Shiro Kuramata

Shiro Kuramata (japanese, 1934-1991)

Shiro Kuramata, Japan’s leading 20th century designer of furniture

and interiors, combined the Japanese concept of the unity of the arts

with fascination with contemporary Western culture, both high and

low. His revolutionary approach to the design reflects the tremendous

dynamism and flowering of creativity in postwar Japan.

Internationally known since the 80s, Kuramata created objects

that are at once radical and functional, while he transformed

common industrial materials into shimmering apparitions.