Exhibition SPOT ON WIEN at Tokyo Designers' Week

For 5 days “SPOT ON WIEN – Flashing Austrian Design and Music“ was under Tokyo's spotlights as the biggest contemporary contribution to the Austria-Japan-Year 2009, established on the occasion of 140 years of diplomatic relations between both countries. As a guest country and official partner of 100% Design Tokyo, Vienna and Austria showed up with a 'spot-on' selection of today's creativity, including product and furniture design, fashion, electronic music and dance performances.

The whole Viennese performance in Tokyo comprised the exhibition on the 100% Design Tokyo fairgrounds and several offshoot events focussing on fashion, electronic music and dance performance. “SPOT ON WIEN – Flashing Austrian Design and Music“ was developed by the Vienna Tourist Board and JULAND* BarcelonaVienna with the support of the Austrian National Tourist Office, Austria Wirtschaftsservice aws and evolve | impulse.

HARD FACTS

• date of event : 30 October - 4 November 2009
• attendance : 60,000 visitors, 68% of trade visitors
• volume : 34 selected exhibits by companies and designers
• 150 m2 of indoor space, 80 m2 of outdoor exhibition area

(Photos © Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek)

Long queues to get the SPOT ON Wien present bags including the catalogue and many more.

Julia Taubinger (JULAND BarcelonaVienna explains the design of "polkapots" by Polka to Vienna's deputy mayor Renate Brauner

100% Design Tokyo awards: JULAND BarcelonaVienna gets the Display Excellence Award 2009 for the best exhibition design at the fair.

SPOT ON Wien's outdoor exhibition presenting outdoor specific Austrian design

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