John UM
The world’s largest and most professional hand-made model art exhibition Wonder Festival is coming again! On June 8~9, I left Japan again and landed in Shanghai
Wonder Festival (WF) is a world-renowned model exhibition. The organizer is Ocean Court, an old Japanese toy manufacturer. WF is held every winter and summer, and is now held at the Makuhari Exhibition Center in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture. The exhibition was originally founded in 1984 by GAINAX’s predecessor, General Products. It was taken over by Ocean Hall in 1992 and has been 35 years old until 2019
Wonder Festival 2019 Shanghai (referred to as WF2019 Shanghai) The venue is the “Shanghai New International Expo Center” which undertakes many large-scale exhibitions in China. More than 33,000 square meters of space for the exhibition accommodates 116 exhibitors and 228 individuals. Compared with the first session, it is larger and has more content. The scale of the exhibitions in China alone is absolutely unprecedented
This year’s WF2019 Shanghai stage event, not only the final award of the [MIX Mech Contest] of Yokoyama Hiroshi × Shinkawa Yoji, but also the new aesthetic forum of the last genius about “Ghosts”, and the two great gods invited by SOAP STUDIO : Tenjin Yinggui × Pat Lee’s original IP Liancheng launch ceremony. This time, Ocean Hall also joined hands with the beautiful girl illustrations to move this Japanese-made competition to the stage of WF Shanghai
Set up the prototype signature area for the first time, special guests & invited prototypes to interact and interact on the spot.
WF2019 Shanghai has invited special guests and invited instructors from Japan! Special guests include: Yokoyama Hiroshi, Shinkawa Yoji. Surprise guests are: Long Jiasheng. Invited Architects: BOME, Matsumuraしのぶ, Asai Maki, Shichang Sakura, Dashanlong, Zhangmuともひで
These artists present their works in the [E1 Pavilion Japan’s famous archet’s invited area], and many invited architects to sell their works
This exhibition also specially set up the signature area of the prototype, one stop to get the signatures of all invited guests and invited prototypes, without any regrets~ At the same time, it is a good harvest to exchange ideas with the teacher during the signature..
The world’s top prototypes teach classes, and classroom activities teach masters.
WF2019 Shanghai United Multiple Architects opened a number of modeling rooms during the exhibition [Wonder Room], which is a great benefit for students interested in prototyping. In addition to listening to the masters’ production experience on the spot, the official preparation of clay in some courses, let everyone work together to make a hand
This year’s WF2019 Shanghai has a larger scale and more features than last year. It has brought together the well-known model brands at home and abroad. There are not only decades of old labels, but also new companies that have just been established. It is a paradise for Japanese lovers and a paradise for American collectors. At the same time, you will see more domestic hand-made technology and domestic original brand promotion and progress, as well as more personal studios and personal prototypes. The division provides a broader platform for self-expression
At the exhibition site, the director of the Ocean Hall, Ms. Miyawaki, said that last year’s “PreStage” was just a trial of WF’s overseas, this time it was the real WF Shanghai! WF2020 Shanghai will also be held in Shanghai next year. At that time, it is expected that more companies and individual exhibitors will join the event, which is a model enthusiast
