Relax Planning and glass brand 'ABUKU' launch collaborative project
Relax Planning has partnered with glass artist Nananobu KANO's brand 'ABUKU' to launch a spatial design project themed around light, silence, and margins.
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Light. Silence. Margins. What is a space where people can return to themselves?
Relax Planning has launched a collaborative project with the brand 'ABUKU,' founded by glass artist and jewelry designer Nananobu KANO.
This project goes beyond merely introducing glass art or jewelry. It fuses the 'spatial structure for human recovery' discovered by Relax Planning during their journeys across Europe with KANO's delicate sense of light, silence, and margins. By combining these two elements, they propose what a space that 'aligns one's senses' should look like through spatial design, renovation, and stay experiences.
ABUKU is not just a glass brand. It seeks to convert invisible elements—'the transience of life,' 'dialogue with oneself,' and 'quiet sensations'—into jewelry and glass to touch human perception. As KANO is both a jewelry designer and a glass artist, 'ornamentation' and 'spatial expression' are not separated in ABUKU. Even within a small ring, the 'silence' that flows throughout the entire space dwells.
ABUKU’s glass does not simply exist as a transparent material; it receives, softens, and sways light, creating quiet margins within a space. Its existence acts not only on sight but on human breath and sensation itself.
Relax Planning has explored 'restorative spaces' across Europe, including Paris, Rome, and Venice. A common feature in these places where people recover is the presence of 'light,' 'water,' 'margins,' and 'silence.' The sensibility of ABUKU resonates strongly with this structure.
Moving forward, this project aims to extend beyond exhibitions to offer spatial design proposals for hotels, spas, wellbeing spaces, renovations, lounges, lodging facilities, and quiet commercial spaces. The objective is to design spaces where people feel they can 'become a little more balanced' just by being there.
Through ABUKU, we will continue to propose spaces where people can return to themselves.
Relax Planning has launched a collaborative project with the brand 'ABUKU,' founded by glass artist and jewelry designer Nananobu KANO.
This project goes beyond merely introducing glass art or jewelry. It fuses the 'spatial structure for human recovery' discovered by Relax Planning during their journeys across Europe with KANO's delicate sense of light, silence, and margins. By combining these two elements, they propose what a space that 'aligns one's senses' should look like through spatial design, renovation, and stay experiences.
ABUKU is not just a glass brand. It seeks to convert invisible elements—'the transience of life,' 'dialogue with oneself,' and 'quiet sensations'—into jewelry and glass to touch human perception. As KANO is both a jewelry designer and a glass artist, 'ornamentation' and 'spatial expression' are not separated in ABUKU. Even within a small ring, the 'silence' that flows throughout the entire space dwells.
ABUKU’s glass does not simply exist as a transparent material; it receives, softens, and sways light, creating quiet margins within a space. Its existence acts not only on sight but on human breath and sensation itself.
Relax Planning has explored 'restorative spaces' across Europe, including Paris, Rome, and Venice. A common feature in these places where people recover is the presence of 'light,' 'water,' 'margins,' and 'silence.' The sensibility of ABUKU resonates strongly with this structure.
Moving forward, this project aims to extend beyond exhibitions to offer spatial design proposals for hotels, spas, wellbeing spaces, renovations, lounges, lodging facilities, and quiet commercial spaces. The objective is to design spaces where people feel they can 'become a little more balanced' just by being there.
Through ABUKU, we will continue to propose spaces where people can return to themselves.
FAQ
What does the ABUKU project offer?
It offers spatial design and renovation services for facilities like hotels and spas, creating restorative environments that soothe the senses through light and margins.
Who is the target audience?
The project primarily targets business operators in the hospitality, spa, wellness facility, and commercial sectors.
What makes ABUKU's artwork unique?
The art bridges jewelry and spatial expression, bringing intangible sensations like silence and space to environments rather than just being decorative items.