Ideas for ongoing energy savings have arrived from around the world.
- 11.10.28
- Added ideas - Kosuke TSUMURA, Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Kenya HARA.
- 11.10.18
- “Enjoy! ( ) Energy.” exhibition will be held during the following time at Atelier MUJI, 2nd Floor of MUJI Yurakucho store.
Period: Friday, October 28 to Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 11.7.4
- Added ideas - Yung Ho CHANG, Stanley WONG, Shunji YAMANAKA, John MAEDA.
- 11.6.20
- Website launched.
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami caused great loss of life, devastated the lives of survivors, and affected everyone in the area. The damaged power plants are still a constant concern throughout Japan, and there will be less electric power than usual available this year. That is unavoidable, but rather than resigning ourselves to pessimistically accepting the situation, we believe that this is an opportunity for Japan to turn itself into a smart energy nation.
To translate this belief into action, MUJI approached a number of designers around the world and asked them to provide a design idea as an expression of support for Japan. Each designer was asked to draw his or her idea for energy in daily life within an "Enjoy! ( ) Energy." framework, and describe it in terms that fit within the parentheses.
Ideas that inspire people or bring a smile to their faces will contribute to making the mood in Japan that little bit brighter. Each idea provided for this project is also a testimony to the creator's concern and sympathy for fellow human beings. The ideas received are being published on the MUJI website on an ongoing basis.
We would like to give our heartfelt thanks to each of the designers who has taken the time and trouble to express their support in this way. Your encouragement is much appreciated.
- Kosuke TSUMURA
Fashion Designer
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A light that illuminates the spirit, not what is seen. Catches reflected light from collected water and soapsuds.
Kosuke TSUMURA
Fashion Designer
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A sleeve that stretches from the waist side may work as arm cover. Or it may work as a belt. But indeed it best fits for hugs.
Kosuke TSUMURA
Fashion Designer
- Konstantin GRCIC
Designer
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Let’s stay tuned with nature.
Konstantin GRCIC
Designer
- Yeongkyu YOO
Creative Director /
CLOUD AND CO. SEOUL
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Standby power, 10% of residential electricity use in OECD member countries, can be saved by simply sliding off Eco−Plug, which is made from recycled PET bottles. It will reduce roughly 1% of global CO2 emissions.
Yeongkyu YOO
Creative Director /
CLOUD AND CO. SEOUL
- MINTDESIGNS
Fashion Designer
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The entire surface of a dress is covered with a high-intensity phosphorescent print. Light from the daytime is converted into illumination at night. Turn yourself into a light that illuminates the dark streets.
MINTDESIGNS
Fashion Designer
- Ross LOVEGROVE
Designer
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Think about design as a way of eliminating waste.
Ross LOVEGROVE
Designer
- Yasuhiro SUZUKI
Artist
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Sundial that can be worn on the wrist. A sundial that can be worn on the wrist. Enjoy in the modern world of today the wisdom of life passed down from time immemorial.
Yasuhiro SUZUKI
Artist
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A match in shape of fire, “火” in kanji. The moment you light it, another fire “火” is reproduced on top of the “火” and you see kanji of a flame, “炎”.
Yasuhiro SUZUKI
Artist
- Kazuko KOIKE
Creative Director
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Create a fashionable necklace from a 10 meter rope that can serve as a lifeline (safety rope).
Kazuko KOIKE
Creative Director
- Kengo KUMA
Architect
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Making wonderful paper folding fans with local Japanese paper craftsmen.
Kengo KUMA
Architect
- Reiko SUDO
Textile Designer
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The material used to make tatami is rush. Those rushes can be woven to make a cushion. This cushion has good breathing qualities.
Reiko SUDO
Textile Designer
- Kenya HARA
Graphic Designer
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The cutting edge photovoltaic panel is attached in the best part. Small, light and delicate wings rotate with a little light and stir the air.
Kenya HARA
Graphic Designer
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Place a wild flower on your desk. Keeping a touch of nature in sight makes you feel cooler and fresher.
Kenya HARA
Graphic Designer
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A hot-water bag shaped like an intestine. It keeps you warm and comfy. You may find yourself placing it on your belly!
Kenya HARA
Graphic Designer
- NOSIGNER / Eisuke TACHIKAWA
Designer / Director
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Make invisible electricity visible. Affixing stickers that show wattage to electrical appliances enhances awareness of electricity usage.
NOSIGNER / Eisuke TACHIKAWA
Designer / Director
- Makoto UMEBARA
Designer
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Harness the “flow of people.” Every day 2 million people pass through the ticket gates in Shibuya. Each time, a turbine rotates to create enormous energy.
