To coincide with the launch of Shiro Kuramata, a new two-volume monograph by Deyan Sudjic published by Phaidon, The Aram Gallery is showing a collection of original Shiro Kuramata designs made in Japan and first exhibited in 1981 when Zeev Aram introduced Kuramata’s designs to Europe. The collection is on show at The Aram Gallery from 27 June to 10 July 2013.

This particular collection may never be seen in public again.

Shiro Kuramata (1934-1991) studied architecture at Tokyo Polytechnic in Tokyo until 1953. In 1965 he founded his own design practice. As an interior designer, Kuramata designed more than three hundred bars and restaurants and created many furniture designs, such as the ‘Glass Chair’ (1976) and his steel mesh chair ‘How High the Moon’ (1986).

Kuramata became famous in the 1970s for the S-shaped, curvilinear ‘Drawer in an Irregular Form’, a piece of storage furniture in black stained ash with the drawer fronts lacquered white. He was inspired by Ettore Sottsass’s playful spirit and love of bright color and joined Sottsass’ collective, the design group ‘Memphis’, based in Milan, at its founding in 1981. In 1988 Kuramata moved to Paris, where he set up a design practice in the rue Royal.

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