Chitose Hara Now

To spot a Chitose Hara piece, one must abandon the idea of comfort in the Western sense. Her furniture and installations are characterized by four distinct signatures:

Despite her global fame, Chitose Hara rarely gives interviews and never appears at openings. She lives without a smartphone or internet connection in a renovated soy sauce warehouse in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Her neighbors know her only as “the woman who hangs wet paper out in the rain.” chitose hara