YAMAGIWA Masanori Umeda Lantern Table Lamp Be-Andon, Japan, 1996
Regular price$800.00 Sale price
Japanese lantern-style table lamp by Masanori Umeda for Yamagiwa. Model Be-Andon. Light grey parchment with silver square motif delivers a glowing light.
YEAR: 1996
COUNTRY: Japan
DIMENSIONS: H in x W in x D in, H cm x W cm x D cm
AVAILABLE: 5
MANUFACTURER: Yamagiwa
DESIGNER: Masanori Umeda
MATERIAL: Japanese Parchment Paper, Lacquered Wood, Metal
CONDITION: New In Box
COLOR: White, Grey, Black, Silver, Chrome
PRODUCTION: Out of production
MASANORI UMEDA ( Born 1941 in Kanagawa, Japan ) His most famous design is the Tawaraya boxing-ring sofa-bed where Memphis group paused for their iconic group photo. His designs for the Memphis Group where part of Karl Lagerfeld and David Bowie's coveted personal collections that realized high results at auctions.
After graduating from the Kuwasawa School of Design in Tokyo in 1962, Umeda moved to Milan to work in the prestigious studio of Piergiacomo Castiglioni. From 1970 to 1979 he worked as Design Consultant for Olivetti where he met Ettore Sottsass that invited him to contribute to the first Memphis group exhibition in 1981. Back in Japan in 1986, he opened his studio U-Meta Design in Tokyo. His work is part museums collections like the MOMA in NY and the Groninger Museum in Holland.
Memphis group members on the TAWARAYA box-ring by MASANORI UMEDA for MEMPHIS, 1981
'Be-Andon’ Lantern Lamp by Masanori Umeda
for Yamagiwa, 1996 Japan
'Be-Andon’ Lantern Lamp
by Masanori Umeda for Yamagiwa 1996 Japan
Be-Andon Japanese lantern-style table lamp by Masanori Umeda for Yamagiwa, 1996. Light grey parchment with silver square motif delivers a glowing light.
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Masanori Umeda
Memphis Group & U-META
Masanori Umeda
Memphis Group & U-META
Masanori Umeda
Memphis Group & U-META
Masanori Umeda
Memphis Group & U-META
Masanori Umeda
Memphis Group & U-META
Masanori Umeda
Memphis Group & U-META
Masanori Umeda
Memphis Group & U-META
Memphis Group members in the Tawayara Bed by Masanori Umeda
MASANORI UMEDA
(Born 1941, Japan)
The Japanese designer Masanori Umeda took his diploma in design at the Kuwasawa Design School in Tokyo in 1962. Afterwards he went to Italy, where he worked in the Milan design practice of Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni from 1967 until 1969. From 1970 until 1979, Masanori Umeda worked as a design consultant for Olivetti, where he met Ettore Sottsass, who invited Umeda to show work at the first "Memphis" exhibition in 1981.
That year, 1981, Masanori Umeda designed "Tawaraya" for Memphis, seat furniture in the form of a boxing ring. The founding members of Memphis are shown in it in a celebrated Memphis group photo. Another Masanori Umeda design for Memphis is "Ginza" (1982), a shelving system in the form of a robot.
In 1986, Masanori Umeda returned to Japan and opened U-Meta Design, his Tokyo practice. (Source: Art Directory )
"Mobili 4 1/2" Drawing by Masanori Umeda depicting the "Tawayara Bed" for Memphis, March 1981