KAB Events - Lixil Gallery Osaka

Lixil Gallery Osaka - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for Lixil Gallery Osaka. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

Goichi Takeda’s Architectural Specimens - Materials for Building and Designing the Modern Age
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- Media: Photography - Installation
- 2017-03-10 - 2017-05-23
Exhibiting the architectural specimens of Goichi Takeda.More »
Antarctic Architecture 1957-2016
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- Media: Photography - Video and Film
- 2016-12-09 - 2017-02-21
Antarctica - a land of extreme cold and strong winds. Currently, some 70 buildings stand at Showa Station, Japan’s first Antarctic research station, established in 1957. Through the decades, over 3,000...More »
The Wondrous Beauty and Utility of Japanese Handmade Paper
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- Media: Crafts
- 2016-09-09 - 2016-11-22
Washi (“Japanese paper”) has been produced in Japan for over a thousand years. It is made using fibers from the bark of the paper mulberry (kozo), mitsumata plant, or gampi plant. The tough, elastic bark...More »
Mizuya-Mizuzuka “Shelter on Elevated Ground: Traditional Flood Prevention Wisdom”
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- Media: Architecture
- 2016-06-03 - 2016-08-23
In the past, evacuation sites known as mizuya and mizuzuka were built in regions with frequent flooding, and these structures became unique features of the local landscapes. Focusing on photographs of...More »
A Treasury of Written Characters
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- Media: Graphics - Crafts
- 2016-03-04 - 2016-05-17
Written characters are said to be one of humanity’s greatest inventions. While several thousand languages exist in the world, only about 300 writing systems are thought to exist, including those which...More »
Museum of Medicinal Herbs
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- Media: Photography - Drawing - Video and Film
- 2015-12-04 - 2016-02-06
Kampo (herbal medicine) is a familiar part of everyday life in Japan. Its roots are found in the honzo-gaku (herbology) that developed in the Edo period (1603-1868). In late Edo, herbs used in medicines...More »
Macau’s Azulejos - Ceramic Tiles and Stone Pavement Originating in Portugal
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- Media: Graphics - Architecture
- 2015-09-04 - 2015-11-17
This exhibition conveys the local traditions and atmosphere of Macau through photographs, video, and exhibits of the decorative ceramic Azulejo tiles which originated in Portugal and is symbolic of colonial...More »
Rediscovery— A Legacy of Railway Infrastructure
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- Media: Photography - Product
- 2015-06-05 - 2015-08-18
Japan’s first railway officially opened in 1872. A nationwide network of railroad lines existing mainly for logistics purposes developed thereafter. Overcoming a variety of geographic obstacles, innovation...More »
Machiya: Kanazawa’s Traditional Townhouses—The Living Skills of Townhouse Craftsmen
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- Media: Architecture - Crafts
- 2015-03-06 - 2015-05-19
Demonstrating the skill of the craftsmen who built the Machiya traditional townhouses which remain abundant and carefully restored in Kanazawa, various tools, materials, and manufacturing process samples...More »
Science Courses Begin! Early Science Education as Seen in the Kyoto University Collection
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- 2014-12-05 - 2015-02-17
An exhibition of scientific tools and samples used by the former Kyoto University. [Related Event] Lecture Date: Feb.11 (Wed / hol) 14:00-15:30 Location: Lixil Showroom Osaka Seminar Room Participants:...More »
Stories Told by Tiles - Understanding Icons -
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- Media: Crafts - Talks
- 2014-09-04 - 2014-11-18
Appreciated for their durability and popular as a building material due to the possibility of mass production, this exhibition celebrates the tile not only for its appearance in terms of decorative features,...More »
Giving Warmth to the Building— The World of Gio Ponti, Father of Modern Italian Design
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- Media: Architecture - Product
- 2014-06-06 - 2014-08-19
Architecture once aspired to represent authority and dignity. Today, however, after the advent of modernism and new technologies of steel and glass, an architecture of lightness and transparency has become...More »
Semamori: Stitched Amulets on the Back of Children’s Kimonos
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- Media: Crafts
- 2014-03-07 - 2014-05-20
These amulets are the handiwork of mothers expressing love for their children. More »
“The Craft Works of Bruno Taut - Taut’s Design Legacy in Japan”
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- Media: Crafts - Talks
- 2013-12-06 - 2014-02-18
In 1933 the German architect Bruno Taut(1880-1938), came to Japan and spent three and a half years in residence here. Taut described this period as an architect’s holiday and took the opportunity to try...More »
Noriko Yamamoto Exhibition
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- Media: Sculpture
- 2013-11-07 - 2013-12-02
These ceramic sculptures by award-winning artist Noriko Yamamoto, whose work was featured at the 2013 Kobe Triennale, are inspired by the image of egg shells. Resembling flower petals and buds, each work...More »
The Interior in the Victorian Era - A Utopia for Women
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- 2013-08-25 - 2013-11-19
An exhibition that looks at Victorian tastes for interior design through a series of displays and a reproduction of a Victorian room, highlighting the Victorian woman and their ideal home.More »
Seaweed, Wondrous Forests of the Sea
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- Media: Photography
- 2013-06-08 - 2013-07-23
Of 10,000 species of seaweed in the world, about 1,500 are grown in Japan. Wakame, Konbu and nori are widely eaten, yet many other types of seaweed remain unknown. This exhibition is a chance to learn...More »
"Age of Crafts: Becoming an Adult Through 'Science for Children'" Exhibition
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- 2008-06-06 - 2008-08-22
"Science for Children" was first published in 1925 (Taisho 14), and continues to be one of Japan's best and longest running magazines. It has contributed to nurturing future scientists, serving as an early...More »
"What a Wonderful Web!" Exhibition
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- 2008-03-07 - 2008-05-23
In Japan, there are more than 1200 kinds of spiders, and in the world, that number exceeds 40,000. The most interesting characteristic of a spider is that depending on the situation, it spins different...More »
"Stones are Beautiful, Stones are Mysterious, Tsugaru Stones" Exhibition
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- Media: Photography
- 2007-12-07 - 2008-02-22
The Tsugaru region is frequently completely white, blanketed in snow. By contrast, an unexpected variety of patterns and colors on stones can also be found here. In fact this region is known to have produced...More »
"Boathouses: Local Landscape and Form" Exhibition
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- Media: Photography - Architecture
- 2007-09-07 - 2007-11-23
Compared to the Pacific Ocean, the boathouses located on the shores of the Japan seas are created to tolerate less harsh weather. Architecturally and aesthetically, they are made to reflect geography,...More »