Exhibition design by nendo for ‘Akio Hirata’s Exhibition of Hats’ in Tokyo, Japan

A sky of mass produced non woven white fabric hats within which Akio Hirata’s delicate handmade hats are floating. The contrast of the two only accentuates Hirata’s creative freedom as 4000 of these ‘ghost hats’ float and stream through the exhibition like ghosts or shells of the real hats exhibited.