Isetan Shinjuku will be hosting "WOMEN DESIGN IN MODERN" from April 1st to April 24th at Isetan The Space on the 2nd floor of the main building, in collaboration with design galleries "Gallery CASA DE," "SNORK-MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY," and "Objet d'art."
This event will feature vintage furniture pieces by 13 international female designers who have shaped modern design from the postwar period through the rise of the women's liberation movement, postmodernism, minimalism, and the turn of the century, styled and displayed exclusively by Isetan Shinjuku. This exhibition offers an opportunity to read stories of society, reform, and identity from the works of women who achieved pure aesthetics, impeccable craftsmanship, and exceptional quality in an era of gender discrimination, and to reaffirm their place in the larger context of design and history.
Examples of vintage pieces
Rush Chair from Meribel / Charlotte Perriand
(W43×D43×H74cm)
Artist: Charlotte Perriand
Year of production: circa 1956-58
This chair from Meribel, for which Charlotte Perriand was involved in several projects, evokes a sense of traditional Japanese design.
Low Bench with Drawer from Cité Cansado, Mauritania/ Charlotte Perriand
(W260×D70×H36×SH24cm)
Artist: Charlotte Perriand
Year of production: 1958
A bench by Charlotte Perriand. It was designed for a project for the African mining town of ”Cansado”. It appears that the design was influenced by Perriand's visit to Japan.
Charlotte Perriand
After leaving Le Corbusier's atelier in 1937, she was invited by Japan's Ministry of Commerce and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) in 1940 through the efforts of her former colleague, Junzo Sakakura, and came to Japan as an advisor for export crafts. She embarked on a journey to observe Japanese culture and regions in order to observe craft techniques, and during her seven-month trip around Japan, she created furniture with new designs that applied bamboo, lacquer, aluminum and textiles. In the field of furniture design, she collaborated with Kenzo Tange, who designed the former Tokyo Metropolitan Government Governor's Office (1957), the Soku Kaikan (1957), and the former Sogetsu Kaikan (1958), and her influence on Japanese architects and designers, and ultimately on the development of Japanese modernism, is immeasurable.
Garden Trolly 321 / Aino Marsio-Aalto
(W173×D62×H70cm)
Artist: Aino Marsio Aalto
Year of production: circa 1940s-50s
This garden trolley was designed by Aino Marsio Aalto in 1938. It was designed during the Villa Mairea project (1937-39) and is also installed in the Villa Mairea Garden Lounge.
Desk 501/ Aino Marsio-Aalto
(W182×D845×H72cm)
Artist: Aino Marsio Aalto
Year of production: 1930s
This desk was designed by Aino Aalto in 1932. It has a double-sided design, and includes a similar model when he designed the Sunila pulp mill. This large, 182cm wide desk was produced early on and is extremely rare.
Aino Marsio Aalto
Born in Helsinki, Finland in 1894. Aino Márcio began his career as an architect after graduating from the Department of Architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology in January 1920. With a strong desire to contribute to society, Aino was passionate about work related to housing for workers, child welfare facilities, kindergartens, and other projects, which also revealed her insights into housework and child-rearing, and made a significant contribution to women's advancement in society through design.
Brass Ball Chair/ Lina Bo Bardi
(W59×D85×H82cm)
Artist: Lina Bo Bardi
Year of production: circa 1960s-70s
Six of these chairs were made in Lina's own home, the design was in 1951, and the ones on display were owned by the Nasser family between 1960 and 1970. It is said that she continued to make chairs for relatives and acquaintances after the 1950s. The specifications are slightly different from those of the 1950s, and they are currently being reproduced by ETEL.
SESC Pompeia Stool, 1980s/ Lina Bo Bardi,Marcelo Ferraz,Marcelo Suzuki
(W38×D50×H66cm)
Artist: Lina Bo Bardi/Marcelo Ferraz/Marcelo Suzuki
Year of production: 1980s
This work was created for the library of the SESC Pompeia cultural facility in São Paulo. The design was created in collaboration with Lina Bo Bardi, Marcelo Ferraz and Marcelo Suzuki.
