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<p>New page: '''Sori Yanagi''' is a famous <a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Japanese_Designer&amp;action=edit" class="new" title="Japanese Designer">Japanese Designer</a>. ==Biography== Sori Yanagi was born on June 29th, 1915 in <a href="/wiki/Harajuku" title="Harajuku">Harajuku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>. He was born Satoshi Hazime (柳宗理) and goes by Sa...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Sori Yanagi''' is a famous [[Japanese Designer]].<br /> ==Biography==<br /> Sori Yanagi was born on June 29th, 1915 in [[Harajuku]], [[Tokyo]]. He was born Satoshi Hazime (柳宗理) and goes by Satoshi Hazime in Japan. Only outside of Japan is he referred to as Sori Yanagi. He attended the [[Tokyo School of Art]] in 1934, and graduated from the [[Tokyo Fine Arts School]] in 1940. For 2 years after graduating, he worked for known designer [[Charlotte Perriand]]. He was a researcher during the war, but after the war he founded the [[Yanagi Industrial Design Institute]] in 1952. In 1955 he became a professor at the [[Kanazawa College of Art]] (he currently acts as a visiting professor at the same college). <br /> <br /> He won his first award in 1957 for his “Butterfly Stool” that he created in 1954. It is still his best known work – two curved pieces of plywood stuck together to create a seat/chair. That same year he created what is known as the “Elephant Stool,” a stool made of fiberglass reinforced polyester. <br /> <br /> From then on he worked on a number of different designs. He created the torch container for the [[1964 Olympics]]. He created the 1970 Sapporo Winter Olympics torch cars, as well as the [[Yokohama City]] Subway Station Equipment in 1973, and the walls of the [[Tomei Expressway]] in Tokyo tollgate in 1980. <br /> ==Other Designs==<br /> In his life he continued to design a number of different things. He designed signs, water fountains, suspension bridges and a number of different pieces of kitchenware, such as silverware, flatware, tea sets and other furniture. <br /> <br /> ==Collection of Works==<br /> Sori Yanagi currently has his work showcased at a number of different institutions. <br /> *New York Museum of Modern Art<br /> *Louvre<br /> *Metropolitan Museum of Art<br /> *Pinakothek der Moderne<br /> ==External Links==<br /> *[http://www.japon.net/yanagi/indexj.shtml Official Homepage, Sori Yanagi]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Japanese Designers]]</div>

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