Contemporary Japanese Wood Furniture Design Art Book Exhibition Catalog

by The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (東京国立近代美術館)

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Contemporary Furniture and Woodworks in Japan: Slow Life - Rare 2003 Design Book Description About this Item A magnificent, museum-grade visual design monument and an elite acquisition for furniture historians, studio craft woodworkers, architectural interior curators, and prestigious international collectors of definitive modern Japanese woodworking aesthetics. This is the highly coveted, exceptionally scarce out-of-print official exhibition catalog "Contemporary Furniture and Woodworks in Japan: Space and Design for Slow Life" (現代の木工家具 スローライフの空間とデザイン), meticulously published in Japan in 2003. Japan's modern studio woodworking movement stands universally as an undisputed benchmark of global furniture design, renowned for fusing ancestral joinery traditions with clean organic minimalism and deep reverence for natural timber grains. This comprehensive retrospective volume indexes the foremost master woodworkers and furniture artists in contemporary Japan—showcasing handcrafted chairs, organic slab tables, minimalist storage systems, and interior space concepts designed for contemplative, sustainable living. The physical presentation of this design monograph radiates organic luxury. The front cover showcases a high-contrast visual plate focusing on the tactile swirling grain and natural knot of a solid timber slab, balanced by clean vertical typography set against a pure white border. Inside, the oversized pages are printed with specialized ultra-high-density inks on heavy coat

• Publisher: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT)
• Year: 2003
• Condition: Very Good

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