Lina Bo Bardi
Born in Rome, Italy. She built her career under Gio Ponti and married art dealer Pietro Maria Bardi. She moved to Brazil with her husband, who was invited to launch the São Paulo Museum of Art. In 1951, she designed her first architectural work, the Glass House, her own home in Murumbi, São Paulo. As a furniture designer, she founded Studio d'Arte Parma in 1949 with Giancarlo Paranti. Her first furniture design was in 1947, for the auditorium of the São Paulo Museum of Art, and she also created furniture to match the architectural works she designed. As a foreigner and a woman, she endured difficult times in Brazil, but she left behind a wealth of architectural works and dedicated her life to pursuing the social and cultural possibilities of architecture and design.
Current product range examples
Girafa Chair / Lina Bo Bardi,Marcelo Ferraz,Marcelo Suzuki
(W39×D43×H76×SH45cm)
Artist: Lina Bo Bardi/Marcelo Ferraz/Marcelo Suzuki
In 1986, Marcelo Ferraz, Marcelo Suzuki and Lina Bo Bardi founded the Casa do Benin/ He designed this chair for a series of projects in Salvador, including the Casa de Benin restaurant and the Teatro Gregorio de Mattos / Gregorio de Mattos Theatre.
Frei Egídio Chair/ Lina Bo Bardi,Marcelo Ferraz,Marcelo Suzuki
(W36×D49×H84×SH48cm)
Artist: Lina Bo Bardi/Marcelo Ferraz/Marcelo Suzuki
This chair was designed by Lina Bo Bardi, Marcelo Ferraz and Marcelo Suzuki for the Teatro Gregório de Mattos (Gregorio de Mattos Theatre) in Salvador, Brazil. "Frei Egidio Chair" literally means "Father Egidio's Chair."
▶Special Page: https://www.mistore.jp/store/shinjuku/shops/women/the_space/shopnews_list/shopnews030.html
▶Isetan Shinjuku Main Building, 2nd Floor, Isetan The Space Instagram: @isetan_the_space
https://www.instagram.com/isetan_the_space/?hl=ja
*All prices include tax.
*The content of the event may be changed or canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for your understanding.
*Some products are limited in number, so please forgive us if they are out of stock.
This event will feature vintage furniture pieces by 13 international female designers who have shaped modern design from the postwar period through the rise of the women's liberation movement, postmodernism, minimalism, and the turn of the century, styled and displayed exclusively by Isetan Shinjuku. This exhibition offers an opportunity to read stories of society, reform, and identity from the works of women who achieved pure aesthetics, impeccable craftsmanship, and exceptional quality in an era of gender discrimination, and to reaffirm their place in the larger context of design and history.
Examples of vintage pieces
Rush Chair from Meribel / Charlotte Perriand
(W43×D43×H74cm)
Artist: Charlotte Perriand
Year of production: circa 1956-58
This chair from Meribel, for which Charlotte Perriand was involved in several projects, evokes a sense of traditional Japanese design.
Low Bench with Drawer from Cité Cansado, Mauritania/ Charlotte Perriand
(W260×D70×H36×SH24cm)
Artist: Charlotte Perriand
Year of production: 1958
A bench by Charlotte Perriand. It was designed for a project for the African mining town of ”Cansado”. It appears that the design was influenced by Perriand's visit to Japan.
Charlotte Perriand
After leaving Le Corbusier's atelier in 1937, she was invited by Japan's Ministry of Commerce and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) in 1940 through the efforts of her former colleague, Junzo Sakakura, and came to Japan as an advisor for export crafts. She embarked on a journey to observe Japanese culture and regions in order to observe craft techniques, and during her seven-month trip around Japan, she created furniture with new designs that applied bamboo, lacquer, aluminum and textiles. In the field of furniture design, she collaborated with Kenzo Tange, who designed the former Tokyo Metropolitan Government Governor's Office (1957), the Soku Kaikan (1957), and the former Sogetsu Kaikan (1958), and her influence on Japanese architects and designers, and ultimately on the development of Japanese modernism, is immeasurable.
Garden Trolly 321 / Aino Marsio-Aalto
(W173×D62×H70cm)
Artist: Aino Marsio Aalto
Year of production: circa 1940s-50s
This garden trolley was designed by Aino Marsio Aalto in 1938. It was designed during the Villa Mairea project (1937-39) and is also installed in the Villa Mairea Garden Lounge.
Desk 501/ Aino Marsio-Aalto
(W182×D845×H72cm)
Artist: Aino Marsio Aalto
Year of production: 1930s
This desk was designed by Aino Aalto in 1932. It has a double-sided design, and includes a similar model when he designed the Sunila pulp mill. This large, 182cm wide desk was produced early on and is extremely rare.
