Chitose Hara -

She has publicly criticized the "commodification of cuteness" in Japanese product exports. In a viral 2020 interview with Pen magazine, she stated: "We have confused simplicity with emptiness. My objects are not simple. They are complex systems stripped of noise."

The project attempts to design objects using "rapid fossilization"—a chemical process that turns wood and bone into stone in months rather than millennia. Early prototypes show chairs that are half-wood, half-stalactite. chitose hara

During her graduate studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts, Hara deepened her engagement with technology. She collaborated with engineers from the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) to develop an interactive installation titled “Woven Winds” . The piece employed motion‑capture sensors and responsive textile fibers, allowing viewers to physically “stitch” digital narratives onto a fabric canvas. The installation was lauded for its innovative merger of tactile craft—a nod to Japan’s centuries‑old textile traditions—and cutting‑edge interactive media, encapsulating Hara’s overarching philosophy: the past and future are not opposing forces but complementary threads. They are complex systems stripped of noise