Studio Swine

{{Short description|Art collective and design studio}} {{Copy edit|date=July 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox architectural practice |name = Studio Swine |image = File:Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves.jpg |caption = Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves (2015) |founders = Azusa Murakami<br>Alexander Groves |city = London, United Kingdom<br>Tokyo, Japan |affiliations = A.A.Murakami |founded = 2011 |awards = |significant_projects = |website = {{URL|studioswine.com/}}<br>{{URL|aamurakami.com/}} }} [[File:Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves at Sendai-Tansu workshop (2024).jpg|thumb|Murakami and Groves visit Sendai-Tansu workshop, Tōhoku, Japan (2024)]] '''Studio Swine''' is a British-Japanese art collective and design studio founded in 2011 by Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves. SWINE is an acronym for "Super Wide Interdisciplinary New Explorers".<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2020 |title=The Japanese Architect and British Artist at the Forefront of Design |url=https://pen-online.com/design/studio-swine-the-japanese-architect-and-british-artist-at-the-forefront-of-design/ |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=Pen Magazine International}}</ref><ref name="Sunshine-2017">{{Cite news |last=Sunshine |first=Becky |date=2017-03-26 |title=Studio Swine's designs on the world |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/mar/26/studio-swine-designs-on-the-world |access-date=2023-09-05 |work=The Observer |publisher=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref><ref name="Critical Playground-2025">{{Cite web |date=4 August 2025 |title=Craft Futures: Reviving Tradition Through Speculative Design |url=https://criticalplayground.org/recovering-the-future/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250807202833/https://criticalplayground.org/recovering-the-future/ |archive-date=7 August 2025 |access-date=7 August 2025 |website=Critical Playground}}</ref>

== Background and work == {{ill|Azusa Murakami (artist)|lt=Azusa Murakami|d|Q117199144||valign=sup}} and Alexander Groves met while studying at the Royal College of Art in London, from which they both received Masters in Product Design degrees. Upon graduation, they founded Studio Swine. Murakami is also an architect who was trained at the Bartlett School of Architecture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Azusa Murakami |url=https://www.rca.ac.uk/students/azusa-murakami/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Royal College of Art}}</ref> Groves holds an undergraduate degree in fine art from Oxford University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexander Groves |url=https://www.rca.ac.uk/students/alexander-groves/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Royal College of Art}}</ref><ref name="Sunshine-2017" />

Their sensory installations are an ongoing series of works they describe as "Ephemeral Tech" in which the boundaries between digital technology and natural forces are dissolved to create unnatural phenomena.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Azzarello |first=Nina |date=March 7, 2019 |title=investigating invisible elements: an interview with studio swine at A/D/O |url=https://www.designboom.com/art/interview-studio-swine-ado-wave-particle-duplex-03-07-2019/ |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=designboom}}</ref> ''Ephemeral Tech'' looks to a future where technology uses senses to transcend the familiar interfaces beyond the standard visual stimuli of flat screens, projections and LED arrays, and becomes inseparable from both built and natural environments.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2, 2023 |title=Studio Swine and its intriguing installations of ephemeral technology |url=https://fahrenheitmagazine.com/en/modern-art/plastics/studio-swine-and-its-intriguing-installations-of-ephemeral-technology |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=Fahrenheit Magazine}}</ref> They explore the concept of ''Ephemeral Tech'' in their installations such as New Spring (2017).<ref name="Roux-2017" />

They are inspired by the filmmaking of Ray and Charles Eames and have said that they are designers of "mass communication rather than mass production".<ref name="Howarth-2016" />

The collective's work has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, 21 21 Design Sight in Tokyo, and shown in both Venice Art and Architecture Biennales.<ref name="Howarth-2016">{{Cite web |last=Howarth |first=Dan |date=March 21, 2016 |title=Designers are turning to film, according to Studio Swine |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2016/03/21/studio-swine-alex-groves-interview-designers-using-film-agents-mass-communication/ |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=Dezeen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Exhibition "pooploop" |url=https://www.2121designsight.jp/en/program/pooploop/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=21 21 Design Sight}}</ref> Examples of their work are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Centre Pompidou, M+, Vitra Design Museum, and the Design Museum Gent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://designto.org/event/designto-talks-studio-swine/|title=DesignTO Talks: Studio Swine|date=31 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Studio Swin; Makers |url=https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/collection/makers/studio-swine/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=M+ Museum |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="MoMA" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sea Chair, 2012; Studio Swine |url=https://collectiononline.design-museum.de/#/en/object/43993 |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Vitra Design Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Studio Swine; Chaussure Meteorite Shoes; 2014 |url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/oeuvre/coyoaLA |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=Centre Pompidou |language=en-EN}}</ref>