Aino Marsio Aalto
Born in Helsinki, Finland in 1894. Aino Márcio began his career as an architect after graduating from the Department of Architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology in January 1920. With a strong desire to contribute to society, Aino was passionate about work related to housing for workers, child welfare facilities, kindergartens, and other projects, which also revealed her insights into housework and child-rearing, and made a significant contribution to women's advancement in society through design.
Brass Ball Chair/ Lina Bo Bardi
(W59×D85×H82cm)
Artist: Lina Bo Bardi
Year of production: circa 1960s-70s
Six of these chairs were made in Lina's own home, the design was in 1951, and the ones on display were owned by the Nasser family between 1960 and 1970. It is said that she continued to make chairs for relatives and acquaintances after the 1950s. The specifications are slightly different from those of the 1950s, and they are currently being reproduced by ETEL.
SESC Pompeia Stool, 1980s/ Lina Bo Bardi,Marcelo Ferraz,Marcelo Suzuki
(W38×D50×H66cm)
Artist: Lina Bo Bardi/Marcelo Ferraz/Marcelo Suzuki
Year of production: 1980s
This work was created for the library of the SESC Pompeia cultural facility in São Paulo. The design was created in collaboration with Lina Bo Bardi, Marcelo Ferraz and Marcelo Suzuki.
Lina Bo Bardi
Born in Rome, Italy. She built her career under Gio Ponti and married art dealer Pietro Maria Bardi. She moved to Brazil with her husband, who was invited to launch the São Paulo Museum of Art. In 1951, she designed her first architectural work, the Glass House, her own home in Murumbi, São Paulo. As a furniture designer, she founded Studio d'Arte Parma in 1949 with Giancarlo Paranti. Her first furniture design was in 1947, for the auditorium of the São Paulo Museum of Art, and she also created furniture to match the architectural works she designed. As a foreigner and a woman, she endured difficult times in Brazil, but she left behind a wealth of architectural works and dedicated her life to pursuing the social and cultural possibilities of architecture and design.
Current product range examples
Girafa Chair / Lina Bo Bardi,Marcelo Ferraz,Marcelo Suzuki
(W39×D43×H76×SH45cm)
Artist: Lina Bo Bardi/Marcelo Ferraz/Marcelo Suzuki
In 1986, Marcelo Ferraz, Marcelo Suzuki and Lina Bo Bardi founded the Casa do Benin/ He designed this chair for a series of projects in Salvador, including the Casa de Benin restaurant and the Teatro Gregorio de Mattos / Gregorio de Mattos Theatre.
Frei Egídio Chair/ Lina Bo Bardi,Marcelo Ferraz,Marcelo Suzuki
(W36×D49×H84×SH48cm)
Artist: Lina Bo Bardi/Marcelo Ferraz/Marcelo Suzuki
This chair was designed by Lina Bo Bardi, Marcelo Ferraz and Marcelo Suzuki for the Teatro Gregório de Mattos (Gregorio de Mattos Theatre) in Salvador, Brazil. "Frei Egidio Chair" literally means "Father Egidio's Chair."
Event Overview
"WOMEN DESIGN IN MODERN"
Dates: Saturday, April 1, 2023 - Monday, April 24, 2023
Venue: Isetan Shinjuku Main Building, 2nd Floor, Isetan The Space
Address: 3-14-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Access: 1-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi-Shinjuku-Sanchome Station, 5-minute walk from JR Shinjuku Station
"WOMEN DESIGN IN MODERN"
Dates: Saturday, April 1, 2023 - Monday, April 24, 2023
Venue: Isetan Shinjuku Main Building, 2nd Floor, Isetan The Space
Address: 3-14-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Access: 1-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi-Shinjuku-Sanchome Station, 5-minute walk from JR Shinjuku Station
▶Special Page: https://www.mistore.jp/store/shinjuku/shops/women/the_space/shopnews_list/shopnews030.html
▶Isetan Shinjuku Main Building, 2nd Floor, Isetan The Space Instagram: @isetan_the_space
https://www.instagram.com/isetan_the_space/?hl=ja
*All prices include tax.
*The content of the event may be changed or canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for your understanding.
*Some products are limited in number, so please forgive us if they are out of stock.
