The iconic Butterfly Stool by Japanese designer Sori Yanagi is a classic piece that masterfully combines Eastern forms with the plywood forming technique developed by Charles and Ray Eames. The gently arched silhouette of the two seat pieces evokes the wings of a butterfly in the perpetual moment of taking flight. The stool is made of maple or rosewood. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sori Yanagi was born in 1915 in Tokyo. She studied at the local art school and worked between 1940 and 1942 in the office of designer Charlotte Perriand. <\/p>\n
In 1952, he founded the Yanagi Industrial Design Institute, which over time would design an extraordinary number of furniture pieces and everyday objects. Sori Yanagi’s organically shaped designs combined Western industrial design with traditional Japanese craftsmanship. Thus, Sori Yanagi became one of the most significant Japanese designers of the postwar era. In addition to furniture, he designed lamps, glassware, cutlery, children’s toys, subway stations, cars, and motorcycles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_joinchat":[]},"product_brand":[1681],"product_cat":[893,879,890,878,872,903],"product_tag":[1366],"class_list":["post-29641","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-vitra","product_cat-benches-and-poufs-malaga-marbella","product_cat-dining-room-malaga-marbella","product_cat-modern-furniture","product_cat-sign-livingroom-malaga-marbella","product_cat-rooms-en","product_cat-stools-malaga-marbella","product_tag-sori-yanagi","pa_diseno-sori-yanagi","first","instock","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n