In 2022 Murakami and Groves created A.A.Murakami. Their inaugural project under this name was titled Floating World.<ref name="Floating World">{{Cite web|url=https://www.floatingworld.io/|title=Floating World|website=Floating World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2023 |title=A.A. Murakami: Floating World Genesis |url=https://www.pacegallery.com/journal/aa-murakami-floating-world/ |website=Pace Gallery}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A.A.Murakami: Floating World |url=https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/exhibitions/a-a-murakami/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=M+ Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>

The studio has relocated several times to conduct research and develop works informed by local geography, industry, and culture.<ref name="Jennings-2018">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Helen |date=2018 |title=Design Indaba 2018 |url=https://nataal.com/design-indaba-2018-review |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Nataal |language=en-US}}</ref> Their practice combines immersive fieldwork with conceptual and material experimentation and has been characterized as applying methods similar to gonzo journalism within the field of design.<ref name="Jennings-2018" /> Studio Swine views design as a means of grounding individuals in their physical environment through the integration of cultural history, craft traditions, and locally available resources, emphasizing a sense of place over digital or cyber contexts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digging on Swine: Studio Swine tell us about how a sense of place shapes their design approach |url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/digging-on-swine-studio-swine-tell-us-about-how-a-sense-of-place-shapes-their-design-approach |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=www.itsnicethat.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Selected works and projects == === Sea Chair (2011) === First presented in the Royal College of Art show in 2011, "Sea Chair" is an open source design that demonstrates how waste plastic picked up by fishing trawlers can be transformed into chairs on board the boats.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howarth |first=Dan |date=February 16, 2013 |title=Open Source Sea Chair by Studio Swine |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/16/open-source-sea-chair-by-studio-swine/ |website=Dezeen}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Sea Chair won the BIO Gold Medal and the BIO green award for environmentally friendly projects at the 2023 Slovenia Design Biennale. It was also exhibited in the Beijing Art and Technology Biennal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earthwise – Announcements |url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/649534/earthwise |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=e-flux |language=en}}</ref> and shortlisted for Designs of the Year 2013 selected by the London Design Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-01-14 |title=Designs of the Year 2013 shortlist announced |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/14/designs-of-the-year-2013-shortlist-announced/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}</ref>

=== Can City (2013) === After graduation, Groves and Murakami moved to São Paulo<ref name="Sunshine-2017a">{{Cite news |last=Sunshine |first=Becky |date=2017-03-26 |title=Studio Swine's designs on the world |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/mar/26/studio-swine-designs-on-the-world |access-date=2025-07-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and created "Can City", a mobile foundry that operates around the city's streets.<ref name="Can City" /> It smelts aluminium cans using waste vegetable oil collected from local cafes as fuel. The moulds and the finished pieces are all made on location.<ref name="Derringer-2013">{{Cite web|url=https://design-milk.com/can-city-studio-swine/|title=Aluminum Cans Become Stools by Studio Swine|first=Jaime|last=Derringer|date=November 4, 2013|website=Design Milk}}</ref> In a city with some 20 million residence, waste is on a massive scale. however over 80% of the recycling is collected by an informal system of independent waste collectors known as Catadores who pull their handmade carts around the streets.<ref name="Patel-2023">{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Riya |date=15 October 2023 |title=Can City by Studio Swine |url=https://www.frameweb.com/article/can-city-by-studio-swine |website=Frame}}</ref> The project has produced stools, inspired by vernacular design and made for the food market that provided the waste materials.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}} The project highlighted local resourcefulness and urban conditions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ray |first=Debika |date=2017-04-04 |title=Studio Swine: "If something can cross the line from being repulsive to desirable, then that is all the stronger" |url=https://www.iconeye.com/design/studio-swine-if-something-can-cross-the-line-from-being-repulsive-to-desirable-then-that-is-all-the-stronger |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=ICON Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>

"Can City" was commissioned by the Coletivo Amor de Madre Gallery, São Paulo and was supported by Heineken.<ref name="Etherington-2013">{{Cite web |last=Etherington |first=Rose |date=November 1, 2013 |title=Can City aluminium furnace for São Paulo's catadores by Studio Swine |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2013/11/01/can-city-mobile-aluminium-furnace-catadores-sao-paulo-studio-swine/ |website=Dezeen}}</ref> Pieces from the Can City project are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.<ref name="MoMA">{{Cite web |title=Alexander Groves, Azusa Murakami. "Palm Stool" from Can City. 2013 {{!}} MoMA |url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/396730 |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=The Museum of Modern Art}}</ref>

