Designer
Yasuhiko Itoh
Yasuhiko Itoh was born in 1933 and studied at Waseda University. Molteni&C says he spent several months in its production department, working closely with the brand's experts during the founding years of the brand.
Biography
Background
Yasuhiko Itoh was born in 1933 and studied at Waseda University. Molteni&C says he spent several months in its production department, working closely with the brand's experts during the founding years of the brand.
Signature Style
Curved wood. His 1959 bookcase prototype was made by a process the datasheet calls complex for its time. Itoh describes the Japanese and Italian cultures as similar in their love of wood.
Notable Works
The bookcase prototype of 1959, which won an award at the third Selettiva competition in Cantù, made in curved wood, and is reissued by Molteni&C as MHC.2.
Legacy
MHC.2 first appeared as an edition of 100 numbered pieces and is now offered as a standard, unnumbered bookcase in curved wood covered in walnut, with the prototype's 1959 award named on its datasheet.
