do you remember the japanese designer shiro kuramata? he took part of sottsass' memphis collective ...........................................................................

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'revolving cabinet', 1970
design shiro kuramata
manufactured by cappellini
http://www.cappellini.it		 'piramid', 1968
design shiro kuramata
manufactured by cappellini
http://www.cappellini.it		 'side1', 1970
design shiro kuramata
manufactured by cappellini
http://www.cappellini.it


obsession with the square explores new forms for drawers from 1967 to 1970, such as the stacked,
ever-smaller drawers of 'pyramid' furniture and the swaying lines of furniture in the irregular forms
'side1' and 'side 2'. breaking out of rigid geometry, it seems to dance on coasters that, replacing the
usual feet, both suggest and literally incorporate movement and versatility.

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