=== Hair Highway (2014) === Having developed a technique to infuse hair in natural resin as an alternative to wood while studying at the Royal College of Art, Studio Swine travelled to China to visit a hair market in Shandong and filmed parts of the hair trade, commenting on the use of human hair as a future resource in the context of China's past and present trade relationship with the world.<ref name="Dezeen-2014">{{Cite web |date=June 30, 2014 |title=Studio Swine extends collection of products made from hair |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/30/studio-swine-extends-collection-hair-highway-products/ |website=Dezeen}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> As part of the project, they created a series of decorative pieces and accessories influenced by art-deco architecture and design found in Shanghai. The pieces in the project were made from coloured resin and human hair.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2014 |title=studio swine combines tresses + resin to pave hair highway of objects |url=https://www.designboom.com/design/studio-swine-hair-highway-07-01-2014/ |website=designboom}}</ref>

"Hair Highway" was presented at Design Miami/Basel in 2014 <ref name="Dezeen-2014"/> and featured on National Geographic.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-21 |title=Designers are turning to film, according to Studio Swine |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2016/03/21/studio-swine-alex-groves-interview-designers-using-film-agents-mass-communication/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}</ref>

=== Metallic Geology (2014) === Metallic Geology encapsulates Studio Swine's investigation into metallic foam. A piece from Metallic Geology is a cabinet that has been acquired by M+. The cabinet is created by injecting gas into molten metal, resulting in a hardened structure with irregular internal voids. Known for being strong, lightweight, and costly to produce, aluminum foam is typically used in industrial applications such as automotive and aerospace manufacturing. Studio Swine studied the material in Hangzhou, a center of aluminum foam production, and collaborated with local fabricators to mill a solid block into a rock-like form. The cabinet features a rough, stone-like exterior and contrasting mirror-polished interior shelves, highlighting the tension between natural appearance and industrial fabrication.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metallic Geology (2014) – Studio Swine {{!}} Objects {{!}} M+ |url=https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/collection/objects/metallic-geology-2018248/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=www.mplus.org.hk |language=en-US}}</ref> The metallic foam material resembles volcanic rock and appears to look like pumice.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-06 |title=Studio Swine uses aluminium foam to create Metallic Geology cabinets |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2014/08/06/metallic-geology-cabinets-studio-swine-aluminium-foam/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}</ref>

=== Gyrecraft (2015) === Gyrecraft is a design collection by the London-based Studio Swine, consisting of objects made from plastic debris collected from the world's five major ocean gyres. The project addresses the issue of ocean plastic pollution by repurposing reclaimed materials into artisanal objects inspired by maritime craft traditions.<ref name="Howarth-2015">{{Cite web |last=Howarth |first=Dan |date=2015-07-23 |title=Studio Swine turns ocean plastic into crafted objects |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/23/studio-swine-ocean-plastic-crafted-objects-gyrecraft-collection-maritime-gyres/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Dezeen}}</ref>

Studio Swine founders Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves conducted an expedition across the Atlantic Ocean, including the North Atlantic Gyre, to collect plastic waste. The gathered material was melted and transformed into five objects, each representing one of the ocean gyres. The designs incorporate cultural and historical references related to the island communities associated with these ocean regions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Sam |date=2015-07-23 |title=Cast adrift: Studio Swine creates luxurious objects from polluting plastics |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/cast-adrift-studio-swine-creates-luxurious-objects-from-polluting-plastics |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Wallpaper*}}</ref><ref name="Howarth-2015" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Szymańska |first=Aleksandra |date=2015-07-28 |title=Gyrecraft by Studio Swine |url=https://www.sightunseen.com/2015/07/gyrecraft-by-studio-swine/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Sight Unseen |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Fordlandia (2016) === "Fordlandia" is an art installation inspired by a ghost town deep in the Amazon rainforest built by the American industrialist Henry Ford in the late 1920s to secure a supply of rubber for his automobile empire.<ref name="Klingelfuss-2016">{{Cite web |last=Klingelfuss |first=Jessica |date=2016-10-10 |title=Studio Swine resurrects Fordlandia, Henry Ford's lost Amazon utopia |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/studio-swine-resurrect-fordlandia-henry-fords-lost-amazon-utopia |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Wallpaper*}}</ref> Through the construction of a fictional domestic space made entirely of Amazonian rubber and other materials from the rainforest, the installation explores the idea of synthesis between nature and industry, questioning Henry Ford's attempt to tame nature in profit of his industrial gain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cain |first=Abigail |date=September 21, 2016 |title=Studio Swine's Latest Project in London Revives Fordlandia, Henry Ford's Failed Amazonian Town |url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-two-designers-revive-fordlandia-henry-ford-s-failed-amazonian-town |website=Artsy}}</ref> For the project, Studio Swine visited the Fordlandia and stayed with rubber tappers in the Western Amazon.<ref name="Klingelfuss-2016" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cain |first=Abigail |date=2016-09-21 |title=Studio Swine's Latest Project in London Revives Fordlandia, Henry Ford's Failed Amazonian Town |url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-two-designers-revive-fordlandia-henry-ford-s-failed-amazonian-town |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Artsy |language=en}}</ref>

