{"id":99069,"date":"2023-04-24T14:19:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T05:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/craft-museum?post_type=exhibition&#038;p=99069"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:16:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:16:02","slug":"438","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/craft-museum\/en\/exhibitions\/438","title":{"rendered":"Sori Yanagi: Design in the Everyday Life"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"momat-anchors\" aria-label=\"Anchor link\">\n        <button id=\"button-block_0c957c89586eac6872d9d94ba99e9084\"\n                aria-controls=\"nav-block_0c957c89586eac6872d9d94ba99e9084\"\n                class=\"momat-anchors__sp-header\">\n            <span class=\"heading\">Table of Contents<\/span>\n            <span class=\"text open\" aria-hidden=\"false\">Open<\/span>\n            <span class=\"text close\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Close<\/span>\n            <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n        <div id=\"nav-block_0c957c89586eac6872d9d94ba99e9084\"\n             class=\"momat-anchors__navigation\">\n            <div class=\"momat-anchors__inner\">\n                                    <a href=\"#section-01\"\n                       title=\"Scroll to About the Exhibition\"\n                       class=\"momat-anchors__link\">\n                        About the Exhibition                    <\/a>\n                                    <a href=\"#section-02\"\n                       title=\"Scroll to Hours &amp; Admissions\"\n                       class=\"momat-anchors__link\">\n                        Hours &amp; Admissions                    <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-01\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Exhibition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sori Yanagi (1915\u2013 ) was among the first to work independently as a freelance designer in Japan, and left the most significant mark on the establishment and development of Japanese industrial design. Amid rapid changes and growth in the economic and everyday environment, he demonstrated his artistry through the design of industrial products and familiar household objects, earning high international acclaim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His remarkably broad and pioneering body of work includes <em>Record Player<\/em>, which won an award at the first New Japan Industrial Design Competition in 1952; <em>White Porcelain Teapot<\/em> and <em>Butterfly Stool<\/em>, which received awards at the 11th Milan Triennale in 1957; furniture; ceramic tableware; household implements such as <em>Kettle with a Quick Boil<\/em>; and even sewing machines, automobiles, and environmental structures such as pedestrian bridges. These works embody the rationality of modern design in their elimination of superfluous ornament in accordance with function, while expressing a beauty born of use \u2014 what is known as <em>y\u014d no bi<\/em>. Running consistently through his design and his approach, which also evoke Japanese tradition and the character of the land, is a philosophy of &#8220;beauty in the everyday,&#8221; grounded in a keen observation of social life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition illuminates the establishment of Yanagi&#8217;s design practice, which broke new ground in postwar industrial design during the 1950s and 60s, and introduces outstanding works whose contemporary relevance is being rediscovered both in Japan and abroad.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-02\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hours &amp; Admissions<\/h2>\n\n\n<dl class=\"momat-dl\">\n    \n<div class=\"momat-dl__item\">\n    <dt class=\"momat-dl__heading\">Location<\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"momat-dl__content\">\n        \n\n<p>The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"momat-dl__item\">\n    <dt class=\"momat-dl__heading\">Date<\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"momat-dl__content\">\n        \n\n<p>January 19 \u2013 March 4, 2007<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"momat-dl__item\">\n    <dt class=\"momat-dl__heading\">Time<\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"momat-dl__content\">\n        \n\n<p>10:00\u201317:00 (Fridays open until 20:00)\u202f<br>*Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"momat-dl__item\">\n    <dt class=\"momat-dl__heading\">Closed<\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"momat-dl__content\">\n        \n\n<p>Mondays (except February 12 ), February 13<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"momat-dl__item\">\n    <dt class=\"momat-dl__heading\">Organizer<\/dt>\n    <dd class=\"momat-dl__content\">\n        \n\n<p>The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/dd>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","exhibition_type":[211],"exhibition_year":[275],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sori Yanagi: Design in the Everyday Life \uff08\u5c55\u89a7\u4f1a\uff09- National Crafts Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/craft-museum\/en\/exhibitions\/438\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sori Yanagi: Design in the Everyday Life \uff08\u5c55\u89a7\u4f1a\uff09- National Crafts Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"About the Exhibition Sori Yanagi (1915\u2013 ) was among the first to work independently as a freelance designer in Japan, and left the most significant mark on the establishment and development of Japanese industrial design. 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