SUPERGRAPHICS

Introduction

Founded more than 100 years ago in Kurashiki/Japan, Kamoi originally specialised in industrial adhesive tapes – primarily used for varnishing and painting – before becoming the foundation of washi tape as we know it today. At the exhibition SUPERGRAPHICS at Aedes, visitors can explore the history of adhesive tape in five chapters through an immersive exhibition and experience large-scale washi tape installations designed by mt Art Director Koji Iyama.

The exhibition also features a collaboration with the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). In partnership with the art collective TAPE THAT, students from Prof. Gabi Schillig’s Class for Spatial Design and Exhibition Design (Raumklasse) will experiment with tape as both a material and a graphic and spatial design tool. TAPE THAT and Koji Iyama accompany the class in their artistic experiments, which will be presented at Aedes and further developed during the summer of 2025 in a design project by the Raumklasse at UdK Berlin.

As part of the mt Super Tape Festival, a network of selected support stores across Germany and Europe will host special events and workshops to showcase the versatility of washi tape. Of the 18 participating stores, eleven are in Berlin. Highlights include a live taping event by TAPE THAT at Modulor and the Prenzlauer Berg branch of boesner on 26 April. Aedes will also host a dedicated pop-up shop, offering both classic and limited-edition mt tapes, as well as exclusive festival editions – including designs directly linked to the on-site installations.

Programme Opening
Tue, 29.04.2025, 19:00 

Welcome
Dunya Bouchi, Aedes, Berlin
Yukio Taniguchi, CEO mt – Kamoi, Kurashiki

Introduction
Prof. Philipp Teufel, Düsseldorf, Curator of the exhibition SUPERGRAPHICS

Presentations
Koji Iyama, Professor at Tokyo Zokei University and Creative Director at iyamadesign inc.
Gabi Schillig, Professor at Berlin University of the Arts

Programme Finissage
Fri, 09.05.2025, 19:00 

Introduction
Gabi Schillig, Professor at Berlin University of the Arts

Presentations
Prof. Philipp Teufel, Düsseldorf, Curator of the exhibition SUPERGRAPHICS
TAPE THAT Art Collective, Berlin

Participating Support Shops

Atelier Papier, Grolmanstraße 52, 10623 Berlin, @atelierpapier.berlin
boesner, Franklinstraße 12, 10587 Berlin, @boesner_berlin
boesner, Karl-Marx-Straße 110, 12043 Berlin ​
boesner, Marienburger Straße 16, 10405 Berlin ​
Lui Ban, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 28, 10178 Berlin, @luibanberlin​
Modulor, Prinzenstraße 85, 10969 Berlin, @modulorberlin
Papierhaus Felix Verspohl, Belziger Straße 18, 10823 Berlin, @_papierhaus_
Polly Paper, Gipsstraße 23 b, 10119 Berlin, @polly_paper​
R.S.V.P., Mulackstraße 26, 10119 Berlin, @rsvpberlin ​
ting, Rykestraße 41, 10405 Berlin, @ting.shop.berlin
WE LIKE MONDAYS, Köpenicker Straße 145, 10997 Berlin, @wlkmndys

boesner Leipzig, Spinnereistraße 7, 04179 Leipzig
boesner Stuttgart, Sielminger Str. 82, 70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen, @boesner_stuttgart
Ortloff, Zeppelinstraße 4, 50667 Köln
Rosa Quitte, Eppendorfer Weg 77, 20259 Hamburg, @rosaquitte

Fidea Design, Hertensteinstraße 20, 6004 Lucerne, Switzerland, @fideadesign
Tenoha Milano, Via Vigevano, 18, 20144 Milano MI, Italy, @tenoha_milano
The Paper Place, 27 Kolokotroni str., Athens 105 62, Greece, @thepaperplace.gr

Festival activities at each participating shop will be communicated via their respective channels.

About Raumklasse

The class for spatial and exhibition design at Berlin University of the Arts explores and develops experimental artistic methodologies for designing spaces of communication across various scales and contexts. Spatial structures are understood in their multidimensionality and materiality as specific systems of spatial communication. Raumklasse explores both experimental analogue and digital design methodologies, focussing on the conceptual design of dialogical spaces. This includes the design and realisation of relational structures and spaces of communication, relational spatial structures, physical and digital objects, sculptural furniture, spatial installations, transmedia environments and experimental exhibitions.
www.spacesofcommunication.de
www.udk-berlin.de
@raumklasse_udk

Further Information

masking-tape.jp
mt-maskingtape.com
@mt_masking_tape_global
@mtmaskingtape