=== New Spring (2017) === "New Spring" is an art installation created by Studio Swine supported by COS.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Studio Swine joins stable of high-tech art organisation Future\Pace |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/03/27/studio-swine-joins-stable-of-high-tech-art-organisation-futurepace |website=The Art Newspaper}}</ref> The installation consists of a six metre high tree of aluminium that releases mist-filled bubbles that break upon human contact but can be held by visitors with special gloves.<ref name="Roux-2017">{{Cite news |last=Roux |first=Caroline |date=December 1, 2017 |title=Studio Swine: art world bubbles |url=https://www.ft.com/content/376f82bc-d10f-11e7-947e-f1ea5435bcc7 |access-date=September 5, 2023 |newspaper=Financial Times}}</ref> Visitors are invited to interact with the bubbles, triggering the release of scent and mist.

Shown at Milan design week in 2017, Studio Swine have said the work is inspired by the ephemerality of cherry blossoms and re-examines how we can interact with technology through our senses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Hannah |date=July 7, 2017 |title=Designers Alexander Groves and Azusa Murakami of Studio Swine on their bubble-producing tree for COS |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/designers-alexander-groves-azusa-murakami-studio-swine-bubble-producing-tree-cos/ |access-date=September 5, 2023 |website=Architectural Digest India}}</ref> New Spring was also awarded by Salone Del Mobile for Most Engaging Exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=WW |first=FashionNetwork com |date=2017-10-25 |title=Cos heads to Miami Design Week with interactive installation |url=https://ww.fashionnetwork.com/news/Cos-heads-to-miami-design-week-with-interactive-installation,883878.html |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=FashionNetwork.com |language=en-WW}}</ref>

=== ''Infinity Blue'' (2018) === {{redirect-distinguish|Infinity Blue|Infinity Blues{{!}}''Infinity Blues''}} ''Infinity Blue'' is a permanent installation that celebrates cyanobacteria, one of the world's smallest living beings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=∞ BLUE (Infinity Blue) |url=https://futurecity.co.uk/portfolio/the-eden-project/ |access-date= |website=Futurecity}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sunshine |first=Becky |date=2018-05-23 |title=Studio Swine launches living and breathing scientific sculpture at Eden Project |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/studio-swine-installation-eden-project |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Wallpaper* |language=en}}</ref> They describe their work as "a monument to their vital creation, which continues to provide the oxygen in every breath we take".<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Infinity Blue (Eden Project) |url=https://the-dots.com/projects/infinity-blue-eden-project-245463 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The monument is surfaced with Cornish clay and oxide glazes that reflect local mining history. The textural pattern on the ceramic tiles are generated by a reaction-diffusion algorithm found in nature. From the sculpture, 32 vortex cannons fire scented smoke rings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Azzarello |first=Nina |date=19 February 2019 |title=why studio swine built a 'breathing' mega-sculpture for one of the world's smallest organisms |url=https://www.designboom.com/art/studio-swine-infinity-blue-eden-project-breathing-sculpture-02-19-2019/ |website=designboom}}</ref> Studio Swine collaborated with Paris perfume house Givaudan to develop fragrances inspired by the aromas of primordial worlds.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 25 May 2018|title=Studio Swine unveils nine-metre-tall "breathing" sculpture at the Eden Project |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2018/05/25/studio-swine-nine-metre-tall-breathing-sculpture-eden-project-design/}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