Makoto UMEBARA
Designer
- atelier GRIZOU
Designer
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Put refrigerant outside on winter evenings when temperatures are sub-zero. In the morning, place the frozen refrigerant inside the refrigerator. Electricity consumption is reduced drastically.
atelier GRIZOU
Designer
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Fruit-bearing trees dot the streets of Tokyo. But no-one picks the ripened fruit. Producing and distributing jam consumes a huge amount of energy. So, let’s keep it in the neighborhood.
atelier GRIZOU
Designer
- Jasper MORRISON
Designer
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Put clocks forward two hours to have more daylight in ‘Daytime’!
Jasper MORRISON
Designer
- Jun AOKI
Architect
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An attachment to use a 20W fluorescent lamp with a fitting for a 40W fluorescent lamp. Thinning out creates an even more attractive light.
Jun AOKI
Architect
- Makoto AZUMA
Flower Artist
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Make a globular object from luminous moss and use in place of a lightbulb. The only maintenance it needs is sunlight and watering.
Makoto AZUMA
Flower Artist
- Saskia DIEZ
Designer / Owner of Saskia Diez
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Switch off electric light, lit some candles to create more romantic situations.
Saskia DIEZ
Designer / Owner of Saskia Diez
- Kaoru KASAI
Art Director
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Folding fan, kitchen knife, racquet, packing, ruler, diagram, sign language, letter, stroke order, copy … Working with the hands = the pleasure of invention, the mother of power saving.
Kaoru KASAI
Art Director
- Sam HECHT
Industrial Designer
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Why not paint your floor white! I have done this. Daylight can illuminate a room for longer, need less artificial light.
Sam HECHT
Industrial Designer
- Christopher TOH
Industrial Designer
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Add a little happiness to your window with an origami inspired “flower” that charges while you work or play and folds into a handheld torch light for emergency or daily use.
Christopher TOH
Industrial Designer
- Makoto ORISAKI
Inter Design Artist
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Living together with the sun is a bright life. No need for electricity. The body benefits in various ways from “early bird energy.”
Makoto ORISAKI
Inter Design Artist
- Kaoru MENDE
Lighting Designer
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We should go back to the richer era of a century ago before electricity. Sun, moon, candles, open hearth, fireflies, and so on …
Kaoru MENDE
Lighting Designer
- Tim POWER
Architect
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The ‘outlet stop’ blocks energy coming from electrical outlets, and the ‘lamp stop’ blocks energy coming from lamp holders. Both are made in porcelain and are made to hold candles.
Tim POWER
Architect
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This project proposes the creation of floating clouds, which harness the sun, and create shade. These clouds float above us, and at night, illuminate the streets, squares and courtyards below.
Tim POWER
Architect
- James IRVINE
Industrial Designer
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Questionnaire card to give to boyfriend or girlfriend to ask them if they love you. If they say yes then energy is well spent. If they say no you can save energy used in taxis and cinemas.
James IRVINE
Industrial Designer
- Kinya TAGAWA
Founder of takram design engineering
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Sheet-type solar cells using a new type of cloth that lets electricity pass through. Hang it out in the sun with the washing and it is ready to use.
Kinya TAGAWA
Founder of takram design engineering
- Sebastian CONRAN
Director
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The electric-assist Pick-up Trike has a low tilting cargo-platform and narrow width to go through traffic. It can take loads of stuff; deliveries, luggage, work-tools, family shopping or even a child to school.
Sebastian CONRAN
Director
- Kenmei NAGAOKA
Design Director
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The sun is the sun. Certainly, generating electricity and alternative energy is vital. But it is also important to feel the sun as it is. Enjoy it.
Kenmei NAGAOKA
Design Director
- Takayuki FUKATSU
Designer / Developer
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A wind chime that gives off a dim glow in the breeze like a firefly. Turn off the lights in summer and enjoy.
Takayuki FUKATSU
Designer / Developer
- Paula SCHER
Graphic Designer / Artist
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1. Pat the dog
2. Wait for dog to pant
3. Put face next to dog pant
4. Get warm and happy
Paula SCHER
Graphic Designer / Artist
- Norito SHINMURA
Graphic Designer
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By raising the bottom of a rice bowl to reduce the amount of food we eat, surely we can save on energy?
Norito SHINMURA
Graphic Designer
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Already commercially available, these socks keep the feet warm, so we can cut back on the energy we use for heating.
Norito SHINMURA
Graphic Designer
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The number of times we click on the mouse or tap on the keyboard is enormous. How about installing an electricity generating device?
