The thin, high-carbon steel rings display various shapes depending on the locations to which the magnet hangers are attached. The natural shapes created by the gravitational force waltz in the air as if there is no such force.
MUTE is a design unit founded by KENJI ITO and TAKAHIRO UMINO in 2008. They have engaged in a wide range of projects in product design and graphic design. The designers face up to all of the things in life while tightly grasping the ambiguous atmosphere behind the scenes as-is, which would normally be hard to get hold of.
關於tempo
tempo is a mobile brand born in 2013.
A mobile with a beautiful structure, born from collaborations with domestic and foreign designers, is a product that approaches space and time.At a factory in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, assembly professionals assemble each piece carefully by hand so as not to lose the balance.The perfect balance of materials, modeling, and gravity is attractive.
Mobiles are said to be “kinetic sculptures.”
Cascaded in a fine balance, the moving parts sway elegantly in the subtle breeze and create a favorable atmosphere with a comfy accent. tempo is a series of mobiles which sculptured the attractiveness of material shaping, the fine balance in relation to the gravity, and the unique rhythm repeating itself in silence.