Cabinets
Drawing
January 1981 to December 1981 (made)
January 1981 to December 1981 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Isozaki was one of Japan's leading designers and architects in the last two decades of the twentieth century and worked for the Memphis Group in 1981 creating this unusual shaped cabinet. Its use of asymmetrical design overall and a mixture of basic forms in unexpected places and striking surface decoration embodies the unconventional aspects of Memphis which intended to challenge the narrow contraints of traditional Italian furniture design and manufacture.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Cabinets (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and coloured chalk |
| Brief description | Design drawing for cabinet for Memphis Design Group by Arata Isosaki, 1981 |
| Physical description | Design showing two views on one sheet for the upholstered asymmetrical armchair coloured in bright primary colours. The carcass is bright yellow, the left armrest is pink, the seat green. Each foot is different: one a round purple ball, another a red oblong and across the front a single blue foot. |
| Dimensions |
|
| Style | |
| Production type | Design |
| Marks and inscriptions | On the front: Signed and dated in pencil: ISO '81; and inscribed with notes. On the back lettered with the artist's name. |
| Production | Signed and dated ISO '81 Reason For Production: Retail |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Isozaki was one of Japan's leading designers and architects in the last two decades of the twentieth century and worked for the Memphis Group in 1981 creating this unusual shaped cabinet. Its use of asymmetrical design overall and a mixture of basic forms in unexpected places and striking surface decoration embodies the unconventional aspects of Memphis which intended to challenge the narrow contraints of traditional Italian furniture design and manufacture. |
| Associated objects | |
| Bibliographic reference | Barbara Radice, Memphis, Thames and Hudson, 1985, p.121 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.408-1986 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | April 14, 2004 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSON
