Japanese Takeshi Miyakawa Big in NY
Inspiration and example comes in many forms, from many places. Like the work of Williamsburg-based (NY) Japanese designer Takeshi Miyakawa, which clearly stood out at Brooklyn Designs in mid-May and in an open studio during ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) in New York late May.
Simple and geometric, Miyakawa’s furniture includes the 3×3 chair composed of three triangular plywood modules, each cut in tapering silhouettes to enhance Miyakawa’s intentional distortion of perspective. The thin faceted planes of Miyakawa’s Wedge table makes maximum strength from the thinnest of surfaces, while his Family chair is cut from a single sheet of clear acrylic and smartly folded to create six interlocking seats that, when detached, cannot stand alone.
Finally, in a marvelously playful and ironic experiment with scale, the Used to Be Affordable Housing cabinet turns Miyakawa’s small scale model of siamese housing towers into stacked drawers. It seems public housing schemes have the perfect proportions to create innovative, compact storage.
more: www.tmiyakawadesign.com
