Contemporary Design 
23 May 2024
Contemporary Design 
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Shiro Kuramata

OBA-Q lamp

Yamagiwa Corporation
Japan, 1972
acrylic 21½ h × 24 w × 24 d in (55 × 61 × 61 cm)
estimate: $800–1,200
result: $2,520
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Decal manufacturer's labels to lower edge of shade ‘Design by Shiro Kuramata’.
literature: Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991, Hara et al., fig. 19, ppg. 68, 136 The Works of Shiro Kuramata 1967-1981, Isozaki, unpaginated

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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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