Tatsuya Tanaka and Muji’s Charming Miniature Collaboration

As part of NYCxDesign, the master of miniatures, Tatsuya Tanaka has partnered with Japanese brand Muji on a miniature exhibition of grand scale.

Utilizing Muji’s minimalist home goods, Tanaka gives us his trademark brilliance when it comes to scenes that are small, yet packed with clever detail.

Repurposing scrubbing brushes into people harvesting wheat fields, or staples into tiny kitchen counters and tables, the artist shares the effortless creativity that comes out of his work. Muji’s ethos of simple, high-quality consumer goods is also on display.

Currently on display at Muji’s flagship North American store at 575 Fifth Avenue, it’s a fitting collaboration for both, and further adds to the power of design and creative thinking.

The artists, Tatsuya Tanaka in his element.

Here we see kids leaning over an ice cream shop, actually made from a makeup palette.

The art form is known as “mitate” in Japanese

Solar calculators as rice paddies.

Staples as kitchen prep and tables.

Brushes as fields being harvested.

Plugs turned into city buildings.

Broccoli as a forest camping spot.

Soap bottles and towel as diving platform.

All images © Copyright Tatsuya Tanaka.