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Acclaimed designer George Nakashima (1905-1990) is best known for his furniture, which is prized for its superb craftsmanship and its organic use of the natural lines and grain of the wood. Nakashima was also an architect who designed a number of distinguished buildings during his career. Most importantly, he was a man committed to the integration of his work, his daily life and the natural world. This survey of his life and work presents an intimate portrait of the man and the artist, exploring the philosophical ideas that lie beneath his work. Told by his daughter, colleague and successor, designer Mira Nakashima, this book presents the development of an artist and his profound influence on contemporary design.
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Mira Nakashima worked for many years with her father, the renowned furniture designer George Nakashima. Since her father's death in 1990, she has been the creative director of the Nakashima studio, where she continues to produce her father's designs as well as designing and developing her own work. She lives with her family at the studio compound in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
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Acclaimed designer George Nakashima (1905-1990) is best known for his furniture, which is prized for its superb craftsmanship and its organic use of the natural lines and grain of the wood. Nakashima was also an architect who designed a number of distinguished buildings during his career. Most importantly, he was a man committed to the integration of his work, his daily life and the natural world. This survey of his life and work presents an intimate portrait of the man and the artist, exploring the philosophical ideas that lie beneath his work. Told by his daughter, colleague and successor, designer Mira Nakashima, this book presents the development of an artist and his profound influence on contemporary design.
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Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima
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Harry N. Abrams, 2003
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Nature Form & Spirit / The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima (SIGNED)
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. A heavy and elegant horizontal quarto. Binding square and firm. Number line complete 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -- the first printing. Hand-dated December 2003 and signed "Mira Nakashima" (George's daughter, here signing her full name) to the title page. Then, above that -- with a different pen but in the same hand -- she has inscribed "for Marc -- on December 24, 2009 / Best Wishes!" Born in Spokane, Washington, George Katsutoshi Nakashima himself (1905-1990) was an American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker, one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement. In 1931, after earning a master's degree in architecture from M.I.T., Nakashima sold his car and purchased a round-the-world tramp steamship ticket. Eventually reaching Japan, he went to work for Antonin Raymond, an American architect who had collaborated with Frank Lloyd Wright on the Imperial Hotel. While working for Raymond, Nakashima toured Japan extensively, studying the subtleties of Japanese architecture and design. In 1940 Nakashima returned to America, and began to make furniture and teach woodworking in Seattle. Like others of Japanese ancestry, he was interned during the Second World War and sent to Camp Minidoka in Hunt, Idaho, in March 1942. At the camp he met Gentaro (sometimes spelled Gentauro) Hikogawa, a man trained in traditional Japanese carpentry. Under his tutelage, Nakashima learned to master traditional Japanese hand tools and joinery techniques. In 1943, Antonin Raymond successfully sponsored Nakashima's release from the camp and invited him to his farm in New Hope, Pennsylvania, where Nakashima established his studio and workshop. Nakashima's signature woodworking design was his large-scale tables made of large wood slabs with smooth tops but unfinished natural edges, often consisting of multiple, matching slabs connected with butterfly joints. In 1983, he accepted the Order of the Sacred Treasure, an honor bestowed by the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government. Author Mira Nakashima, his daughter, received her masters degree in architecture ferom Waseda University, Tokyo. She worked for years as a colleague and designer in her father's workshop. Upon his death in 1990, she became creative director of the Nakashima Studio, New Hope, Pennsylvania. 276 pp. including index & photography credits. This is a heavy book which would be likely to cost $70 to ship overseas. Book here reduced from $1,200. Inscribed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 011556
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Nature Form and Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima (First Edition)
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nature form and spirit: the life and legacy of george nakashima
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fifth printing, 2003. edited by elaine m. stainton, richard olsen, and diana murphy. "nature, form, and spirit: the life and legacy of george nakashima" offers an in-depth retrospective of the celebrated furniture designer and architect, george nakashima. known for his extraordinary craftsmanship and innovative use of wood, nakashima's pieces are not just furniture; they embody a philosophy that intertwines artistry with the forms of nature. the book, narrated by nakashima's daughter, mira nakashima, delves into her father's dedication to respecting the natural lines and grain of wood. accompanied by stunning photographs, many taken exclusively for this retrospective, the text captures nakashima's philosophical pursuit of harmony within the human and natural world. new york: abrams. isbn: 9780810945364. 10.75 x 11". 266 pages. hardcover. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: large tear on the upper back panel toward spine. unclipped (us $80.00, canada $104.00, uk £52.00). very good-. N° de réf. du vendeur 406
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