We Translate Nature into Living Objects.
We work with plants as living materials.
By stabilizing their natural state, we extend their
presence beyond time.
We wanted to bring the workings of nature closer to everyday life and to let people experience plants
as if they were paintings.
From this idea, “Mille Plateaux Green Objects” was born.
Shin Ota
Founder / CEOE
ach form is unique.
Each leaf carries its own memory.
We do not control natur. we reveal what already exists.
I believe in the power of nature’s imperfections.
Through Mille Plateaux, we transform plant, including invasive species, into new forms of awareness.
Nature is not perfect. And that is where beauty begins.
Mille Plateaux is rooted in the idea that nature exists in layers—
unpredictable, diverse, and always in motion.
We preserve not to control, but to reveal.
Each piece is a quiet dialogue between time, material, and perception.
Through this process, we create botanical materials, objects,
and spatial expressions that connect nature with human experience.
01
From Okinawa, at the Edge of the East
Located in the southwestern edge of Japan,
Okinawa is home to the region known as Yanbaru, where Mille Plateaux was born.
02
The Origin of Mille Plateaux
The name *Mille Plateaux* is derived from
Mille Plateaux (*A Thousand Plateaus*) by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.
03
On Green Objects
Mille Plateaux – Green Objects is an attempt
to reconsider plants not as decoration,
but as entities in their own right.
04
On the Existence of Plants
Plants, which exist all around us as if they were obvious,
are among the most overlooked forms of life.
Field Notes
Field Notes is a record of thought and experimentation within Mille Plateaux.
It documents observations, processes, and fragments of reflection
that emerge through working with plants.
Behind each finished object lies a multitude of unseen processes.
Field Notes offers an entry point into those hidden layers.
