2D/3D Chairs by Yoichi Yamamoto for Issey Miyake

Amy Frearson | 23 June 2011 7 comments

When viewed from outside an Issey Miyake store in Tokyo, these chairs backs by Japanese architect Yoichi Yamamoto appear to have legs and seats.

3D Chairs by Yoichi Yamamoto for Issey Miyake

Although the wooden backs of the blue chairs are fixed directly to the floor, the legs are painted onto the ground so that from a fixed angle they appear in the correct perspective.

The installation, named 2D/3D Chairs, displays a selection of hats by milliner Akio Hirata.

Here is some text from the architect:

2D/3D Chairs Installation by Yoichi Yamamoto Architects

The back of the chairs stand up from the stage, while the legs of the chairs are drawings on the floor of the stage.

If you look at the installation from one point in front of the shop window, the back of the chairs, which are three-dimensional objects, and the legs of the chairs, which are two-dimensional drawings, meet and create a single figure.