“Shizubi Research+ Shiro Kuramata and Shizuoka” – Publication Release

The discussion “How Bar COMBLÉ Came to Be”, featuring Hisae Igarashi, is included in the publication.
This publication introduces the commercial spaces designed by Shiro Kuramata (1934–1991), one of postwar Japan’s most renowned designers, in Shizuoka. These spaces are presented through archival photographs and documents.
It features an in-depth essay by Kuramata scholar Keiko Hashimoto, an essay by Shizuoka City Museum of Art curator Ayu Ito, newly commissioned photographs of the still-existing Bar COMBLÉ by photographer Mitsumasa Fujitsuka—who worked alongside Kuramata during his career—as well as newly discovered materials.
This book serves as a definitive record of Kuramata’s legacy in Shizuoka.

[Contents]

A list of shops and commercial spaces designed by Shiro Kuramata in Shizuoka
“From Art to Design: What Tonboya and Takarado Brought to Kuramata” – Keiko Hashimoto (Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Kindai University)
“Tracing Shiro Kuramata’s Footprints in Shizuoka” – Ayu Ito (Curator, Shizuoka City Museum of Art)
COMBLÉ 2025: Connecting 37 Years – Photography by Mitsumasa Fujitsuka
Installation views from the exhibition (Nov 6 – Dec 15, 2024)
…and more.
[Price] ¥2,200 (tax included)

The publication is available at the Shizuoka City Museum of Art Museum Shop and Bar COMBLÉ (2F Shizusen Building, 2-7 Gofukucho, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture).
For Bar COMBLÉ opening hours and details, please check their official Instagram account (@comble.bar).