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Tendo Mokko chairs and tables are held in the collections of museums and have been sold for high prices at furniture auctions. [ 1 ] The company has collaborated with designers and architects such as Isamu Kenmochi , Sori Yanagi , Riki Watanabe [ jp ] , Daisaku Chō [ jp ] , Katsuhei Toyoguchi, Kenzo Tange , Bruno Mathsson , Katsuo Matsumura ...
Together, the two developed a number of furniture designs, pioneering the Japanese Modern style which integrated the material culture of Japanese furniture with modernist styles. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 1952, Kenmochi visited the United States, later writing about the visit in the Industrial Arts Research Institute's publication, Kogei Nyusu . [ 6 ]
Oshiire are found in washitsu (rooms with Japanese-style furnishings) as futons are not typically used in Western-style rooms.. Furthermore, it is not customary in Japan to leave bedding in the room during the day, therefore the futon is usually laid outside to dry and then stored in the oshiire.
He has been very active in revitalizing and promoting local Japanese traditional crafts and industries. He was producer of the international trade fair for home and lifestyle renovation "Living & Design" [4] and a proponent of Japanese lifestyle renovation, the "RENOVETTA" project. In 2015, his invitational exhibition “Il Lusso Della Natura ...
Miya Shoji is a manufacturer and retailer of shōji, futons, and other Japanese furniture based in New York City. It was founded in 1951 to make shōji. It was founded in 1951 to make shōji. Hisao Hanafusa, the shop's current owner, started working there after he immigrated to the US in 1963 and purchased the shop in 1970.
In 1965, he established Kuramata Design Office in Tokyo and in 1981 received the Japanese Cultural Prize for design. [3] From the mid‑1960s onwards, Kuramata began exploring materials and forms through his unique designs. His work merged popular culture, Japanese aesthetic concepts, and the Western avant‑garde. [2]