The ‘Society for a Design Museum Japan’ Founded

The ‘Society for a Design Museum Japan’ was established by fashion designer MIYAKE Issey and, art historian and director of the National Museum of Western Art, AOYAGI Masanori, with the aim of disseminating the importance of design in Japan as well as enhancing opportunities for construction of a national design museum. On November 27, the first public symposium, titled ‘Kokuritsu dezain bijutsukan o tukurō! (Let’s build a national design museum!)’ was held at Tokyo Midtown Hall. (Japanese)