Formerly a 19th century Athenaeum theatre space, Manchester Art Gallery's newly restored Design Gallery is currently playing host to an exhibition of 'Modern Japanese Design'

这是曼彻斯特艺术馆重新开放以来的第一次展览，新装修的设计画廊已经展出了100多件现代日本服装、家具和手工艺品。以前是19世纪雅典剧院的空间，二级建筑目前正在展出超过100件作品，其中有32位设计师从画廊的大量藏品中挑选出来。

这些作品横跨时尚、家具、照明、陶瓷、玻璃、金属制品和珠宝首饰，是过去50年日本设计的概述，也是对佛教对日本美学原则(如极简主义、解构主义和瓦比-萨比)的影响的洞察。

其中最引人注目的包括最近毕业的皇家艺术学院(Royal College Of Art)毕业生武田美子(Maiko Takeda)制作的两幅戏剧性的头饰。武田曾为比约克(Bj Rk)的生物友爱之旅创作过头饰，现在为日本宫崎骏(Issey Miyake)和山本裕二(Yohji Yamamoto)的时装作品工作；家具和照明由正里正田(Masanori Umeda)和村田茂(Shiro Kuramata)制作；除了日本设计师的作品外，展览还包括了英国著名艺术家和明星陶艺家埃德蒙·德瓦尔(Edmund De Waal)等艺术家的作品。

Over 100 pieces by 32 designers drawn from the Manchester gallery's own collections of modern Japanese costume, furniture and crafts are included in the showcase 

Highlights include two dramatic head pieces crafted by recent Royal College of Art graduate Maiko Takeda, who has previously created headdresses for Björk's Biophilia tour and now works for Issey Miyake in Japan

Fashion pieces include designs by Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons), Kenzo Takada (Kenzo), Gnyuki Torimaru (Yuki) and Maiko Takeda

The furniture and lighting designs of Masanori Umeda and Shiro Kuramata are included, as are craft pieces by Takahiro Yede and Yasuko Sakura

As well as the work of Japanese designers, the showcase also looks further afield with the inclusion of works by leading UK artists and makers

Running until 15 January, the exhibition serves as an overview of the past 50 years of Japanese design as well as an insight into the influence of Buddhism on Japanese aesthetic principles such as minimalism, deconstruction, and wabi-sabi

keywords:Japan, Manchester, Japanese design

关键词：日本，曼彻斯特，日本设计