When viewed from outside an Issey Miyake store in Tokyo, these chairs backs by Japanese architect Yoichi Yamamoto appear to have legs and seats.
Although the wooden backs of the blue chairs are fixed directly to the floor, the legs are painted onto the ground so that from a fixed angle they appear in the correct perspective.
The installation, named 2D/3D Chairs, displays a selection of hats by milliner Akio Hirata.
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Here is some text from the architect:
2D/3D Chairs Installation by Yoichi Yamamoto Architects
The back of the chairs stand up from the stage, while the legs of the chairs are drawings on the floor of the stage.
If you look at the installation from one point in front of the shop window, the back of the chairs, which are three-dimensional objects, and the legs of the chairs, which are two-dimensional drawings, meet and create a single figure.
We expressed Issey Miyake's "from 2D cloth to 3D dress" philosophy in our installation.
stage area: 11.25m2
floor: printing on removable media
chair: cuttted readymade chair painted by 2066-40 rocky mountain sky (Benjamin Moore)
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