Sori Yanagi

posted on Dec 30 11

  • by Veerle Pieters

The world has lost the pioneer of Japanese industrial design this week. I'm talking about Sori Yangi who died Sunday of pneumonia in a Tokyo hospital. He was 96 years old. He brought the simplicity and purity of Japanese decor into our everyday lives.

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Hang it all - Special Edition by Vitra

posted on Dec 1 11

  • by Veerle Pieters

The colorful 'Hang-it-all' by Charles and Ray Eames is a timeless classic that has its origins in 1953. It was designed to entice children to hang their belongings on this festive rack with colorfully lacquered wooden balls. In 1997 Vitra decided to release it as a re-edition. Since then it has found its way into more children‘s rooms.

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