Profile |  | Yoshifumi Nakamura (Architect)
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1948. Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Architecture. After studying woodwork at the Department of Woodworking at the Tokyo Metropolitan Shinagawa Vocational Training School, he worked as an assistant in furniture design under Junzo Yoshimura. Established in 1981. Since then, he has been involved in life work housing and furniture design. |
 |  | | LEMMHUT/Design: Yoshifumi Nakamura | AsamaHut/Design: Yoshifumi Nakamura |
 | Koji Yokoyama (Furniture Manager)
Born in Miyazaki in 1952. Joined Matsumoto folk art Furniture Co., Ltd. and engaged in furniture production as a craftsman. In 1981, it became independent as furniture workshop Kaederinsha. Since 1984, he has been in charge of furniture production designed by Yoshifumi Nakamura. In 1997, he moved his residence and workshop to Omachi City. Utilizing the technology of furniture making, he is also eager to challenge handrails such as spiral staircases. |
 |  | | Handrails of Lasen Staircase | Mr. Yokoyama's favorite Uchimaru warp plane |
 | Tadahiko Okuda (Furniture Manager)
Born in Osaka in 1956. Entered Osaka Municipal Crafts High School Wood Crafts Department and started woodworking. After making flash box furniture at a custom-made furniture store in Osaka and foot furniture (shaker furniture) in Gifu and Hokkaido, he became independent in Azumino Ikeda-cho, Nagano Prefecture in 1990. Last year, he moved his workshop to Sapporo and worked on making custom furniture. |
 |  | | Shaving the seat of a child chair | Mr. Okuda's favorite Nanjing Plane |
 | Tomoyuki Kanazawa (Furniture Manager)
Born in Tokyo in 1953. After studying design at the Japan Designer Academy, he joined Matsumoto folk art Furniture Co., Ltd. He learned woodworking lathes by himself, along with seat knitting of chairs by himself. After studying welding and stove production at Matsumoto Technical College, he became independent as a Kanazawa drawing artist in 1990 and started production activities utilizing different techniques of woodworking lathe, seating, and welding. Lives and works in Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture. |
 |  | | Mr. Kanazawa, who performs the grinding work | Stove production |
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Commemorative event | ◆ Skills and Heart Seminar "Architects and Furniture Craftsman Talk behind the scenes of collaboration"
Architects and three furniture craftsmen who have been working together for many years will talk about the possibilities of furniture and future dreams that have been pioneered through collaborative work, with a number of pleasant episodes and hardship stories. You can also see valuable images that convey the state of collaborative production where they exchange opinions seriously. | Date and time | Saturday, September 19 13:30 to 15:00 (Open 12:30) | | Tutor | Yoshifumi Nakamura, Koji Yokoyama, Tadahiko Okuda, Tomoyuki Kanazawa | | Location | Kobe Art Center Conference Room | | Capacity | 120 people (admission fee separate, application required) | | Click here to apply. |
◆ Workshop [1] Production of milking stool
Milking Stool is a chair for milking made by shakers. From inking materials to hole drilling, leg making, chamfering, assembly, and painting, use woodwork drills, hand saws, planes, wooden files, and gennos to complete your own chair.  | Date and time | Saturday, September 26 9:30-16:30 |  | | Tutor | Koji Yokoyama, Tadahiko Okuda, Yoshifumi Nakamura | | Location | Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum B2F Workshop Room | | Participation fee | 5,000 yen (including material costs and admission fee) | | Capacity | 27 people (application required) |
[2] Wetting paper cord
Light and durable paper cord chair. This seat surface is completed by a craftsman knits a long and narrow paper cord from beginning to end by himself. This time, let's knit the seat yourself under the guidance of a craftsman!  | Date and time | Sunday, September 27 9:30-16:30 |  | | Tutor | Tomoyuki Kanazawa, Yoshifumi Nakamura | | Location | Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum B2F Workshop Room | | Participation fee | 10,000 yen (including material costs and admission fee) | | Capacity | 12 people (application required) |
[How to apply] Deadline: Until August 26
・Webmail [1] Click here for the production of Milking Stool.
[2]Click here to edit the paper cord. ・Round-trip postcard (up to 1 person per postcard)
[Back of outgoing credit] ①Event name 2 Participant name (furigana) 3 Postal code / address 4 Phone number 5 Age
[Reply surface] Enter the postal code, address, and name of the applicant in the address. Please fill in the back side.
[Application] Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Event Section, 7-5-1 Kumauchi-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 651-0056, Japan |
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