Jake Smith Design Blog

My Thoughts on Shiro Kuramata’s (postmodernism) work and relationship with art deco

i love these chest of draws by Shiro Kuramata. they take influence from the Art Deco artist Piet Mondrian. i like this connection to art deco, taking something that is as simple as Mondrian’s work and turning it into something very clever and unique. it is something i would want to have in my house and will likely never go out of fashion, the sleekness of the design as well as the shape and use of colour is not something that everyone will suddenly dislike. i think this is the main reason art deco and other similar things will always be in fashion because they are so simple, but can have a big impact on some people

To be honest i feel Piet Mondrians work is too boring for me, there is being simple, but there is also being lazy. if the image is clever in someway simplicity is ok for me, but if it is just plain simple and has no meaning i lose a lot of interest in the piece… But when the same design is added to something three dimensional, it becomes something new and incredibly interesting. making the drawes around the the design is just genius