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Shiro Kuramata BIOGRAPHY
1934 - 1991. Known for: Modernist, whimsical design furniture, fashion design boutiques.
Born in Japan in 1931, Shiro Kuramata founded the Kuramata Design office in Tokyo in 1965. Working closely with the Memphis group movement and designing vitrines for Issey Miyake in Paris, New York... Read full biography
Born in Japan in 1931, Shiro Kuramata founded the Kuramata Design office in Tokyo in 1965. Working closely with the Memphis group movement and designing vitrines for Issey Miyake in Paris, New York and Tokyo, he is considered one of the greatest design references of the 20th century. As Ettore... Read full biography
Born in Japan in 1931, Shiro Kuramata founded the Kuramata Design office in Tokyo in 1965. Working closely with the Memphis group movement and designing vitrines for Issey Miyake in Paris, New York and Tokyo, he is considered one of the greatest design references of the 20th century. As Ettore Sottsass writes himself, his pieces are in “a permanent state of suspense”, describing the artist`s talent for choreographing motion and dreamy weightlessness into unique and very poetic compositions.... Read full biography
Born in Japan in 1931, Shiro Kuramata founded the Kuramata Design office in Tokyo in 1965. Working closely with the Memphis group movement and designing vitrines for Issey Miyake in Paris, New York and Tokyo, he is considered one of the greatest design references of the 20th century. As Ettore Sottsass writes himself, his pieces are in “a permanent state of suspense”, describing the artist`s talent for choreographing motion and dreamy weightlessness into unique and very poetic compositions. Exhibited in MoMA, his work is imbued with a singular perspective of the West`s century old fascination for Japanese Decorative Arts. He was given the Knighthood of Arts and Literature in France in 1990. Creations such as Glass chair of 1968 and Miss... Read full biography
Born in Japan in 1931, Shiro Kuramata founded the Kuramata Design office in Tokyo in 1965. Working closely with the Memphis group movement and designing vitrines for Issey Miyake in Paris, New York and Tokyo, he is considered one of the greatest design references of the 20th century. As Ettore Sottsass writes himself, his pieces are in “a permanent state of suspense”, describing the artist`s talent for choreographing motion and dreamy weightlessness into unique and very poetic compositions. Exhibited in MoMA, his work is imbued with a singular perspective of the West`s century old fascination for Japanese Decorative Arts. He was given the Knighthood of Arts and Literature in France in 1990. Creations such as Glass chair of 1968 and Miss Blanche of 1988, make use of acrylic and glass to their most noble and absolute extent in terms of structure, lighting and colour, all in the art... Read full biography
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Born in Japan in 1931, Shiro Kuramata founded the Kuramata Design office in Tokyo in 1965. Working closely with the Memphis group movement and designing vitrines for Issey Miyake in Paris, New York and Tokyo, he is considered one of the greatest design references of the 20th century. As Ettore Sottsass writes himself, his pieces are in “a permanent state of suspense”, describing the artist`s talent for choreographing motion and dreamy weightlessness into unique and very poetic compositions.
Exhibited in MoMA, his work is imbued with a singular perspective of the West`s century old fascination for Japanese Decorative Arts. He was given the Knighthood of Arts and Literature in France in 1990. Creations such as Glass chair of 1968 and ...But wait, there's more...
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