Nakashima Estate | Pennsylvania (USA)
April 13, 2014 in Design, Life/Style 
Located in New Hope, Pennysylvania (USA) the Nakashima Estate was designed by the late George Katsutoshi Nakashima, a Japanese-American woodworker, architect and furniture maker. Hailed as one of the leading innovators in 20th century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement, Katsutoshi tells of the history of woodwork in his book The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker's Reflections and explains how from small beginnings, great things can develop.
Today the Nakashima Estate, designed by Katsutoshi for his family, is operated by a team of dedicated craftsman and led by his daughter Mira who helped design and make the existing furniture. The estate is comprised of 14 properties all landscaped by Katsutoshi and includes a showroom, museum and studio housing past and current works. Eight of the 14 properties are available to visit on scheduled tours, check the Nakashima Estate website for details.
Photography by Brian Ferry.
Design, Furniture Pennsylvania, Nakashima, USA