3rd May 2017

Tate Edit x Momosan Shop opens at Tate Modern

In contrast to the gloriously eclectic wonderland of the Tate Modern shop, Tate Edit is an industrially simple, understated space offering a carefully curated range of products, including classic design works; furniture, tableware and cutlery as found around the gallery, and favourite pieces hand-picked by the Tate team. Around 20% of the 200 or so items available are selected by a rolling programme of guest editors. Jasper Morrison, who designed the retail space in collaboration with architects Herzog & de Meuron, made the first edit, and on Friday we celebrated the launch of Momosan Shop founder Momoko Mizutani’s new one.

In the three years since it opened, Momosan Shop has become one of East London’s most cherished local secrets, stocking an ever-evolving range of functional crafted objects from Japan, the UK and further afield, each selected with Mizutani’s detail-orientated eye. Safe to say, we’re pretty excited to see a wider audience (namely the 5.7 million visitors who headed to Tate Modern last year) experience the same wonder that East London-dwellers have already discovered.

Tate Edit x Momosan Shop is open now. To learn more about Momosan Shop and Momoko Mizutani read our interview with her here.

Find Tate Edit on Level 1 of the Boiler House at Tate Modern.

Textured glass tumblers by Jochen Holz. Photography by Joanna Henderson (left). Tate Edit x Momoko Mizutani launch event (right).

Tate Edit x Momoko Mizutani launch event.

Photography by Gordon Mills.

Tate Edit x Momoko Mizutani launch event.

Photography by Gordon Mills.

Tate Edit x Momoko Mizutani launch event.

Momoko Mizutani, Founder of Momosan Shop.