kuramata's tokyo. a beautiful exhibition on shiro kuramata ...................................................................................................................................................

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kuramata’s tokyo a beautiful exhibition organized by domus magazine, staged by james irvine and supervised by francesca picchi (editor domus) http://www.edidomus.it/domus/salone2003/kuramata_eng/kuramata.html http://www.edidomus.it --- the exhibition was divided into three sections: - a selection of original images from the kuramata archive. images are shown as giant back-lit transparencies. these are installed in wall niches so as to give the observer a more intense experience of the subjects. photos by mitsumasa fujitsuka, takayuki ogawa and yoshio shiratori / satoshi akasawa. --- there was a small cinema showing an very interesting interview with kuramata discussing his work. quicktime clip (620 kb) ' I'm an optimist by nature', shiro kuramata / quicktime clip, extract of the video by hiroshi maeda quicktime clip (137 kb) ' kuramata's chest of drawers / quicktime clip, extract of the video by hiroshi maeda --- what's left of shiro kuramata's work in tokyo? an insight with new photography by the american photographer todd eberle of the remaining examples of kuramata’s interiors in tokyo. 'laputa' restaurant, tokyo, 1991 counter / acrilic vase, in collaboration with takao ishimaru, who worked in close contact with kuramata and still continues to produce many of his designs. photos by todd eberle. 'the ideal is to have things float in the air without any support ( ) ...from there design begins to evolve.'shiro kuramata said. ' I feel attracted by transparent materials, because transparency belongs to no one place in particular, and yet exists.' doorhandle, spiral shop, axis building, tokyo, 1991 photo by todd eberle. acrylic was certainly one of the materials with which kuramata loved to work. here are some pieces of mieko kuramata's collection. --- see also shiro kuramata at the galleria carla sozzani 2003 --- --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------