Exhibition：Twilight of Things

We are now living in a transitional period, moving towards a recycling-oriented society.
“Let’s make things that can be used for a long time”, “Let’s hand over what we no longer need to those who might use it”, “Let’s repair broken items rather than throwing them away”…
Society, communities, their residents, all of us are aiming to implement this cycle.

On the other hand, what about glass?
It has been a part of our lives for about 4,000 years as one of our daily-used commodities,
However, once it has a tiny chip, we are often forced to choose between disposing of it and recycling it.
A glass that has been used attentively. Even if it is slightly chipped, we don’t want to throw it away just because it could be dangerous to continue using it.

The exhibition will show glass objects that have been kept, despite being broken or distorted, along with photographs of them taken by Akio Tomari, who continues to photograph them.
Walking around the exhibits, we will reconsider the way we interact with fragile objects around us.
The glass objects left behind by somebody seem to hold memories of their lives.

In the past, “Twilight” in archaic Japanese was written as “Tasogare”,
the world where people and things take a dive into the darkness of the twilight hour, almost disappearing from sight.
We would like to gaze into the twilight years of objects and think about them closely.
This is also an important part of the approach to manufacturing and craftsmanship in MUJI.


“Things are at their best when they are slightly imperfect”, says Tomari.
Like him, we hope this exhibition will provide you with an opportunity to get in touch with the “Tasogare” hidden in common objects around you.

ATELIER MUJI