{"id":1467,"date":"2008-10-11T14:28:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T18:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2008-11-26T11:07:57","modified_gmt":"2008-11-26T15:07:57","slug":"the-holy-grail-usui-isu-v50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/10\/the-holy-grail-usui-isu-v50\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Grail (Usui-Isu v5.0)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1468\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/10\/the-holy-grail-usui-isu-v50\/thin1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/thin1.jpg?fit=500%2C393&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,393\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Usui-Isu v5.0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/thin1.jpg?fit=500%2C393&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1468\" title=\"Usui-Isu v5.0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/thin1.jpg?resize=500%2C393\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/thin1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/thin1.jpg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.juniodesign.com\"><strong>Jun Hashimoto<\/strong><\/a> has spent four years working on one concept to find the Holy Grail. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Having worked on prototypes for almost four years, Hashimoto&#8217;s &#8220;Usui-Isu v5.0&#8221; (Thin Chair, version 5.0) effectively conveys his concept. It struck me, like with a mallet, with its deceptive simplicity and lightness. The impact reminded me of when I had first seen the Knotted Chair or Lockheed Lounge many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hashimoto, the idea was to build a chair from a thin sheet of metal employing minimum manipulation to achieve the shape &#8211; just cut and bend a few times. Some may associate its construction to Origami, or others may refer to Issey Miyake&#8217;s fundamental approach to fashion design, &#8220;To clothe the human body with a single piece of cloth,&#8221; but this chair is even simpler.<\/p>\n<p>The shift from a floor-sitting to a chair-sitting in modern living in Japan has taken place not a long time ago, and it took a gradual course. The history of chair design is not very long in Japan, but Hashimoto&#8217;s piece along with some of Tokujin Yoshioka&#8217;s pieces show that young Japanese designers have grown up with chairs, have lived with them long enough to tell their own love affairs with the chairs.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1469\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/10\/the-holy-grail-usui-isu-v50\/thin2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/thin2.jpg?fit=500%2C636&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,636\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/thin5.jpg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<span id=\"photos\">photos: \u00a9 Satoshi Asakawa<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thin Chair was awarded a Special Mention at the Salone Satellite last April, the celebrated prize for young promising talent at the Milan Furniture Fair.<\/p>\n<p>There are some images of the earlier prototypes <a href=\"http:\/\/reikoyamamoto.blogzine.jp\/ynot\/2008\/08\/post_9f1c.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designer Jun Hashimoto has spent four years working on one concept to find the Holy 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