The Noma Kyoto pop-up is open until 20 May 2023, hosted in the spaces of Kengo Kuma's Ace Hotel, and with interiors designed by Copenhagen's OEO Studio
Stepping inside, an otherworldly nature-inspired scenography unfolds – with the tone set by a large moss ball sculpture abstractly adorned with exotic foliage, including a Lady of the Night orchid.
Seaweed is a key component of Noma Kyoto’s DNA, for the interior as well as the contents of its plates – best embodied, perhaps unusually, in its kelp forest. Floating above the heads of diners in the main space, festooned on a bamboo trellis, is a dream-like sea of organic green panels, made from a mix of kelp bio-textiles crafted by Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio; dyed fabric by Tokyo-maker Kamawanu; and kelp seaweed, sourced in Japan’s northernmost island Hokkaido.
Meanwhile, solid tree trunk-like wine-coolers by famed contemporary wood artist Shuji Nakagawa from nearby Shiga Prefecture, are inspired byCeramics are another highlight, with table tops and interiors deftly interspersed with the wabi-sabi edges of Japanese pottery by artists such as Asuka Juba and Toru Hatta alongside the nature-inspired Danish aesthetics of Ann-Charlotte Ohlsson and Kristine Vedel. 'The colour palettes play off both worlds,' explains Rudolph.
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