Designer

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1915. Industrial designer.
He graduated from the Oil Painting Dept. at Tokyo Fine Arts School. He established a foundation known as the Yanagi Design Office in 1953.
As a founder of the modern industrial design method after World War II, he created numerous industrial products that were valued as “tools for living”, including furniture. Moreover, he was a powerful advocate for design workshops. His design expertise also extended to automobiles, pedestrian overpasses and the platform for the Olympic flame used at the Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan. His “Butterfly Stool” is famous as the first piece of work for which a Japanese designer received global recognition.