How Flying Cars Have Been Designed: Design Director Takumi Yamamoto Unveils His Journey at the "TOKYOROOMS Exhibition"
Design Director Takumi Yamamoto of SkyDrive will unveil the design process of flying cars at the "TOKYOROOMS Exhibition." The exhibition will feature design sketches and models of the company's test aircraft and demo flight vehicles, showcasing the history from design conception to product realization.
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SkyDrive Inc. (Headquarters: Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture; CEO: Tomohiro Fukuzawa; hereinafter "SkyDrive"), a developer, manufacturer, and seller of "flying cars" (※1), announced that its Design Director, Takumi Yamamoto, who oversaw the design of the test aircraft "SD-03" that successfully completed Japan's first public manned flight test, and the flying car "SKYDRIVE (SkyDrive Model SD-05)" which flew at the Osaka-Kansai Expo, Osaka Port, and Tokyo demo flights (※2), will participate as a creator in the "TOKYOROOMS Exhibition ~40 Rooms, 40 Ways of Living~" (hereinafter, "the Exhibition"), to be held from April 18 (Saturday) to May 17 (Sunday), 2026, at Toranomon Hills (Minato-ku, Tokyo).
At the Exhibition, alongside various projects undertaken by Mr. Yamamoto, SkyDrive will display handwritten design sketches and prototype models of its aircraft, allowing visitors to view the history of aircraft design. You can retrace Mr. Takumi Yamamoto's design process, from the conception of ideas and sketching to two-dimensional expression and finally to three-dimensional products.
■ About "TOKYOROOMS Exhibition ~40 Rooms, 40 Ways of Living~"
This experiential exhibition allows visitors to encounter diverse values and lifestyles expressed by creators through "40 distinct rooms," discovering rooms and values that truly resonate with them. Through the exhibition, we aim to spread "the joy of choosing what you like," "an opportunity to realize your own values," and "a culture that enjoys rooms as self-expression," presenting a "new way of perceiving space" in Japan.
The venue will feature 40 unique rooms, offering visitors an unprecedented viewing experience where they can encounter their own "likes" and values as they explore each world.
Dates: April 18 (Saturday) - May 17 (Sunday), 2026
*A media preview is scheduled for April 17 (Friday).
Venue: TOKYO NODE GALLERY (Toranomon Hills Station Tower, 45F)
Organizer: Social Interior Inc. (TOKYOROOMS Exhibition Executive Committee)
Admission Fee: General 1,900 yen, Children (3 years to elementary school) 950 yen
*All prices include tax.
*Free for children aged 2 and under.
*On Children's Day (May 5th), children enter free of charge.
*Free for individuals with a disability certificate and one accompanying caregiver.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://link.artsticker.app/yamamototakumi
Special Website: https://subsclife.com/tokyorooms/ex