UBS Design

WE ARE A DESIGN COMPANY WORKING IN NEW YORK CITY’S EAST VILLAGE AND OSAKA JAPAN. THE PRINCIPAL DESIGNER IS ETSUMI IMAMURA. SHE WAS EDUCATED IN FINE ART IN JAPAN, THE UK AND THE US AND HAS WORKED IN GRAPHIC, INTERIOR AND FURNITURE DESIGN FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS. HER FAMILY HAS BEEN WELL KNOWN IN OSAKA SINCE ABOUT 1650 [ CE ] WHEN THEY SET UP A FOUNDRY THERE TO CREATE WORK FOR THE BUDDHIST TEMPLES AND FOR OTHER SECULAR PROJECTS IN THE KANSAI AREA. BOTH HER FATHER AND BROTHER ARE CONTEMPORARY SCULPTORS. THE PROJECTS IN FURNITURE AND LIGHTING DESIGN SHE IS WORKING ON CURRENTLY BRING A HAND MADE QUALITY TO OBJECTS THAT TYPICALLY TODAY ARE ONLY MASS PRODUCED. FOR EXAMPLE, THE STEEL TOFFOLI LIGHT FIXTURE REQUIRES THE ASSEMBLY BY HAND OF APPROXIMATELY 50 SEPARATE PIECES. THE SUCCESS OF THESE VARIOUS DESIGN PROJECTS IS RELATED TO HER BEING ABLE TO BRING A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS INTO PLAY THAT ALLOWS FOR AN EXPLORATION OF THE DEEP HISTORICAL RESONANCES THAT LIE AT THE BOTTOM OF AND ARE UNIQUE TO EACH PROBLEM. SPECIALTIES: INTERIOR DESIGN, PACKAGE DESIGN, GRAPHIC DESIGN, IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT AND FURNITURE DESIGN.