Yamakawa History

Yamakawa Rattan was founded by Hichiro Yamakawa in 1952 in a storage room in the backyard of their home in Tokyo Japan. He started the business to create jobs for his two sons who were both hearing impaired. Both his sons were very apt in using their hands so weaving was suitable. Yuzuru Yamakawa who was fortunate not to have the handicap as his brothers was asked to join the company to help the family in managing the business. He studied at design school at night while working in the business during the day. His efforts and talent made Yamakawa Rattan grow to become one of the most renowned company in Japan specialized in creating high quality design oriented rattan furniture.

Rattan

Rattan is the most ecological material that is available to us. Common knowledge dictates that cutting down trees from the rain forest destroys our environment and once cut, the trees will not grow back. One has to replant new trees and it takes many decades for a tree to mature. Rattan however, grows again and at a very fast pace. It can only be found in the rain forest as rattan needs trees for it to wrap on to reach for sunlight. This means that as long as there are trees in the rain forest, rattan will always be a sustainable raw material.
This material can be found in the rainforests in Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Sumatra. There are so many animals inhabiting these areas, including the famous and endangered orangutans.These poor animals are losing their natural habitats by humans cutting down trees illegally for financial benefits.

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Fruit Bowl collection

Design by Hiroomi Tahara

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Relation collection

Design by Hiroomi Tahara

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Wrap collection

Design by Hiroomi Tahara

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Linger bench

Design by Alvin Tjitrowirjo

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Kani collection

Design by Toshio Yano

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Petal chair

Design by Alvin Tjitrowirjo

2018 Exhibition Maison & Objet in Paris, YAMAKAWA GOES TO PARIS

2018.01

Yamakawa will be exhibiting for the first time in Paris, presenting furnitures designed by Omi Tahara, Toshio Yano and Alvin T.

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2017 Exhibition Milan design week at Palazzo Litta

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2017 Exhibition Milan design week. Yamakawa presents its new catalogue along with new pieces designed by Omi Tahara and Alvin T at Palazzo Litta in Milan.

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Yamakawa Rattan

Tokyo Office

Okusawa 6-8-10 Setagaya-ku Tokyo Japan
TEL : +81 3 5758-2577  FAX : +81 3 5758-2588
info@yamakawa-rattan.com

Indonesia Office

Yamakawa Rattan Indonesia pt.
Jl. Kemang Raya 24a 12730 Jakarta Indonesia
TEL : +62 21 719-3068  FAX : +62 21 719-3087

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