Kuramata’s Kiyotomo Sushi Bar. During my last visit to Hong Kong, I learned that the Kiyotomo Sushi Bar, designed in 1988 by legendary Japanese interior designer and furniture maker Shiro Kuramata (1934-1991), had been purchased by the M+ Museum of Contemporary Visual Culture (M+).
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Netton Bosson, Gruyères, Switzerland . If there was ever a work of art that I could say had accompanied me during my youth, it is the frescoes that adorn the dining room walls of the Institut La Gruyère, Switzerland; a boarding school located next to the medieval town of the same name. During breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Netton Bosson’s art, with its moral wit and decorative playfulness, gazed protectively over the main room.
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Public fountain in Kaunas Lithuania. The identity of cities is profoundly shaped by the interplay of enclosures, both public and private. These various degrees of interaction contribute significantly to a city’s unique character and the way its inhabitants and visitors experience it.
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