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year 1970
material glass, metal, wood
source title The Work of Shiro Kuramata 1967-1974
info Construction: Taguchi-gumi Construction Co., Ltd. Materials: floor covering charcoal-gray carpet wall (door) white lacquer spray on flush laminated wood ceiling white spray laxquer on laminated board Lighting fixtures: halogen lamps and flexible stainless-steel pipes The wall can become a door that, when pushed, opens to reveal storage space. here is a subtled istinction between door and wall in this case: add a doorknob to the wall, and it is a door. The meaning of the doorknob, then, is great. And this design may have resulted from a desire to do away with that meaning.
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year 1970
material glass, metal, wood
source title The Work of Shiro Kuramata 1967-1974
info Construction: Taguchi-gumi Construction Co., Ltd. Materials: floor covering charcoal-gray carpet wall (door) white lacquer spray on flush laminated wood ceiling white spray laxquer on laminated board Lighting fixtures: halogen lamps and flexible stainless-steel pipes The wall can become a door that, when pushed, opens to reveal storage space. here is a subtled istinction between door and wall in this case: add a doorknob to the wall, and it is a door. The meaning of the doorknob, then, is great. And this design may have resulted from a desire to do away with that meaning.
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