Shigeru Ban and Aid to Japan
We’ve been following the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami with a heavy heart. So when I saw that Shigeru Ban, one of my favorite architects, had designed an incredibly simple partition system to help make emergency shelters more habitable I had to post it immediately. Click here to find out more about the shelters. And here to see the other work he has done in helping victims of earthquakes around the world. I’ll post more tomorrow on Herman Miller’s response to the disaster along with a round-up of charities who are doing good work in the region.
That’s got to make a huge difference to be able to create semi-private spaces instead of having everyone huddled together. Using the paper tubes and white cloth is very smart since sourcing the materials cheaply on very short notice to accommodate the needs of a group of any size is key.
Daisy McCarty
San Diego Office Furniture