Thursday, October 30, 2008

Shigeru Uchida (Interior Designer)

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Seeing the world of Shigeru Uchida, an interior designer, as creative products, KOTOBUKI started creating products in collaboration with him as new creation toward public space, which is KOTOBUKI's concept.
ALFIE


It is named after the Paramount Picture "Alfie" in 1965.
Its theme song is also a famous jazz number with the lyrics, "What's it all about, Alfie?" This petal-shaped chair was created on the image of flowers blooming in a neutral space. This product is suitable for the space with high ceiling.

JUST IN TIME SIDE BY SIDE SO IN LOVE
JUST IN TIME SIDE BY SIDE SO IN LOVE
You can arrange these system-centered chairs in various ways such as round shape, oval shape, waved shape, and rectangular shape and others by combining four different shapes while they can be used as an individual chair.
This product is suitable for a narrow hallway, irregularly shaped space, and high ceiling space and the like.
This system is truly "just in time" for space. You can apply part of this Series to private space such as a reception room in the office.
Chairs in this Series were designed based on the image of "Side by Side," a famous jazz number with rhythmical tune.
Its design was born from rhythmical and bouncing image. Connected chairs are mainstream products of this Series, but you can use them individually by placing them separately around a table as well.
"So in Love" was created by Cole Porter as a theme song of the musical "Kiss Me Kate" in 1948.
It is a sweet love song with a line, "When I'm close to you, dear, the stars fill the sky c" Since the chairs in this Series can be freely combined, you can create various images by arranging the bench seats with three different shapes at your own choice. Also, free combination of chairs will create a form of communication between space and people. Larger size chairs in this Series were designed to create a landscape in a space.


Shigeru Uchida Shigeru Uchida(Interior Designer)
Born in Yokohama in 1943. Graduated from Kuwasawa Design School in 1966. Guest professor at Tokyo University of Art and Design and Kuwasawa Design School.
Uchida received the Mainichi Design Award, Commercial and Environment Design Award, the First Kuwasawa Design Award, and the Ministry of Education Award for Art. As one of the leading designers in Japan, Uchida has been engaged in a wide range of domestic and international activities from furniture and industrial design to community development as well as commercial/living space design. His major works include Yohji Yamamoto's boutiques, the Japanese Pavilion at the EXPO '85 in Tsukuba, Hotel Il Palazzo in Fukuoka, a lobby of Kyoto Hotel, Kobe Fashion Museum, Japanese tea-ceremony rooms called 'Ju-an, So-an, Gyo-an,' and Mojiko Hotel, etc. His works are exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum and others as permanent collection.

Monday, October 13, 2008

THE DESIGN VOTE.. A VERY COOL SITE


The Design Vote is a daily site where design items are presented to be voted on by you. You can either vote an item as thumbs up or thumbs down. The results are displayed as a running tally, pointing out the most popular item presented to date.