A cosmopolitan arrangement with hints of refined technology veiled in mysticism. Experimental research, a re-elaboration of Japanese and western design styles, a mix of poetry, dreaminess,harmony and spirituality, in a minimal art key. Below you will find a description about what Junya has to say about his work:
"A transparent table. At first glance it looks like a slender, round table, but upon closer inspection it is clear that the lower part of the table top is curved like a lens. Almost as if it contained slowly dripping water. An invitation to view the drops of water forming in its transparency. The transparent top distorts the perception of the surrounding space, and alters the distance between objects, like a mirage. Several objects are arranged on its surface, and they blend to produce a harmonious, even image.
Chairs that live in harmony, like a family. Whilst they are all similar, each chair has a slightly different shape and its own personality. There is a wide chair, a tall chair, a short chair, a normal chair and a stool. It’s fun to choose which chair to sit on, depending on the day’s mood. It’s also fun to decide which is your favour ite chair. Like a family sitting around a table, so the chairs are arranged around the table.” - Junya Ishigami
Junya Ishigami, enfant prodige of Japanese architecture, began his career at Studio SANAA before opening his own studio, junya.ishigami + associates, in 2004. His most interesting designs include: Table, a 10 metre long steel table with an ultra-thin oscillating top, designed in 2005, Balloon, an enormous aerostatic balloon presented at the exhibition Space for Your Future at the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art in 2007, a polyfunctional space on the campus of the Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Tokyo, also in 2007, and the mounting of the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Architecture exhibition in 2008.
