Tokyo: What to See & Do: Museums & Galleries: 21_21 Design Sight

21_21 Design Sight

Among the abundance of art and design galleries in Tokyo, none are quite like this little gem. Design guru Issey Miyake is one of three directors who do the program planning. Located off the new Midtown complex, the low-rise, triangular-roofed building, designed by Tadao Ando, hosts constantly changing exhibitions. The theme of a recent show was water, and it was a masterpiece of inventive minimalism that produced a near Zen-like atmosphere of calm.