=== Bubble Booth (2019) === For the 15th edition of Design Miami, Studio Swine created an inflatable, bubble-shaped booth commissioned by Instagram Design. It is constructed from 100% recyclable polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and designed to be lightweight and compactable for easy transportation and assembly. The booth was designed to celebrate designing for a more inclusive, accessible and diverse world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fujio |first=Tim |date=2019-12-03 |title=100% Recyclable PVC Booth Created by Studio Swine |url=https://settingmind.com/100-recyclable-pvc-booth-created-by-studio-swine/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Setting Mind |language=en-CA}}</ref>

=== Humble Administrator's Chair (2021) === ''Humble Administrator's Chair and Table'' is a furniture set by Studio Swine (UK/Japan), made from American red oak and cherry. The design draws inspiration from traditional Chinese gardens and the Ming Chair archetype.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Personal Review of Design & Architecture Creations by Cyril Zammit |url=https://www.cyrilzammit.com/design-diary/connected-humble-administrator-chair-candy-cubicle |access-date=2025-07-17 |website=Cyril Zammit |language=en-GB}}</ref> Developed during the COVID-19 lockdown in Tokyo, the project reflects the designers' renewed interest in nature and in working with timber in its natural state. The chair features a solid American cherry seat and back leg, with steam-bent American red oak used for the front legs, arms, and backrest. The arms were shaped using a complex double-axis steam bend, requiring a custom jig and a team of six craftspeople to fabricate. The accompanying table is constructed from American cherry, with end grain detailing visible on the tabletop through its straight leg profile. A recessed shelf for a laptop also functions as a tensioning brace.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MADE TOGETHER APART – Studio Swine – Ahec |url=https://www.ahec-china.org/our-projects/made-together-apart-studio-swine/ |access-date=2025-07-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Metropolis. I (2024) === [[File:Craft x Tech exhibition at V&A 2024 - 22.jpg|thumb|''Metropolis. I'' exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum (2024)<ref name="Victoria and Albert Museum" /><ref name="Demetriou-2024" /><ref name="Sartin-2025">{{Cite web |last=Sartin |first=Clare |date=24 February 2025 |title=Why you're about to fall in love with Japanese design all over again |url=https://www.elledecoration.co.uk/design/a63903370/japanese-design-uk/ |access-date=2025-06-25 |website=ELLE Decoration |language=en-GB}}</ref>]] In 2024, Studio Swine collaborated with Sendai-Tansu cabinet makers from Miyagi city to produce an installation presented at the exhibition ''Craft x Tech Tohoku Project'' at Kudan House in Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yamada |first=Mio |date=2024-05-18 |title=A new initiative rethinks old Tohoku crafts |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/05/18/style-design/craft-x-tech-tohoku/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2024 |title=Craft x Tech |url=https://hubemag.com/craft-x-tech |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250719203424/https://hubemag.com/craft-x-tech |archive-date=19 July 2025 |access-date=19 July 2025 |website=Hube magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Craft x Tech Special Lecture Series Vol. 2 'Studio SWINE x Sendai Tansu' – An initiative to unify traditional Japanese craft and contemporary technology. |url=https://craft-x-tech.com/news/craft-x-tech-special-lecture-series-vol-2-studio-swine-x-sendai-tansu/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Craft x Tech |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Critical Playground-2025" /> Their contribution to the initiative, titled ''Metropolis. I'', is a geometric chest of drawers made of lacquer coated wood and iron fittings that Azusa Murakami described as a type of "time travel device [...] employing age-old techniques and traditions that traverse the hands of artisans across centuries."<ref name="Demetriou-2024">{{Cite web |last=Demetriou |first=Danielle |date=2024-06-02 |title=Craft x Tech elevates Japanese craftsmanship with progressive technology |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design-interiors/craft-x-tech-debut-japanese-craft-contemporary-design |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Wallpaper*}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Metropolis I |url=https://studioswine.com/work/metropolis/ |access-date=23 December 2025 |website=Official site |language=en-GB}}</ref> The show was curated by Maria Cristina Didero and also included pieces by Ini Archibong, Sabine Marcelis, Yoichi Ochiai, Hideki Yoshimoto, and Michael Young.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Metropolis. I' Studio SWINE x Sendai Tansu |url=https://craft-x-tech.com/collaboration/metropolis-i/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=CRAFT x TECH |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Akkam |first=Alia |date=2024-05-20 |title=Tohoku Project presents inaugural Craft x Tech exhibition |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/studio-aheads-warm-new-wine-bar-sothebys-unveils-tamotsu-yagi-collection-and-more-news |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Architectural Digest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-06-04 |title=Tohoku Project presents Craft x Tech during Design Miami/Basel |url=https://designnewsnow.com/tohoku-project-presents-craft-x-tech-during-design-miami-basel/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Design News Now |language=en-US}}</ref> The work was subsequently exhibited at Design Miami in Basel, and in the Prince Consort Gallery of the Victoria and Albert museum during the London Design Festival.<ref name="Victoria and Albert Museum">{{Cite web |title=Craft x Tech Tohoku Project, Prince Consort Gallery, V&A South Kensington |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/lEewgBJ93P/ldf-craft-x-tech-sept-2024 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=London Design Festival — Craft x Tech |url=https://londondesignfestival.com/activities/craft-x-tech |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=London Design Festival}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Frearson |first=Amy |date=2024-09-17 |title=Craft x Tech exhibition pair designers with Japanese master artisans |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2024/09/17/craft-x-tech-exhibition-designers-japanese-artisans/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zeitoun |first=Lea |date=2024-09-16 |title=ini archibong, studio swine, and others team up with japanese artisans for craft x tech show |url=https://www.designboom.com/design/craft-x-tech-exhibition-collaborative-craftsmanship-va-museum-london-design-festival-09-16-2024/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=designboom}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Best of Show at DESIGN MIAMI.BASEL 2024 |url=https://designmiami.com/article/best-of-show-at-design-miami-basel-2024 |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Design Miami}}</ref> [[File:Craft x Tech Tohoku Project (2024).jpg|thumb|Craft x Tech Tohoku Project at Design Miami Art Basel (2024)<ref name="Design Miami-2024">{{Cite web |date=11 June 2024 |title=Best Curio Presentation: Craft x Tech – DESIGN MIAMI.BASEL |url=https://designmiami.com/article/best-of-show-at-design-miami-basel-2024 |access-date=10 August 2025 |website=Design Miami}}</ref><ref name="Design Miami2">{{Cite web |title=Craft x Tech · Design Miami |url=https://designmiami.com/galleries/craft-x-tech |access-date=10 August 2025 |website=Design Miami |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwarz |first=Suzanne |date=2024-08-28 |title=Kreationen |url=https://www.architektur-technik.ch/aktuell/kreationen/ |access-date=10 August 2025 |website=architektur-technik.ch |language=de}}</ref>]]

