TOKYO STYLE IN STOCKHOLM T-SHIRT EXIBITION "...without borders"

T-shirt Exhibition "without borders" was held at Konstfack from 9th of August to the 13th during Tokyo Style in Stockholm.
Konstfack just moved from the central Stockholm to Telefonplan, which is about 15 minutes away from the central station by subway.
Telefonplan is quite well known in Sweden sicne it is where the headquarters of the Swedish company Ericsson has been located.
The exhibition space is just behind the main entrance of Konstfack. The space is as large as 300 square meters, and 100 T-shirts gathered both from Japan and Sweden was shown in the space.
The vernissage of the exhibition started at 5pm on August 9th. The visitors seemed curious of the variety of the T-shirts, some were very functional, while others were pieces of art.
Among the visitors was product designer Gunilla Allard. "It is too difficult to say which is my favorite" she said, when we asked which T-shirt she preferred. The vernissage was held in a very relaxed mood, with the music by Djablo (Tangent Beats records) and Menazone (mother Inc.) from Italy.
During the same period, Konstfack invited Karim Rashid for a design seminar, and some of the course participants had an opportunity to visit the T-shirt exhibition before and after the seminar.
Lots of opinions were heard from the visitors regarding the exhibition. "It is interesting to see the similarity and difference between Swedish T-shirts and Janpanese ones"(Konstfack student),

(The photo on the right is the Canadian Ambassador to Sweden)
"I could see the borderlines between art and design" (Swedish Artist), "Fun to see the "Harakiri T-shirt" (teenager), etc. In their own ways, everyone seemed to enjoy the exhibition.
(2004/09/06)
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