In our everyday lifestyle, Sori Yanagi tools and objects connect with our Head, appealing to our intellect. A private moment of awareness when the form of an object lovingly aligns with the task at hand.

In our everyday lifestyle, Sori Yanagi tools and objects connect with our Hands, touching our senses, the physical world of materiality, the location where human and object meet.

In our everyday lifestyle, Sori Yanagi tools and objects connect with our Heart, our emotions, weaving a thread that connects the work of the designer with the expertise of the craftsperson and the joy of the user.

Sori Yanagi was born in Tokyo, Japan. The son of Soetsu Yanagi, founder of the Mingei movement, which celebrates the beauty of everyday objects. Yanagi first studied oil painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts from (1936-1940) before turning to architecture, joining the office of celebrated architect Junzo Sakakura, (1901-1969). Working as an assistant to Charlotte Perriand, (1903-1999), during her trip to Japan in the early 1940s Yanagi learned ‘the process of design’ and established a pathway of engagement with European Modernism. Eventually moving away from architecture in 1947 to study industrial design and in 1952 he opened his own agency in Tokyo, the Yanagi Industrial Design Institute.

To smile as joyfully as Sori Yanagi is an everyday CIBI adventure. Welcoming the creases around our eyes, feeling the rise of our cheeks as a smile is born upon a connection we feel in our Head, Hands and Heart. CIBI Hero Sori Yanagi is an exhibition of design works selected from the CIBI Design store collection. The exhibition celebrates the smile that accompanies us with Sori Yanagi design in hand, an experience loved every day in the homes of our CIBI community and the spaces of CIBI Melbourne, CIBI Tokyo, CIBI Corner Store Kitasando, and CIBI Okayama.

Next CIBI Marche
Friday & Saturday, 5th & 6th December
at CIBI Grocer

CIBI Marché is a monthly grocery market featuring seasonal veggies from Ramarro Farm - supplier to some of Melbourne's top restaurants. Come to see the best of the Dandenong Ranges in the season—sustainably grown, amazingly fresh, hand-picked vegetables.

A box full of fresh seasonal produce from our favourite grower, Ramarro Farm, to inspire a weekend of home cooking. Handpicked for CIBI Marché, fresh and delicious.

Pick up at the next CIBI Marche,
Friday & Saturday, 5th & 6th December at CIBI Grocer