Takuro Kuwata
Acne Studios, Tokyo
15 August 2025
Takuro Kuwata, Acne Studios, Aoyama, Tokyo. Courtesy of Acne Studios
Takuro Kuwata, Acne Studios, Aoyama, Tokyo. Courtesy of Acne Studios
Takuro Kuwata has collaborated with Acne Studios, contributing artwork to the new Acne Studio flagship store in Aoyama, Tokyo, as well as creating a new limited-edition capsule collection, available at the new store, designed in collaboration with Swedish studio Halleroed.
The collaboration stems from a visit to Kuwata’s studio in Tajimi, a city with a deep ceramic heritage. There, his creative process unfolds in a space surrounded by cracked glazes, dripping forms, and electric color. For Acne Studios, this process resonated as an act of recontextualisation that, much like the store itself, takes the familiar and remakes it anew through friction, layering, and collaboration.