Norito SHINMURA
Graphic Designer
- Alexandre MUSSARD
Graphic Designer
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A giant fabric shoe lace which passes through steel eyelets to create a chair.
Alexandre MUSSARD
Graphic Designer
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A solar panel on top of the circle that rotates catches the sunlight and provides energy for light. The handle allows one to freely move the object.
Alexandre MUSSARD
Graphic Designer
- Richard HUTTEN
Designer
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Make your own fun bicycle and ride it to school or work.
Richard HUTTEN
Designer
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Grow your own vegetables on your balcony or (roof) garden and save energy on transportation.
Richard HUTTEN
Designer
- Harri KOSKINEN
Designer
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As a forceful person you need less energy to do things!
Harri KOSKINEN
Designer
- Masataka BABA
Architect
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A windmill turns and glows faintly when the wind blows. The wind alters the environment and landscape of parks and gardens.
Masataka BABA
Architect
- Massimo PITIS
Visual Designer
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Switch off all the devices one hour earlier than usual. You’ll get 365 hours free energy recharge per year for your body and mind − reducing btw. 5 and 10% of your carbon footprint.
Massimo PITIS
Visual Designer
- Sung Yong KIM
Professor / Design Department, School of Visual Arts, Korea National University of Arts
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L.E.A.P. emit lights by the built−in micro generator. Power is generated using motion−activated electromagnetic fields that collect kinetic energy (wind and water current) and convert it to electrical energy.
Sung Yong KIM
Professor / Design Department, School of Visual Arts, Korea National University of Arts
- Cutu MAZUELOS
Industrial Designer
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Just don’t read some days a week switching off the light, and dream more hours. In this way we will recharged our body with a positive energy and consume less electrical power.
Cutu MAZUELOS
Industrial Designer
- Joerg Gessner
Artisan
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The power of love may be the strongest power there is. It is free. It is pure. It is yours. Printed T-shirt and textile-pen to show your power of love.
Joerg Gessner
Artisan
- Eva PREGO
Industrial Designer
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It works when the bamboo bends, some piezoelectric straps are fixed to the trunk of the bamboo and generate electricity that we can store in a battery.
Eva PREGO
Industrial Designer
- John JAY
Executive Creative Director
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Instead of cutting a hole in the donut, channel sunlight unto it and let it melt into sugar, which is fed to cockroaches that generate power by walking on a belt. Harness energy to power a heated toilet.
John JAY
Executive Creative Director
- Apex LIN, Pang SOONG
Graphic Designer
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When dealing with all that life has in store… the key to coping is in a tranquil sense of self.
Apex LIN, Pang SOONG
Graphic Designer
- Jurgen LEHL
Designer / Farmer
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Where there is nuclear energy democracy dies.
Jurgen LEHL
Designer / Farmer
- Nicoletta MOROZZI
Fashion Designer
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Just this: one hand moves (even a single movement), and the dog’s tail goes on zig-zagging.
Nicoletta MOROZZI
Fashion Designer
- Sou FUJIMOTO
Architect
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Why not have a tree growing out of a house? The building provides the comfort of shade and becomes a location that brings together the activities of the residents. This is a house of the future which combines nature with human engineering.
Sou FUJIMOTO
Architect
- Alan CHAN
Designer / Artist
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Sit quietly and meditate. Clear your heart and spirit. Quiet your mind and still your thoughts. Transform the negative to the positive. Focus on just one idea. You can achieve anything.
Alan CHAN
Designer / Artist
- Yungho CHANG
Architect
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Two frames, one door.
One room opens and one room closes.
1. Conserve resources used to make one door.
2. Movement of the door also allows the production of clean energy.
Yungho CHANG
Architect
- Stanley WONG
Visual Communication
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A slight breeze and a wind chime soothe the spirit and lower the body’s temperature, helping to conserve resources.
(DIY and recycling of metal, glass, and ceramics)
Stanley WONG
Visual Communication
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This time-of-the-moment clock always reads “:NOW” and sounds once each minute to keep a person focused on the present moment, reducing heat and cold to mere external factors, and allowing a person to adapt using his or her mind.
Stanley WONG
Visual Communication
- Shunji YAMANAKA
Product designer / Professor at Keio University
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If four persons work hard for one hour, they can generate enough energy to power a rice cooker... and they will lose weight.
Shunji YAMANAKA
Product designer / Professor at Keio University
- John MAEDA
President Rhode Island School of Design
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Click to print is tempting. Handwrite it instead.
John MAEDA
President Rhode Island School of Design
