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| Butterfly Stool |
The Sori
Yanagi butterfly stool is a piece of furniture that will enhance the elegance
of the interiors of any house it is used in. This modern piece of furniture
undeniably exudes Japanese sensibility.
Originally created in 1954, this modernist design still fits into any
interiors due to the timelessness and the grace of its design. The lines of this butterfly stool bring to
mind the delicate wings of a butterfly as well as the image of a whale diving
into the ocean at certain angles.
Sori
Yanagi combined his essential Eastern sensibility with the techniques perfected
by Charles and Ray Eames of bending and shaping wood into pleasing styles. The butterfly
stool is made of two L-shaped
pieces of rosewood plywood which are inverted and then braced together with
brass hardware. Each stool is unique as
the wood pattern on each piece of plywood is different.
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| Arco Lamp |
Harry
Bertoia used his creative genius to enrich furniture designs in 1952 by bending
metal and industrial wire rods into practical forms of seating. Bertoia stools
are not merely elegant but they are also extremely sturdy and perfect for use
in public places like restaurants and also in residential complexes. The Arco
lamp was designed in 1962 by
Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni.
Inspired by street lighting, they attempted to provide customers overhead
lamps without the problem of wiring. The
Castiglioni brothers considered designers as problem solvers who attempted to
create a need in a consumer or fulfill the needs of a consumer.
The design of the Arco lamp recalls a typical element of the Castiglionis’ designs :
ReplyDeletecommon objects' inspiration (Arco is inspired by street lamps) updated with genius and
irony.