Sori Yanagi
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.


1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Rosewood
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
Brass
1950s Japanese Organic Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Fiberglass
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Wood
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Teak
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Wood
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Wood
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Fiberglass
1940s Japanese Vintage Sori Yanagi
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
Plywood
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Rosewood
1950s Japanese Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Wood
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Fiberglass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Pine
2010s American Modern Sori Yanagi
Reclaimed Wood
Early 2000s American Modern Sori Yanagi
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Sori Yanagi
Steel, Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Sori Yanagi
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Sori Yanagi
Steel, Wood
2010s American Modern Sori Yanagi
Wood
2010s Belgian Organic Modern Sori Yanagi
Sheepskin, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Sori Yanagi
Steel, Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Rosewood, Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Silver Plate
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Bronze
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
1950s Japanese Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
1970s Japanese Vintage Sori Yanagi
Metal
Mid-20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Sori Yanagi
Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Sori Yanagi
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Fiberglass
1960s Japanese Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Wood
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
1960s Japanese Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
Early 2000s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
Brass