Kuramori Kyōko, Senior Producer at NHK Educational Corporation and Exhibition Overseer of the ‘Design Discoveries’ exhibition, explains how the idea of creating a design museum for Japan began more than a decade ago, and shares her aspirations for the project.
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NHK, Japan’s public media broadcaster, has led the ‘Design Museum Japan’ project, inviting leading creators from diverse fields, including architecture and film, to collectively imagine a national design institution for Japan. The exhibition, which has been designed to travel, takes on a new iteration at Japan House London, bringing together seven major designers to consider what they would include in a permanent collection of design treasures.
Design Discoveries: Towards a DESIGN MUSEUM JAPAN runs until 8 September 2024 at Japan House London.
About Kuramori Kyōko
Senior Producer, Art & Culture Group, Content Production & Development Centre, NHK Educational Corporation.
Kuramori Kyōko joined NHK in 1987, when she was posted to Okayama Broadcasting Station as a director. After a stint in the Social Information Programme Department, in 1996 she began managing ‘Sunday Museum’ and other art programmes at NHK and NHK Educational Corporation, developing art and design-related programming as well as associated events. She produced major programmes, including the NHK Special ‘Katsura Imperial Villa’; the 4K programmes ‘Issey Miyake: Design Sensation’ and ‘Beautiful Slow Life’; and the 8K programmes ‘Musée du Louvre’, ‘Musée d’Orsay’ and ‘Introducing our National Treasures’. She was also responsible for series such as ‘Techne: The Visual Workshop’, ‘BijuTune!’, ‘The Yamato Nuns: a Pure Food Diary’, and ‘TAROMAN: Tokusatsu Action à la Okamoto Tarō’. Currently she is working on ‘Design Museum Japan’, a project which incorporates programmes and exhibitions.