SHIRO KURAMATA, CIRCA 1989

cf. Paolo Polledri, "Shiro Kuramata: A Design Poet Appraised," ID (March/April 1993), pp. 45 and 50; Shiro Kuramata (exh. cat.), 1996, pp. 39-40, 187, 192; 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection (exh. cat.), 1996, p. 205, exh. cat. no. 87; Ettore Sottsass, "An Exhibition dedicated to Shiro Kuramata," Domus (December 1996), pp. 53-56; Michael Webb, "Flights of Fancy," Interiors (October 1997), p. 142; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, 1000 Chairs, 1997, p. 600; "Exhibitions: Two exhibitions-a Shiro Kuramata retrospective and a survey of recent public buildings-focus on innovative Japanese design," Architectural Record (May 1998), p. 44; Alberto Bassi, "Il design trasparente," Casabella LXIII (July/August 1999), p. 17.

See Philip Jodido, "Kuramata: Images du Monde Flottant," Connaissance des Arts (February 1990), p. 107 and "Shiro Kuramata," Connaissance des Arts (April 1991), p. 22 for illustrations of Kuramata seated on the Miss Blanche chair.