{"id":201578,"date":"2025-10-09T23:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/201578\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T23:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:35:09","slug":"sanaa-and-formafantasma-design-bulgari-exhibition-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/201578\/","title":{"rendered":"SANAA and formafantasma design bulgari exhibition in tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SANAA &amp; Formafantasma craft a luminous exhibition for Bulgari<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Japanese architects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/kazuyo-sejima\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kazuyo Sejima<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/ryue-nishizawa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryue Nishizawa<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/sanaa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SANAA<\/a>, together with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/formafantasma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formafantasma<\/a>, transform The National Art Center in Tokyo into a flowing landscape of color, light, and reflection for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/exhibitions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exhibition<\/a> Bvlgari Kaleidos: Colors, Cultures, and Crafts, on view until December 15th, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SANAA creates a continuous, luminous environment of soft curves, translucent walls, and filtered light, instead of following a chronological layout. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/exhibition-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">design<\/a> guides visitors through the space, recalling the mosaics of the ancient Baths of Caracalla, which inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/bulgari\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgari\u2019s <\/a>Roman identity. Gentle organic shapes and layered transparencies produce a sense of movement, like stepping into a turning kaleidoscope, leading visitors from one display of color to the next without abrupt transitions.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1158589 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"SANAA and formafantasma create kaleidoscopic landscape for bulgari exhibition in tokyo\" width=\"818\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sanaa-formafantasma-kaleidoscopic-landscape-bulgari-exhibition-tokyo-designboom-03.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>all images courtesy of Bulgari<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A kaleidoscopic experience of Italian and Japanese design in Tokyo<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/formafantasma.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Italian studio<\/a> Formafantasma designs freestanding display cases that act as sculptural elements within this fluid space. Each vitrine isolates Bulgari\u2019s heritage jewels, including necklaces, bangles, and Serpenti pieces, while their materials and finishes control light and reflection. The jewels appear to float, their colors amplified by the interplay of glass, metal, and resin, turning each case into a miniature installation of color and form.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanaa.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tokyo-based architects<\/a> SANAA use light and transparency to highlight the brilliance of the jewels while also echoing the calm precision of Japanese design. The dialogue between the two cultures becomes clear in the opening pieces, featuring a gold and lapis lazuli paperweight shaped like a Roman temple that sits alongside a circular brooch in mother-of-pearl and polychrome enamel.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Bvlgari Kaleidos: Colors, Cultures, and Crafts, architecture becomes part of the exhibition. SANAA and Formafantasma extend Bulgari\u2019s world of color into an experience in which visitors become participants in a kaleidoscopic journey.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1158593 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"SANAA and formafantasma create kaleidoscopic landscape for bulgari exhibition in tokyo\" width=\"818\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sanaa-formafantasma-kaleidoscopic-landscape-bulgari-exhibition-tokyo-designboom-07.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>SANAA\u2019s Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa collaborate with Formafantasma on the exhibition design<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1158588 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"SANAA and formafantasma create kaleidoscopic landscape for bulgari exhibition in tokyo\" width=\"818\" height=\"1029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sanaa-formafantasma-kaleidoscopic-landscape-bulgari-exhibition-tokyo-designboom-02.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>transforming The National Art Center in Tokyo into a flowing landscape of color, light, and reflection<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1158595 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"SANAA and formafantasma create kaleidoscopic landscape for bulgari exhibition in tokyo\" width=\"818\" height=\"1226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sanaa-formafantasma-kaleidoscopic-landscape-bulgari-exhibition-tokyo-designboom-09.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>each vitrine isolates Bulgari\u2019s heritage jewels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANAA &amp; Formafantasma craft a luminous exhibition for Bulgari \u00a0 Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,106290,460,134,1682,15941,125869,76028,125870,73301],"class_list":{"0":"post-201578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-bulgari","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-exhibition-design","17":"tag-exhibitions","18":"tag-formafantasma","19":"tag-kazuyo-sejima","20":"tag-ryue-nishizawa","21":"tag-sanaa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}