Vitra - Butterfly Stool maple

The iconic Butterfly Stool by the Japanese designer Sori Yanagi is a classic piece of furniture that uniquely combines Eastern forms with the plywood moulding technique developed by Charles and Ray Eames. The gently curving silhouette of the twin seat shells is reminiscent of a butterfly's wings eternally poised for flight.

Sori Yanagi

Sori Yanagi, born in 1915 in Tokyo, attended the city’s art school and worked from 1940 to 1942 in the office of designer Charlotte Perriand. In 1952, he founded the Yanagi Industrial Design Institute, which created a prolific a number of articles of daily use and furnishings. Sori Yanagi’s organic forms combine Western industrial design with Japan’s native craft traditions. Thanks to this successful synthesis, Sori Yanagi became one of the most important Japanese designers of the post-war period. In addition to furniture, he also designed lighting fixtures, glass objects, cutlery, children's toys, subway stations, cars and motorcycles. In 1977, Sori Yanagi was appointed Director of the Japanese Folk Art Museum in Tokyo. He died in Tokyo in 2011.

Vitra

Vitra is a Swiss company that produces furniture and interior design. Known for producing the works of important designers and architects.The headquarters are located in Weil am Rhein, Germany, where the famous Vitra Design Museum is also located.This story starts in the post-war years, when two Americans, both architects, Charles and Ray Eames, decided to help a furniture dealer.The collaboration led them to design and then produce masterpieces for interior design, which are still very current today.