Building 101 - Est. 2025
Building 101 Est. 2025 is an interactive art piece designed by Studio Fujino, reinventing a classic stacking game. Twelve Japanese wood species with contrasting densities, some with their bark, form a 7.5 × 7.5 × 27 cm tower set on a brass stand. Numbered limited edition, supplied with a certificate of authenticity.
Block by block, block by block
A new interpretation of a classic game, this elegantly designed interactive art piece by Studio Fujino will enhance your desk or living space.
Est. 2025 features a variety of contrasting wood species and different densities, some retaining their bark, offering natural asymmetry. Designed to captivate with every piece removed.
Somei Yoshino, Sumida Park is made from the wood of aging Somei Yoshino cherry trees from Sumida Park in Tokyo, paying tribute to the heritage of these carefully maintained trees through a cherished object.
Each piece is a numbered limited edition and includes a brass stand for easy assembly.
- Materials: (Est. 2025) Japanese sophora, Japanese magnolia, oak, Japanese evergreen oak, Japanese zelkova, camphor tree, Japanese juniper, Somei Yoshino, Japanese chestnut, Japanese walnut, Japanese hackberry, Hinoki cypress. (Somei Yoshino, Sumida Park) Somei Yoshino, brass
- Designed by Studio Fujino / Hitoshi Fujisaki
Also explore: Kakimori.
Features
- Dimensions
- L75 × W75 × H270 mm
- Material
- Wood, Brass
- Color
- Brown, Gilded
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Brand since
- 2010
Block by block, balance is sought
Building 101 takes a stacking game that everyone knows and turns it into a piece to both look at and handle. The Fujino studio assembles contrasting wood species of different densities, some still retaining their bark. Nothing is perfectly regular, so each block removed shifts the tower’s balance. The Somei Yoshino, Sumida Park version is carved from the wood of aging Somei Yoshino cherry trees from Sumida Park in Tokyo. Each piece is numbered and comes with its brass stand.
THE FUJINO EXPERTISE
What makes this piece unique
A classic game revisited
Building 101 takes the concept of the stacking tower and treats it as an interactive piece of art. It fits perfectly on a desk or in a living space.
Contrasting essences
The tower combines woods of different densities, with shades and grain patterns that vary from one block to another.
The preserved bark
Some blocks keep their bark. The whole thus retains a natural asymmetry and a texture that you can feel under your fingers.
A balance to seek
Unequal densities shift the balance with each block removed, and no two parts are ever the same.
The cherry trees of Sumida Park
The Somei Yoshino, Sumida Park version is made from the wood of aging Somei Yoshino cherry trees from Sumida Park in Tokyo, as a tribute to these long-maintained trees.
Numbered, on its stand
Each piece is a numbered limited edition and includes a brass stand.