Number 29 from an edition of 40. Laminated glass adhered with Photobond 100 adhesive.
SHIRO KURAMATA 1934-1991 A Laminated Glass Chair designed 1976 executed by the Mihoya Glass Co.
Shiro Kuramata Glass Chair. Kuramatas Miss Blanche chair 1988 a transparent resin chair flecked with synthetic roses creates the appearance of a sitter floating on a cloud of blooms. After a restless childhood his ideas of being an illustrator having been discouraged Kuramata discovered design during his time at the Teikoku Kizai Furniture Factory in Arakawa-ku in 1954. Shiro Kuramata playfully stretched and skewed tropes of Western design while combining them with traditional Japanese aesthetics to produce items of furniture that are surreal humorous and often poetic.
With its apparent lightness it lures us to fantasize about the magical vanishing of the chair altogether. Shiro Kuramata is widely admired for his ability to free his designs from gravity and use materials in ways that defied convention. Glass chair 1976 Shiro Kuramata Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991 studied architecture and cabinet-making and is considered the most influential designer of postwar Japan.
Gift of Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Foundation. Shiro Kuramata playfully stretched and skewed tropes of Western design while combining them with traditional Japanese aesthetics to produce items of furniture that are surreal humorous and often poetic. A Space Odyssey Glass Chair is a landmark in twentieth-century furniture design.
Kuramatas partnership with Miyake introduced his revolutionary approach to a global audience and aside from interior projects the like-minded designers also collaborated on countless objects. He studied at Tokyo Polytechnic High School and. Here Kuramatas Glass Chair is a fabulous example of this optical illusion.
His Glass Chair is one of the most significant designs of the 20 th century. A breakthrough concept and one that is profoundly true to its material Glass Chair set a precedent for the direction of design in glass in which the simplicity transparency and seeming weightlessness of the material are emphasized. 898 cm wide 23 58 in.
Kuramata worked with an even smaller handful of materials mostly glass and transparent materials as you can see from the image below the Glass Chair from 1976 and his Issey Miyake store design from 1983. Glass chair designed 1976 executed 2008 Glass Photobond 100 adhesive. 892 cm high 35 38 in.
35 x 35 x 23 in. Kuramatas Miss Blanche chair 1988 a transparent resin chair flecked with synthetic. Glass chair designed 1976 executed 2008 Glass Photobond 100 adhesive.
Transparency allows for the trick of revealing space that is optically but not actually available reacting to the notion that furniture occupies space. Shiro Kuramatas Glass Chair 1976 and Issey Miyake shop in Ginza 1983. 892 x 898 x 60 cm.
In a design for two chests of drawers Furniture in Irregular Forms 1970 the stark black-and-white lacquered finish is a nod to the severity of modern furniture while the undulating shapes capture a more lighthearted attitude. Shiro Kuramatas iconic Glass Chair is one of the most influential furniture designs of the 20th century. 892 x 898 x 60 cm 35 18 x 35 38 x 23 58 in.
Produced by Mihoya Glass Tokyo. Ltd Japan number 29 from the edition of 40 35 18 in. 892 x 898 x 60 cm 35 18 x 35 38 x 23 58 in.
Shiro Kuramata playfully stretched and skewed tropes of Western design while combining them with traditional Japanese aesthetics to produce items of furniture that are. Shiro Kuramata Japanese 1934-1991 Glass chair 1976 Glass Measures. Shiro Kuramata Not on view Inspired by the futuristic set designs in Stanley Kubricks 2001.
32 14 x 32 14 x 23 34 819 x 819 x 603 cm. In 1965 he established his own interior design practice and mostly designed clubs and bars in Tokyo. By the mid-1970s Kuramata was alert to the numerous possibilities of new technologies and industrial materials choosing to turn to acrylic glass.
3475 x 355 x 2375 inches 88 x 90 x 60 cm Born in Tokyo in 1934 Kuramata grew up during World War II and the American Occupation of Japan. Shiro Kuramatas Glass Chair 1976 A superb example of Kuramatas technical know-how and restless creative vision is embodied in his Glass Chair 1976 Kuramata had watched and enjoyed Stanley Kubricks 1968 film 2001.
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