We+
We present different options to society,While taking a broad view of history and context,To meaningfully determine the future of craft and design.
We+ is a contemporary design studio founded in 2013 by Toshiya Hayashi and Hokuto Ando, that gives form to new perspectives and values using methods based on research and experimentation.The studio explores the possibilities of alternative design that establishes a close coexistence with the natural and social environment around us, and incorporates a diversity of values that are often forgotten in today's society, where convenience and rationality are sought.
We+ is a diverse team of designers, engineers, researchers, and writers who come together to present spontaneous projects that result from their daily research in Japan and abroad. With the knowledge gained from these projects, We+ is involved in a wide range of corporate and organizational projects, including research and development, commissioned installations, branding, product development, space design and graphic design.By presenting the practice of 'artistic research' as exhibitions, products and installations, we+ attempts to present an alternative perspective.
In recent years, We+ have been working on projects including “Nature Study”, which investigates how human beings have coexisted with nature until now and imagines a new way of living whereby nature and artificial merge, and “Urban Origin”, which examines the origins of today’s overly complicated manufacturing process and reevaluates the waste produced by cities as indigenous materials.
- Art: We+
