Maker/Artist
Yanagi, Sori
Japanese industrial designer, 1915-2011
Japanese industrial designer active from the mid-20th century. He first studied painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (1936-1940), then became the assistant to the architect Junzo Sakakura. He established his own studio, the Yanagi Industrial Design Institute in 1952. He has designed objects including furniture, eating utensils, automobiles, and monuments. He is the son of Soetsu Yanagi, the philosopher and critic responsible for the Mingei movement of Japanese folk craft. Sori Yanagi later became the director of the Mingeikan, the museum founded by his father.
