Published in conjunction with Kuramata’s landmark retrospective, this catalog traces the life and philosophy of one of Japan’s most influential postwar designers. Known for dissolving the boundaries between function and imagination, Kuramata developed a language of weightlessness and transparency using unconventional materials like acrylic, glass, and expanded metal. His objects—chairs that seem to float, interiors like quiet dreams—capture a moment when Japanese minimalism met the experimental ethos of the Memphis Group.
The volume compiles rare photographs, archival sketches, and critical essays contextualizing Kuramata’s work within both Japanese modernism and the global avant-garde of the 1980s. A valuable reference for collectors and a meditative reflection on design as the poetics of space.
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