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“Japan in Architecture” Projects #3 Modernist Furniture in Japan

2018.7.17 [Tue]

Famous designer furniture pieces by luminaries of postwar modernism, such as interior designer Kenmochi Isamu and Cho Daisaku, are filling a book lounge situated in the middle of the exhibition. All of these pieces are original, including chairs to sit on!

  1. Bench with Magazine Rack at the Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
    (1958 Design: Kenzo Tange Laboratory)
  2. Partition Shelves at the Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
    (1955-58 Design: Kenzo Tange Laboratory)
  3. Table Bench at the Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
    (1958 Design: Kenzo Tange Laboratory)
  4. Ceramic Chairs at the Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
    (1955-58 Design: Kenzo Tange Laboratory)
  5. Round Wooden Chairs at the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium
    (1964 Design: Kenmochi Isamu)
  6. Chairs at the Kagawa Prefectural Cultural Hall
    (1965 Design: Oe Hiroshi)
  7. Chairs at the Mountain House in Goshikidai
    (Design: Sakakura Junzo, Cho Daisaku (Junzo Sakakura architects and engineers))
  8. Chain-delier
    (1973 Design: Tada Minami)

Take a seat on iconic modernist furniture set in a relaxing lounge space and read some of the great architectural books!

Installation view: “Japan in Architecture: Genealogies of Its Transformation,” Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2018 Photo: Koroda Takeru
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