Shiro Kuramata

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Chevalier_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres
gptkb:Mainichi_Design_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1934-11-29
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Ettore_Sottsass
gptkbp:containsWorkBy gptkb:Cooper_Hewitt,_Smithsonian_Design_Museum
gptkb:Victoria_and_Albert_Museum
gptkb:Museum_of_Modern_Art,_New_York
gptkb:Vitra_Design_Museum
gptkbp:deathDate 1991-02-01
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:designedFor gptkb:Memphis_Group
gptkb:Issey_Miyake
gptkb:Vitra
gptkb:Cappellini
gptkbp:education gptkb:Tokyo_Polytechnic_High_School
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Kuramata_Design_Office
gptkbp:foundedYear 1965
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shiro Kuramata
gptkbp:influenced contemporary furniture design
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ettore_Sottsass
Japanese folklore
gptkbp:knownFor use of industrial materials
innovative furniture design
transparent and acrylic furniture
gptkbp:legacy influential in 20th-century design
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Memphis_Group
gptkbp:movement minimalism
postmodernism
gptkbp:nationality Japanese
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Glass_Chair
gptkb:How_High_the_Moon_chair
gptkb:Miss_Blanche_chair
gptkb:Sofa_with_Arms
Side 1 table
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:fashion_designer
gptkb:furniture
interior design
gptkbp:officeLocation gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Atsuko_Kuramata
gptkbp:website https://www.kuramata.co.jp/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Memphis_Group
gptkb:Tokujin_Yoshioka
gptkb:Issey_Miyake
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6