Sharing "Good Things" That Are Easy to Use in Daily Life with Many People

This "To Give, To Use, To Enjoy" project is a commemorative initiative born from the shop manager's desire to "live each day with care and find small joys even in the mundane." The tito shop manager has gathered favorite artists and brands, presenting items that she personally uses, wants to gift, wants to use, and above all, wants to enjoy in her daily life.

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A curated selection of tito's recommended items, from limited editions and classic pieces to new arrivals.
Dates | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 –
Location | ZOZOTOWN tito
URL | http://zozo.jp/_news/5106/5106.html

<Participating Brands>
Ceramika artystyczna / Crate / doinel / Fructus / GUSTAVSBERG / hiruma ikumi / Jonas Lindholm / KAMIORI KAORI / Kenichi Kondo / Landscape Products / LISA LARSON / Melissa Joy Manning / piece×peace FRAME / The Tastemakers & Co. / yumiko iihoshi porcelain / Makoto Kagoshima / Noda Horo / Aya Yamanoe and more...





The shop manager expressed her enthusiasm: "When I thought about connecting artists and brands with our customers, I realized that the best approach was to step out of the usual online world and create something real that customers could enjoy. The true pleasure of shopping lies in being able to see and feel an item before buying it. I hope this event will fulfill the customers' feelings of happiness upon finding a favorite, the pride of carrying it home, and the sense of satisfaction – feelings that are not easily experienced in everyday life."





<Participating Brands>
Ceramika artystyczna
Ceramics from Bolesławiec, a town in southwestern Poland, with a nostalgic ambiance. Characterized by their soft, rounded shapes and colorful designs, these are everyday tableware items that can also be used in microwaves and ovens.

Crate
This workshop produces furniture and woodwork, and its attached shop introduces beautiful lifestyle goods, proposing a comfortable way of living. Each item is handcrafted, limiting production volume, but great care is taken with the tactile feel and form, as they are intended for human use.

doinel.
A shop in Kita-Aoyama that introduces items created with the concept of the minimum unit that constitutes a product, conveying the distance between creator and user, and the spirit of the producer.

Fructus
Fructus is a juice stand in Sendagaya, Shibuya Ward, using organic ingredients. Many fans collect their canned juice packages, and their original granola is also popular.

GUSTAVSBERG
Founded in 1925, GUSTAVSBERG is a leading Swedish ceramics manufacturer. In recent years, they have revived popular series such as Stig Lindberg's BERSA, adhering to the same manufacturing methods as in the past, with almost all processes done by hand. While many ceramics manufacturers are shifting production to Asia, GUSTAVSBERG remains a rare company that continues production within Sweden.

hiruma ikumi
This artist combines traditional Japanese techniques with Western methods to create works that bring a sense of nostalgic yet new worlds to the dining table.

Jonas Lindholm
Jonas Lindholm has his atelier in Gustavsberg, Sweden. His well-known "white line" series is characterized by its enamel-like, milky white surface and simple, beautiful form.

KAMIORI KAORI
This brand creates accessories and fashion goods designed to be favorite everyday items that can be coordinated with existing pieces.

Kenichi Kondo

Fascinated by cloisonné, where metal is processed and glazed with vitreous enamel at approximately 800 degrees Celsius, Kenichi Kondo creates unique jewelry that combines delicate metalwork and vibrant glass colors using this technique. His work ranges from simple classics and pop motifs to the wired cloisonné series, which utilizes traditional techniques.

Landscape Products
Rooted in the good design of the 1940s-60s, Landscape Products develops items based on a new approach to manufacturing from their unique perspective.

LISA LARSON
Born in Helgum, Sweden, in 1931, Lisa Larson is a ceramic artist. After graduating from university, she was scouted by Stig Lindberg and joined Gustavsberg, then Sweden's largest ceramics manufacturer. After leaving in 1979, she worked as a freelance designer and established Keramik Studion Gustavsberg in 1992. Her charming and often humorous animal figures, as well as her simple, warm, and expressive figurines, have garnered a rapidly growing number of fans worldwide, not just in Sweden and Japan.

Melissa Joy Manning
Melissa Joy Manning is an accessory artist based in New York. Her jewelry is handcrafted one by one by artisans in her studio in Berkeley, in the San Francisco Bay Area, using materials gathered from around the world, including gold, silver, gemstones, and minerals.

piece×peace FRAME
The name FRAME combines "piece" (a fragment of wood) and "peace" (harmony). These frames are made by assembling small pieces of wood of different species.

The Tastemakers & Co.
This shop in Aoyama curates items that one wants to use for a long time because they are good, and that bring joy to daily use because they are loved. It aims to stimulate your aesthetic sensibilities, or "taste."

yumiko iihoshi porcelain
A tableware ceramic artist whose concept is "on the border between handmade and product," offering mass-produced yet warm items.

Makoto Kagoshima
An artist based in Fukuoka, creating ceramics, fabrics, and prints. Her work often depicts gentle and humorous scenes inspired by the plants and animals in her own garden.

Noda Horo
Since its founding in 1934, this brand has been dedicated to enamelware for over 70 years, based on the philosophy that "tools should assist people, provide comfort, and be safe to use."

Aya Yamanoe
A ceramic artist based in Mashiko, Aya Yamanoe imbues her work with her various "likes" from everyday life, hoping that users will cherish her pieces as much as they would comfortable clothing for special occasions. She creates her works daily, transferring these inspirations onto vessels.