Sōri Yanagi was a Japanese product designer. Born in 1915 in Tokyo, Japan. His father was Yanagi Sōetsu, founder of the Japanese folk crafts mingei movement, which celebrated the beauty of everyday objects, and the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum (Nihon Mingeikan). Yanagi entered Tokyo Art School in 1934, where he studied both art and architecture. He played a role in the Japanese modern design developed after the Second World War to the high-growth period in the Japanese economy. Yanagi was both a representative of the wholly Japanese modern designer and a full-blown Modernist, who merged simplicity and practicality with elements of traditional Japanese crafts. He designed the official torch for the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Yanagi died in 2011 at the age of 96.
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Elephant Stool by Sori Yanagi for Vitra, Mid-Century Modern, 1990
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Centreville, VA
The Elephant Stool, designed by Sori Yanagi for Vitra, is a playful yet elegantly crafted piece that showcases the harmonious blend of function an...
Plastic
Sori Yanagi White Elephant Stool for Kotobuki, 1960s
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
An iconic mid-century design by Japanese master Sori Yanagi. The Elephant Stool embodies simplicity, functionality, and sculptural beauty. Featuring a distinctive arching silhouette ...
Fiberglass
Set of 3 Prototype Elephant Stools attributed to Sori Yanagi, 1950s
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Set of 3 Elephant Stools attributed to Sori Yanagi, 1950s Probably Prototypes. They are made of a plastic mixture and appear to be prototypes or molds.
Plastic
Red Elephant Stool by Vilmer, Spain, 1980
By Sori Yanagi
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very beautiful red "elephant" stool attributed to sori yanagi for vilmer in the 1980s. This stool is one of the best known examples of post-war Japanese design with a clear form and ...
Fiberglass
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanaga
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1960s. Japan. Birch frame with brass stretcher. Signed
Brass
Rare Japanese Stool by Soetsu Yanagi
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Uccle, BE
This stool was made in 1936 for the Japanese Folk Crafts Museum. Made of Japanese cherry wood and seagrass. Today, you can still see the original benches made for this museum. Yanagi Soetsu (1889 – 1961), also known as Yanagi Muneyoshi, was a Japanese art critic, philosopher, and founder of the Mingei (folk craft) movement in Japan in the late 1920s and 1930s. His son, Sori Yanagi, was a renowned industrial designer. In 1916, Yanagi made his first trip to Korea out of curiosity about Korean crafts. The trip led to the establishment of the Korean Folk Crafts Museum in 1924 and the coining of the term mingei by Yanagi, potters Hamada Shoji (1894–1978) and Kawai Kanjiro...
Seagrass, Cherry
Red elephant stool by Vilmer, Spain, 1980
By Sori Yanagi
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very nice red "elephant" stool attributed to sori yanagi produced by vilmer in the 1980s. This stool is one of the best known examples of post-war Japanese design with a clear form a...
Fiberglass
$1,510
H 14 in W 16 in D 17.25 in
Stacy Dukes Prototype Fiberglass stool from California Design 10/ 1968
By Stacy Dukes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stacy Dukes Prototype Fiberglass Stool Selected by The Pasadena Art Museum for their 1968 California Design 10 Exhibition. Later produced in Plastic for Artemide Milano and known as...
Fiberglass
$7,000
H 16.15 in W 16.54 in D 12.21 in
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi, Japan, 1980s, simple, wabi-sabi.
By Sori Yanagi
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
An iconic “Butterfly” stool by Sori Yanagi, combining Japanese craftsmanship with modernist elegance in a fluid sculptural form.
Wood
$575
H 15.36 in W 16.54 in D 19.3 in
Efebo Stool by Stacy Dukes, Vintage 1970 Sculptural Design, Italy
By Artemide, Stacy Dukes
Located in Dronten, NL
A striking white Efebo stool that combines sculptural form with everyday functionality. With its clean, architectural silhouette, this piece works equally well as a stool or decorati...
Plastic
