SuperDeluxe !! Thanks for 16 years !! by Mark Dytham

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After 16 amazing years of thinking and drinking at our beloved SuperDeluxe, things will draw to a planned pause as the building becomes part of a large re-development project - such is Tokyo!

The story began in 1998 in Azabu Juban when we opened “Deluxe” - one of the first shared creative spaces in Japan.

私たちの愛するスーパーデラックスは、周辺の再開発プロジェクトに伴い、16年間の数々の思い出とともにその歴史に幕を下ろすこととなりました。それが東京。

物語の始まりは1998年、私たちは麻布十番に東京で最初とも言えるクリエイティブなシェアスペース「デラックス」をオープンさせました。

The original “Deluxe”

The original “Deluxe”

2002 saw us set up “SuperDeluxe”, a full year before Roppongi Hills opened. It quickly become an amazing creative kitchen for music, performance, art and design. 

その「デラックス」は成長を続け、2002年、六本木ヒルズがオープンする1年前に、私たちは更にグレードアップした「スーパー・デラックス」をオープンさせました

Since news broke, we have been humbled by your wonderful messages and numerous articles and posts.  James Hadfield wrote in the Japan Times:

オープン後もジャパンタイムスをはじめ、様々な反響をいただきましてありがとうございます。

“That it’s hard to imagine Tokyo without SuperDeluxe is testament to the unique place the venue has occupied within the city’s cultural landscape. When architects Klein Dytham set it up in 2002, they envisaged a place that could be something to everyone: live music venue, gallery, meeting hall, performance space and a lounge in which to enjoy the house-brewed Tokyo Ale.

SuperDeluxe - Full house: the amazing 25 person freeform "Orquesta Nudge! Nudge!"

SuperDeluxe - Full house: the amazing 25 person freeform "Orquesta Nudge! Nudge!"

“One of its early successes was PechaKucha Night, a sort of speed show-and-tell session for creative types that ended up spawning editions in more than 1,000 cities around the world. SuperDeluxe has also hosted fashion shows, screenings and exhibitions, but its contribution to the city’s music scene has perhaps been the most significant. Under the guidance of booking manager Mike Kubeck, the venue offered a home to experimental music at a time when few places would touch it. Countless luminaries from the worlds of free jazz, noise, improv and electronic music have played there over the years.

SuperDeluxe Legendary: Morgan Fisher of Mott the Hopple with The 5,6,7,8's of Kill Bill fame

SuperDeluxe Legendary: Morgan Fisher of Mott the Hopple with The 5,6,7,8's of Kill Bill fame

Over time, the scene SuperDeluxe had helped nurture became atomized, spreading out to smaller venues inspired by its flexible, DIY ethos; it’s hard to imagine places like Soup, Forestlimit or Nanahari existing without it. Farther afield, it was a direct inspiration on Cafe Oto, London’s leading venue for experimental music.”  

You can read the full article HERE
リンク先より記事をご覧ください。

SuperDeluxe - The Noisy Hole: The inimitable Ujino and his 'Love Arm' and wipers

SuperDeluxe - The Noisy Hole: The inimitable Ujino and his 'Love Arm' and wipers

!!!The PechaKucha Phenomenon!!!
!!! From SuperDeluxe to 1,100 cities !!!

From a single one off event that gave architects and designers a chance to show and share their work with 20 images shown for 20 seconds each, SuperDeluxe was the birthplace of the PechaKucha phenomena which has speed to over 1,100 cities in 125 countries and has allowed 130,000 people take the stage and share their passions. Since the first event on 20th February 2003 SuperDeluxe has hosted an amazing 162 PechaKucha Nights. Join us for the last PechaKucha Night in SuperDeluce on 16th January. It's going to be a great party - and find out where PechaKucha Night will be moving to in Tokyo. All the details are HERE - it's another awesome set of presenters and special guests Morgan Fisher and friends will rock the house!

