Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort teamed up with Google's Hardware Design Studio to curate this Tokyo exhibition demonstrating how the company's latest products can be integrated into living spaces.

Edelkoort worked alongside Google's vice president of design for hardware, Ivy Ross, to produce the Comma Exhibition as part of the annual Designart festival held across Tokyo.
The exhibition at the 21_21 Design Sight gallery displays products including the Google Pixel 4 smartphone, the Google Nest smarthub and the Google Pixel Buds earphones within carefully styled sets featuring contemporary design pieces and artisan objects.

"This contemplative installation explores how technology can be seamlessly incorporated into our living spaces," said Google in a statement accompanying the exhibition. "Like the comma itself, these products inspire pause since they perfectly merge into the stillness of life. Everyday design, craft objects, soothing colours and recycled textiles quietly signal how it's our turn to take time out."

The objects are presented against a backdrop of wall hangings created by Dutch interior design architects INAMATT, which feature abstract shapes informed by Google Hardware's design principles.
The wall hangings are made using fragments from antique linens and are intended to reflect the Japanese traditions of quilting and mending fabrics.

The exhibition aims to communicate Google Hardware's design principles within the context of a multi-sen...