SKWAT/Kvadrat by DAIKEI MILLS
Tokyo, Japan
DESIGN NOTE
Guerrilla store inspired by 'squatting'
Bright blue FACADE that catches the eye in the streets
A project to encourage textile upcycling
photography : Daisuke Shima
words : Reiji Yamakura/IDREIT
'SKWAT/Kvadrat' is the third SKWAT project by Keisuke Nakamura of DAIKEI MILLS and SKWAT team. In collaboration with Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat, SKWAT has created a space to sell the manufacturer's discontinued textiles to consumers.
The project was carried out in the same building as the first SKWAT. DAIKEI MILLS has partially renovated its blue-coloured building in Harajuku so that it could sell textiles.
DETAIL
CREDIT + INFO
Name : SKWAT/Kvadrat
Designer: Keisuke Nakamura, Kai Naganawa, Yosuke Yagi, Koki Kumagai, Kazuki Sato / DAIKEI MILLS
Graphic design: Kenzo Shibata
Construction: D. BRAIN + DAIKEI MILLS
Location: Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Date: March, 2020
Floor area: 48.0 sqm
Material:
exterior wall / removable wrap (blue)
interior wall / custom-made photo printed wallpaper
floor/needle punch carpet (blue)