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建築家やデザイナーのための発表の場として企画した20スライドx20秒のプレゼンテーションイベントからすべてが始まりました。スーパーデラックスで産声をあげたこのイベントは、ペチャクチャナイトという名前で今や125カ国1100都市に広がり、13万人もの人々のクリエイティブなパッションを表現する場になりました。
2003年2月20日にスタートしたペチャクチャナイト東京は来週1月16日に162回を迎えます。是非このスーパーデラックスでの最後のペチャクチャナイトへお越しください。最後にふさわしいパーティとなるとともに、これからのペチャクチャナイト東京の行く先も発表します!
すばらしいプレゼンターの詳細についてはリンク先をご覧ください。

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Watch Mark in Dezeen’s new film about drones by Mark Dytham

We are el(ev)ated that Mark is a part of Dezeen's new film 'Elevation' about Drones with Norman Foster, Paul Priestman, Liam Young and Anab Jain. Check it out here https://bit.ly/2s1YORw with cameos at 2.20, 5.20, 8.20 and 11.15 The film just Premiered at New York Design Week and will be shown at the Venice Biennale later this week. The idea of article and subsequently a film all came about during a excited conversation in Shoreditch House with Marcus Fairs when Mark talking about KDa's stable of 3 drones and how they are changing the way we work and see architecture. Congratulations to the whole Dezeen team producing such a great movie. It's amazing what couple of martinis can trigger! #kleindytham #kleindythamarchitecture #kdatoday #dezeen #normanfoster

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KDa's Open House wins the Grand Award in the Design For Asia Awards 2017 by Mark Dytham

We are delighted to announce that our Open House project in Bangkok has won the Design For Asia GRAND AWARD - one of the most prestigious design awards in the world. Congratulations to the whole team here in Tokyo and Bangkok. Such an amazing project is not possible with out an amazing client so a huge thank you goes out to Barom Bhicharnchitrand the Central Group for such vision and trust. We look forward to receiving the award in Hong Hong in December.

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PRESS RELEASE
1st November 2017
Tokyo

Klein Dytham architecture is pleased to announce that their project Open House, in collaboration with the Central Embassy team and a part of the Central Embassy complex in Bangkok, has won the prestigious Design For Asia GRAND AWARD. Mark Dytham said, ’We are delighted that Open House has been recognized by one of the most important design competitions in the world, Design For Asia, and being awarded the GRAND PRIZE is very special’. Barom Bhicharnchitr (Managing Director of Central Embassy) said, ‘The Central Group is extremely proud that Open House has received this important international award as it really reinforces that Bangkok is one of the Design Capitals of the world.’

Open House is located in the Central Embassy complex 50m above Bangkok. Within this vast 4,600sqm double-height interior, a village of spaces has been created each with a familiar human scale - restaurants, lounges, galleries, stores, pop-ups, co-working spaces and bookstore that all work seamlessly together. It is a space that anyone can feel at home in, spend all day in, relax and be inspired in. A place to hang out, a place to play, a place to catch up on work and a place to eat and drink.

Today's mega cities, especially in Asia, have turned their back on the people who visit, live and work in them. People are either working, shopping, eating or in transit between spaces. There is nowhere to pause, take a breath, sit or simply get back in control of your senses, especially in the stifling heat of Bangkok. Open House was seen very much as the antidote to this – it is an oasis, a getaway – a place where you can feel at home.

Since opening Open House has been a huge success, it is used by locals and tourists alike. Open from 10am to 10pm Central Embassy are now looking to extend opening hours. The most common social media comment is: ‘Why doesn’t every city have an Open House?’

The DFA Design for Asia Awards is the flagship programme of the Hong Kong Design Centre, celebrating design excellence and acknowledging outstanding designs with Asian perspectives. Since its launch in 2003, the DFA Design for Asia Awards has been a stage upon which design talents and corporations can showcase their design projects internationally. Other DFA Grand Award recipients have included NENDO and Apple

DESIGNART Launch @ Omotesando Hills by Mark Dytham

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WOW! What a launch for DESIGNART in Tokyo on Monday 16th October!. A stellar crowd of over 1,400 people joined the party and PechaKucha Night in Omotesando Hills. Huge thanks to all the presenters who took to the stage and everyone who attended and made it such a buzzing atmosphere. Special thanks to the awesome DESIGNART volunteer team and everyone at Klein Dytham architecture and PechaKucha HQ for helping to put on such a wonderful night. 

We even made the front page of The Japan Times!

We even made the front page of The Japan Times!