Influence of Art on Commercial Interior Design in Japan

• Project/Area Number: 15K02127
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Aesthetics and studies on art
• Research Institution: Kindai University (2016-2018); Kobe Gakuin University (2015)
• Principal Investigator: HASHIMOTO Keiko 近畿大学, 建築学部, 准教授 (20610570)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 美術とデザイン / インテリアデザイン / 境沢孝 / 伊藤隆道 / 山口勝弘 / 倉俣史朗 / 商環境デザイン / デザイン史 / インテリア・デザイン / ジャンル解体 / インテリア・オブジェクト / インテリア / 商環境 / インテリアオブジェクト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research is intended as an investigation of the influence of art on the commercial interior design of the 1960s and 1970s. The research is particularly concerned with the interior design works by Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Takamichi Ito and Takashi Sakaizawa, each of whom had their own unique methods related to the fusion of art and interior design. Yamaguchi insisted that designing an interior should start with objects and then move on to space, rather than the other way around. Ito was inspired by mobile sculpture and transferred this to space design. Sakaizawa seemed to extrapolate the concept of Cristo’s packaging art and apply it his interior designs.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本の商業インテリアは他の国にはない実験性にあふれているが、これまでそれに焦点を当てた研究はなかった。今回の研究では、その実験性のルーツである美術とインテリア・デザインとの相互交流のはじまりを、山口勝弘、伊藤隆道、境沢孝の作例を中心に明らかにした。成果については国際学会と電子ジャーナルを通じておもに英語で発信し、これまで倉俣史朗以外は知られていなかった日本の商業デザインの独特な変遷を内外に伝えることができた。また、研究者の著述はインテリア・デザインの学術的研究方法を伝えることに貢献したとの評価も頂いた。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] ANALYSIS OF “APPROPRIATION” PRACTICED IN JAPANESE COMMERCIAL INTERIOR DESIGN BY SHIRO KURAMATA AND TAKASHI SAKAIZAWA (2019)
  • Author(s): Keiko Hashimoto
  • Journal Title: AMPS Proceedings Series 15. Tangible-Intangible Heritage(s) -Design, social and cultural critiques on the past, the present and the future Volume: 15.1 Pages: 235-242
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Shiro Kuramata’s Interior Design (2017)
  • Author(s): Hashimoto Keiko
  • Journal Title: The International Journal of Arts Theory and History Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Pages: 21-26
  • DOI: 10.18848/2326-9952/cgp/v12i04/21-26
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Katsuhiro Yamaguchi's Influence on the Commercial Interior Design of the 1960s (2016)
  • Author(s): Keiko Hashimoto
  • Journal Title: デザイン理論 Volume: 69 Pages: 7071-7071
  • NAID: 120006348583
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] ANALYSIS OF “APPROPRIATION” PRACTICED IN JAPANESE COMMERCIAL INTERIOR DESIGN BY SHIRO KURAMATA AND TAKASHI SAKAIZAWA (2018)
  • Author(s): Keiko Hashimoto
  • Organizer: Architecture_Media_Politics_Society
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 伊藤隆道のインテリア・オブジェクトにみる一九六〇年代のジャンル解体運動の意義 (2017)
  • Author(s): 橋本啓子
  • Organizer: 美学会
• [Presentation] Katsuhiro Yamaguchi's Influence on the Commercial Interior Design of the 1960s (2016)
  • Author(s): Keiko Hashimoto
  • Organizer: 意匠学会第58回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都精華大学
• [Presentation] Shiro Kuramata’s Interior Design: Abstraction as Reconstruction of the Childhood Memories (2015)
  • Author(s): Keiko Hashimoto
  • Organizer: The 10th Conference of Arts in the Society
  • Place of Presentation: Imperial College, London
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-22
  • Int'l Joint Research