Publishing

30 years after his death

Introduction to Shiro Kuramata

Published on 10 September 2021 !

Thirty years have passed since the death of Shiro Kuramata. This book, "Introduction to Shiro Kuramata", was designed to PASS the BATON to the future of Shiro Kuramata, who passed away suddenly on February 1, 1991 at the age of 56, with his works and his now legendary personality and discourse.
Hisae Igarashi, Fumio Enomoto, Kenji Oki, Hideyasu Kuwayama, Yasuo Kondo, Kinya Tagawa, Tsuyoshi Tane, Naho Tamura and Kenjiro Hosaka pass on Kuramata's work and thoughts to the next generation, from which the "outline of Shiro Kuramata" is highlighted.

Planning and composition: Yasuko Seki
Published by ADP Co.
Price: 1,500 yen + tax
Includes colour chronology and list of all works

Publishing

Editing of "The Genes of Architectural Adventurers:From the 1970s to Today", published by Shokokusha

TThis is a re-edited version of the record of the series of lectures "Architectural Adventurers of the 1970s and Their Genes" held at Gallery IHA in autumn 2016. This book traces the transition of architecture from the 1970s, when Japan's unique architecture was being explored, to today.
Gallery IHA, Design Lab Unit, Department of Architects, Faculty of Design, Hosei University (editor)

web: https://www.shokokusha.co.jp/?p=9063

Report

Report on the State of Design Archives in Japan 2016～

This is an activity to interview designers, architects, companies, organizations, or their relatives and relations who are involved in the project, and to record the contents of the interviews in a report on the current status of valuable design archives in Japan.

From 2016, this project was funded by the Ishibashi Foundation. Please see details on the web.

web : https://npo-plat.org/