Movement and flexibility summarize th
e emotional power of Toyo Ito, who in this sculpture-bookcase captures the design essence of Sendai’s media centre (Japan), which he designed and used as inspiration. This leap in scale consists of six glass or MDF veneered with polished aluminium shelves connected through elements of turned uprights in solid alder wood and walnut, treated with oil, all different from each other in inclination and section.
Sendai is definitely a piece of furniture of silent albeit captivating design, which reflects the typical oriental philosophy of the great architect.
Toyo Ito design