Shiro Kuramata’s ‘Glass Chair’ (1976) became the cover image for ‘The Strokes’ 2001 single Hard to Explain. Born in Tokyo in 1934, Kuramata came of age in postwar Japan during a period of rapid economic growth and cultural experimentation. His lifelong fascination was transparency. “In my work, I want to combine the ephemeral with the eternal,” he once remarked [...]
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