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
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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]

Courtesy Metrocs

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.

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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 originally one of his early designs from the 1950s and the actual reproduction of it started in 2006. As well as Paulin's F031 Petit Desk, the F061 sideboard is simplistic and practical.

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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 one is part of Max Bill's series '15 Variations on a Single Theme', which was originally created as concrete art. Variation 1 introduces geometrical shapes in six colors. Metrocs started producing the poster with 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


Max Bill's '15 Variations on a Single Theme' series combines mathematics, geometry and art. Variation 12 completes the curved lines of the original theme to circles. Max Bill has skillfully highlighted the 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 cardboard table and set of two stools started from a project of making safe children's furniture. The cardboard is only folded and no adhesives are used. In 1967, CFS Kids Set won the Mainichi Design Prize. Metrocs has produced the series since 2006.

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