tokyo design week 08: rie yagura at claska hotel

yagura uses the handle from a foose ball table as a handle for a wall lamp
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this year was the claska hotel's first year participating in design tide tokyo. selected designers were invited to
design guest rooms for the claska as part of the event, including rie yagura. she presented a collection of
furniture designs, focusing on lighting. she takes mundane objects that are significant to her, assembling them in
different ways. through her work she integrates aspects of western culture with her native japanese heritage.


bottles typically used to hold household chemicals or cleaners are now transformed into bases for table lamps
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the form of a detergent bottle used as a lamp base
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using fabric, rie creates lampshades which look like drooping flowers
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delicate fabrics are used as lamp shades
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the warm glow from within the fabric lampshade
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drawing from the form of a high tension insulator, rie produces indoor lamps
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worms of lint-like material are intertwined and pressed together to form a stool
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more
rie yagura: http://www.mademoiselle-y.com
claska hotel: http://www.claska.com
design tide tokyo: http://www.designtide.jp

andrea db

11.14.08