-3 | Photo frames, Photo 4-5｜Book (Standard edition), Photo 6-10｜Book (Special edition)
Based on our encounter with the young girl, in the spring of 2024 we were inspired to create CALL, a collection of works that aims to evoke the emotions felt at the time of an experience, rather than looking at just the past or future events. The balloons remind us of fissures in the ground or the surfaces of uninhabited planets, and when we view them from macro and micro perspectives while considering the past, present, and future, there is a hidden noise, which we bring to the surface in this work. Those sounds that wander, never to take the form of language, are echoes of our inner challenges, creating their own unique signals from within. During the course of about one year, working alongside photographer Masaki Ogawa, we pushed the boundaries of our contrasting areas of expertise, knowledge and experience. Through trial and error, we created a collection of photographs of cracked balloon surfaces and photo frames.
The book is a collection of 20 photographs of crack patterns on balloon surfaces. All pages are double spread, with each photograph capturing the world of the micro and macro. The cover page is located in the middle of the book, and the title CALL shines light upon the planets floating in space. The unnumbered pages allow the gaze to trace the patterns of cracks across the planet's surface, from center to left and right. The standard edition is encased in a book sleeve and the special edition comes with a whistle and a fragmented chip of the actual cracked balloon. It is designed to interlock with the photo frame.
The photo frames are an exploration of the natural phenomenon of surface cracks which are caused by various environmental fluctuations. Low temperatures cause the paint to harden and split, creating a fissure, while humidity creates fine, even cracks across the entire surface. When the balloons shrink or expand dramatically with bright lights or complete darkness, dynamic, curved patterns can be seen. Under stable conditions with moderate temperatures and pressure, we saw a more uniform type of pattern. The photo frames and whistles were designed by Luka Yasukawa, and like the special edition book, the frames include a built-in whistle and a fragmented chip of the actual balloon.
Photo | Masaki Ogawa
Photo 2-3 | Photo frames, Photo 4-5｜Book (Standard edition), Photo 6-10｜Book (Special edition)
©DAISY BALLOON
