Exhibition at Japan House - Tokyo 1964: Designing Tomorrow

When: 5 August – 7 November 2021

Where: Japan House London

Price: Free. Tickets must be pre-booked online: www.japanhouselondon.uk

Image: Tokyo 1964 Official Poster (No 2) Starting Line, Credit , Courtesy of Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum

Japan House London will be opening a brand new exhibition - Tokyo 1964: Designing Tomorrow.  The exhibition will celebrate the lasting design legacy of the iconic 1964 Olympic Games showcasing the revolutionary cultural, architectural and graphic design legacy of the historic Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games via untold stories, artefacts and designs - the exhibition will explore how Japan realised the opportunity of the Games to tell a fresh story and showcase Japanese creativity and design thinking to the world following the Second World War. 

 Never before seen in the UK, visitors will discover a number of world firsts, including the pioneering use of the pictogram as a universal language for a global event, the launch of the bullet train (Shinkansen), the emergence of ‘hi-tech’ infrastructure, colour broadcasting and even the first use of the word ‘Paralympic’.

Image: Tokyo 1964 Official Poster (No 3) Butterfly Swimmer. Courtesy of Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum

The exhibition has been curated by Japan House London and produced in collaboration with the Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum & Library of the Japan Sports Council.

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Location:

101-111 Kensington High St, London W8 5SA

Nearest station:

High Street Kensington station

Opening hours: 

Monday-Saturday: 11am -6pm

 Sunday: Noon - 6pm