Miami Report: Two Million Straws
Courtesy of Robin Hill
The Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka (below) has created a sweeping, wave-like installation out of more than two million straws in the top floor of the Moore Building, the main venue of Design Miami, the three-day fair that opened yesterday.
Courtesy of Robin Hill
Planted amid the frothy wash of plastic is his Pane chair (above), a plump club chair created by rolling a sheet of fiber into a tube and baking it in a kiln at 104 degrees.
Yoshioka had created a similar installation surrounding his Panna Chair for Moroso at the Milan Furniture Fair in April.
Kiss Me Goodbye (above), a more conventional chair made by Yoshioka from polycarbonate, is displayed at the new Driade showroom practically across the street, the first Driade showroom in the U.S.
The Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka (below) has created a sweeping, wave-like installation out of more than two million straws in the top floor of the Moore Building, the main venue of Design Miami, the three-day fair that opened yesterday.
Courtesy of Robin Hill
Planted amid the frothy wash of plastic is his Pane chair (above), a plump club chair created by rolling a sheet of fiber into a tube and baking it in a kiln at 104 degrees.
Yoshioka had created a similar installation surrounding his Panna Chair for Moroso at the Milan Furniture Fair in April.
Kiss Me Goodbye (above), a more conventional chair made by Yoshioka from polycarbonate, is displayed at the new Driade showroom practically across the street, the first Driade showroom in the U.S.
Posted by: Michael Cannell on Dec 7, 07 at 03:45 PM PST
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