List C: late 20th / Current

The element of transparency and playfulness is evident that both Shiro Kuramata and Tom Dixon’s chairs. Kuramata used materials like acrylic resin and wire mesh, and Dixon, thin steel rods, to give the illusion of floating and lightness. Their chair designs often had an unexpected twist- Kuramata’s Miss Blanche chair had paper flowers cast in it, while Dixon’s fan chair had a back rest that was unusual in scale- yet the core values of function and ingenuity remains prevalent in both their work.