Takushimono: Kyoto Institute of Technology Design Lab Joint Exhibition (Dento no Mushi vol.18)

The brief was a gift across time: something you would give your past self, or send ahead to the person you'll be. Design students from the Kyoto Institute of Technology answered it in Kyoto's own materials, with nine workshops: roof tiles from the Asada tile works, printed karakami paper from Kamisoe, kumihimo braided cord from Yuki Kazuko, plus cloisonné, gold-leaf kinsai, sashimono joinery, lacquer, ornamental metal fittings and stencil dyeing.

This is the 18th Dento no Mushi, a project the university's Nakano lab started in 2008 and its design labs now run together. The students don't hand a sketch to a craftsman: they work in the workshops, handle the materials and learn the techniques themselves. So these are students' pieces and experiments, not finished master craft.

Entry to the MOCAD Gallery is free with no booking, 10:00 to 18:00. It closes at 16:00 on the last day, Sunday 8 November.