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.


1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Wood
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Wood
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
Brass
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Fiberglass
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass, Wood
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
Early 2000s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
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1950s Japanese Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
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1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Fiberglass
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
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1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass, Wood
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass, Wood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Upholstery, Wood, Plywood
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
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2010s French Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
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2010s French Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
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2010s French Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
Bronze
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Sori Yanagi
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1960s Japanese Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Wood
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Sori Yanagi
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Fiberglass
1950s Japanese Vintage Sori Yanagi
Brass
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Early 2000s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
Brass
1990s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Sori Yanagi
Bentwood
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sori Yanagi
Plastic