NOMURA, Ltd. to exhibit "SCRAPTURE," a furniture project that upcycles industrial waste, at "DESIGNART TOKYO 2023"

NOMURA, Ltd. will exhibit "To Our Future - SCRAP MATERIAL UPCYCLE PROJECT - SCRAPTURE" at DESIGNART TOKYO 2023, which will be held from October 20th to 29th, 2023. "SCRAPTURE" is an upcycling activity in which "SCRAP" generated from building materials and interiors materials, which are closely related to our company, is complemented and displays as "FURNITURE", and then reused as recycled materials after displays. This traveling displays will be the first opportunity for the general public to actually sit on the scraps and feel their beauty and message in a highly artistic production. We hope that it will be an opportunity to think together about a better future and a sustainable society, beyond the boundaries of industries and positions.

Circular concept design initiatives

NOMURA, Ltd. is working to upcycle all kinds of materials. "SCRAPTURE" is a conceptual piece of furniture that focuses on the 373.82 million tons* of industrial waste produced annually, and a prototype was released in 2022. Based on the theme of "connecting instead of throwing away," crushed waste materials are enclosed and supplemented in a transparent skin made of recycled vinyl, and the chairs are installed in everyday spaces as chairs that people can sit on. In the future, after touring offices and public spaces and being displays for a certain period of time, the waste materials will be removed and recycled as displays decoration materials such as tabletops. New waste materials will be enclosed in the furniture. The aim is to realize a circular concept design that continues to give new value to waste materials within the space.
*Source: Ministry of the Environment "Total Emissions in 2020"

Exhibition details for "DESIGNART TOKYO 2023," one of Japan's largest concept design and art festivals

displays name: "To Our Future - SCRAP MATERIAL UPCYCLE PROJECT - SCRAPTURE"
displays period: Friday, October 20th to Sunday, October 29th, 2023 *Free admission
Business hours: 11:00-19:00 (closes at 17:00 on October 23rd only)
displays Venue: GYRE.FOOD (4th floor, GYRE, 5-10-1 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / 4 minutes walk from Omotesando Station A1 exit)
Details:　 DESIGNART TOKYO 2023 Official Exhibition Overview　
 

Project members:

Ryusuke Nomura, Shinpei Takeda, Yuzo Kosaka, Nao Kameda, Naoto Ogawa, Shinsuke Uesugi, Junpei Hino, Reiko Ibe

List of cooperating companies:

Sangetsu Co., Ltd., Refineverse Co., Ltd., AGC Co., Ltd., Asadamesh Co., Ltd., GOOD DEAL COMPANY, K-Mew Co., Ltd., Okawara Mokuzai Co., Ltd., REMARE Co., Ltd. (in no particular order)

Creator's message:
“Media that expands the circle of co-creation from a radius of 3 meters to society”

"SCRAPTURE" was launched on the occasion of NOMURA 130th anniversary, with the desire to open the company up to society. First, they focused on interiors waste from places close to them, and after repeated interviews with partner companies and trial and error, they transformed normally unseen waste materials into practical and sustainable art furniture that continues to appeal to emotions and memories. As a way of conveying a message that is different from the traditional scrap-and-build method, they will upcycle and recycle waste materials into new interiors materials. They hope to have many people try it out at this exhibition, and to improve and evolve it while incorporating everyone's opinions.

Continue to DESIGNART TOKYO 2023 official interview​
 

Photography: Reiji Okura, Usami Ryo