A project aimed at promoting cultural interaction between the Netherlands and Japan, based on a design house in Amsterdam set in a building dating back to 1925. Arita House is the name of the initiative promoted by the Japanese Saga Prefecture: the building is of major importance in the Rijksmuseum area of the Dutch capital, it will remain there until December. It represents a reference point for cultural exchange between the two countries, precisely in the field of design.
The set-up curators and creative directors are Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings by the Scholten & Baijings studio that are, among other things, collaborators of the Victoria & Albert Museum and members of the Dutch Design Awards jury, award that they won in 2012. What’s more, the outdoor area including gardens has been curated by the most famous Dutch landscape architect Piet Oudolf. The exhibition of Arita porcelain, counting products made by local craftsmen as well as international designers, includes a shop area and spaces dedicated to thematic conferences and debates.
The designers have chosen Agape for the bathrooms present in the more than 645 sq. m. exhibition: in particular, for the main bathroom they selected the tub Vieques, the bathroom fixture Pear, the washbasin top system Evo-E1, completed by Surf accessories and a tray for knick-knacks, Fez taps and a mirror Insegna. In the other bathrooms, instead, they used the washbasin Handwash and the Bucatini accessories.
