Metrocs

JAPAN

Founded in 1993
Metrocs specializes in functional product design from the 1950s to the 1980s. Some of the representative designers are Riki Watanabe, Daisaku Choh, Pierre Paulin and Max Bill.

Metropolitan Gallery Inc.
6-18-2, Shinbashi, Minato-ku
105-0004 Tokyo
JAPAN
T +81-3-5777-5938
F +81-3-5777-5340
info@metrocs.jp

METROCS
Metrocs is a brand line focusing on European and Japanese interior design masterpieces. All the products, such as furniture, lightings and design objects, are produced in collaboration with the manufacturers and can be shipped to anywhere outside Japan, too.

N-CRAFTS@METROCS
n-crafts@metrocs brand line introduces refined present day Japanese handicrafts, such as tableware, cloths and wooden puzzles. Products by master craftsmen, such as Keisuke Serizawa and Nobuho Miya are introduced among others.

FURNITURE [7]

TABLEWARE [1]

ART [2]

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F031 Petit Desk

D E S I G N E R
Pierre Paulin

P R O D U C E R
Metrocs, Japan
1956

M A T E R I A L A N D D I M E N S I O N S
wood
W.129 × D.61 × H.72,5cm

Pierre Paulin's F031 Petit Desk is an example of the 1950s French modernism.
Metrocs started reproducing the desk, which French Thonet originally manufactured, in 2003. Its straight lines differ greatly from Paulin's later designs that are characterized by their organic and flamboyant forms. The simple desk has enough storing space and as the backside is carefully finished, it can be used as a space divider.

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F061 Sideboard

D E S I G N E R
Pierre Paulin

P R O D U C E R
Metrocs, Japan
1958

M A T E R I A L A N D D I M E N S I O N S
wood
W.122 × D.51 × H.72,5cm

In 2004, Metrocs asked Pierre Paulin to redesign this sideboard, which is one of his early designs from the 1950s and the actual reproduction of it started in 2006. The sideboard offers a lot of storing space with a double-door cupboard and three drawers. As well as Paulin's F031 Petit Desk, the F061 sideboard is simplistic and practical. The top board is available in black and white and the drawers and cupboard in oak and teak.

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'Variation 1' Poster

D E S I G N E R
Max Bill

P R O D U C E R
Metrocs, Japan
1935

M A T E R I A L A N D D I M E N S I O N S
paper
50 cm × 50 cm

'Variation 1' is part of Max Bill's series '15 Variations on a Single Theme' which was originally created as concrete art. The series, which is based on the keywords of continuity, development and invention, combines mathematics, geometry and art. 'Variation 1' closes the open lines of the original theme and introduces geometrical shapes in six colours of yellow, red, green, blue, orange and purple. Metrocs started producing the poster with the permission from Max Bill Foundation in 2007.

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'Variation 12' Poster

D E S I G N E R
Max Bill

P R O D U C E R
Metrocs, Japan
1935

M A T E R I A L A N D D I M E N S I O N S
paper
50 cm × 50 cm


'Variation 12' is part of Max Bill's '15 Variations on a Single Theme' series that was originally launched as concrete art. The series combines mathematics, geometry and art. 'Variation 12' completes the curved lines of the original theme to circles. Max Bill has skillfully highlighted the smaller and larger rings with black, which makes them seem three-dimensional.

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'C.F.S. Kids Set'

D E S I G N E R
Riki Watanabe

P R O D U C E R
Metrocs, Japan
1965

M A T E R I A L
cardboard

The production of a carton table and chair set started from a project of making safe children's furniture. The carton is only folded and no glue is used. It is possible to put two chairs under the table in order to lessen storage space. The furniture is very light, one can even draw pictures on the carton and most certainly, freeness of use will cultivate every child's imagination. In 1967, CFS Kids Set won the Mainichi Design Prize.

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