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Aug 05 2011

The Power of ADA: A History of Takashi Amano and ADA

Takahsi Amano and Aqua Deisgn Amano
Takashi Amano, founder of Aqua Design AmanoThe name ‘Takashi Amano’ has become synonymous with the Nature Aquarium and aquascaping.  Takashi Amano was born in 1954 in Niigata, Japan. Mr Amano started his career as a famous Japanese landscape photographer in 1975.
 
Takashi Amano: World Class Photographer
After visiting the world’s largest tropical rainforests in the Amazon, Borneo, West Africa and the pristine forests of Japan, Mr Takashi Amano produced a range of stunning photographs entitled ‘Untouched Nature”.

As a photographer, Takashi Amano works with iconic large format cameras to capture the minute, intricate details of nature.  This ability to appreciate nature’s fine detail is expressed clearly in Mr Amano’s famous quote – ‘To know Mother Nature, is to love her smallest creations’.

Feb 14 2012

New Photo Galleries Online!

We are pleased to announce that we have added two new photo galleries to our website...

IAPLC 2011 contest Results (top 27 Places)

This gallery includes a video slideshow of the top 27 placements as well as individual photographs with written details including official comments for the first handful. Some truly inspiring aquatic layouts from some of the best aquascapers in the world... don't hesitate to go straight there and take a look!

Takashi Amano in Hannover 2012

This year famous aquascaper and founder of ADA, Mr Takashi Amano was in Hannover and our team were lucky enough to have the opportunity to meet Mr Amano and get to know him better. Mr Amano gave a talk on his travels of the Amazon and his amazing 15 ton Nature Aquarium. He also did a planted tank demonstration to show what can be achieved using ADA.  He was also a judge in The Art of the Planted Aquarium contest.  These photos, captured by some of our team, are a detailed record of his visit to Hannover.

Aug 04 2011

The Power of ADA: The Philosophy of ADA

Takashi Amano and Aqua Design Amano

ADA Aqua Design Amano Logo

Aqua Design Amano, otherwise known as ADA, was founded by famous aquascaper Mr. Takashi Amano.  ADA is a product of Mr Amano’s love of nature and his  unusual ability to recreate the natural world. Read more about The History of Takashi Amano and ADA here.
 
ADA provide absolutely everything you need to create your very own Nature Aquarium.  All of ADA’s items are researched, developed and tested, in their experience, to the very highest standards: the standards of Mr Takashi Amano himself,  so with ADA you can be confident that that you will achieve success with your own Nature Aquarium.

Aug 05 2011

The ADA Cube Garden: A Note from Takashi Amano

The Story of the ADA Cube Garden Aquarium

ADA Cube Garden Aquarium

The ADA Cube Garden is an iconic work of art.  Developed by famous aquascaper Takashi Amano and his company Aqua Design Amano, otherwise known as ADA, the Cube Garden is the result of Takashi Amano’s absolute commitment to developing the perfect stage to display his Nature Aquariums on.

“The ultimate aquarium which expresses the beauty of the underwater”, Takashi Amano

We are now carrying the entire range of ADA Cube Garden aquariums.  All aquariums are available for delivery or for collection in store, where you can compare the various sizes and take your aquarium home the same day, and view some of the iconic art works of UK aquascaper James Findley at the same time!

 

Sep 02 2010

An Introduction to ADA

ADA stands for Aqua Design Amano, which is Takashi Amano’s company.

Takashi Amano pioneered the ‘Nature Aquarium’: he used CO2 injection to enhance plant growth which meant that for the first time in the history of the planted tank it was easy to achieve beautiful, lush, green, natural plant growth that mimicked nature – hence the term ‘Nature Aquarium’.