Essential Design 
12 January 2023
Essential Design 
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Shiro Kuramata

How High the Moon armchair

Vitra
Japan / Switzerland, 1986 / c. 2000
epoxy coated nickel-plated steel 27¾ h × 36¾ w × 32¼ d in (70 × 93 × 82 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $10,710
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literature: Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara et al., ppg. 21, 56-57, 59, 177, 181 Shiro Kuramata, Sudjic, pg. 340
An example of this design is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

This work will ship from LAMA in Los Angeles, California.

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My ideal is to see objects floating in the air with no support; my design is born and evolves out of these images. I am attracted to transparent materials because transparency does not belong to any special place but it exists and is everywere, nevertheless.

Shiro Kuramata

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