== Films == * Sea Chair (2011)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sea Chair |url=https://studioswine.com/work/sea-chair/ |access-date=23 December 2025 |website=Official site}}</ref> * Can City (2013)<ref name="Can City">{{Cite web |title=Can City |url=https://studioswine.com/work/can-city/ |access-date=23 December 2025 |website=Official site}}</ref> * Buttons (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU_P2cQM1_Q|title=BUTTONS by Studio Swine|date=26 July 2014 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> * Hair Highway (2014)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Hair Highway |url=https://studioswine.com/work/hair-highway/ |access-date=23 December 2025 |website=Official site}}</ref> * Terraforming (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://studioswine.com/work/terraforming/|title=Terraforming}}</ref> * Infinity Blue (2018)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://studioswine.com/work/infinity-blue/|title=Infinity Blue}}</ref> * St James Market (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/192504575|title=STUDIO SWINE – St James's Market|first=Juriaan|last=Booij|date=November 21, 2016|via=Vimeo}}</ref> * Floating World (2022)<ref name="Floating World"/> * Under a Flowing Field (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/company/newsroom/hyundai-motor-and-vitra-design-museum-open-%25E2%2580%2598home-stories%25E2%2580%2599-exhibition-at-hyundai-motorstudio-busan-0000016999|title=Hyundai Motor and Vitra Design Museum Open 'Home Stories' Exhibition at Hyundai Motorstudio Busan|website=HYUNDAI MOTORS}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website}} * [https://www.aamurakami.com/ A.A.Murakami website] * ''{{YouTube |id=F3dZfSzCl-4 |Sea Chair}}'' (Studio Swine and Juriaan Booij, 2012) * ''{{YouTube |id=QdziXc2W_4k |COS × Studio Swine, New Spring}}'' (Salone del Mobile, 2017) * ''{{YouTube |id=1FrIrLZYo9Y |Wave Particle Duplex installation at A/D/O}}'' (Studio Swine interview by Dezeen, 2019) * {{MoMA artist|131527}}

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