[Machine Translation] POSTMODERN: Are you familiar with postmodern design? Is there a sign of a boom in postmodern furniture? An exhibition featuring Ettore Sottsass is also being held! While Modernism, with its pursuit of rationality and functionality, forms the foundation of contemporary architecture and design, criticism arose in the 1960s and 1970s regarding its excessive homogenization. Consequently, Postmodernism emerged in the 1980s as a set of values that transcended Modernism. This design movement, which defined an era with its sculptural forms and pop color schemes, was centered around the Milan-based design collective known as Memphis." This summer, Japan s first full-scale retrospective of its leader, Ettore Sottsass, is currently on view. In addition, recreations of spaces designed by Japanese designers ranging from Memphis members Shiro Kuramata and Masanori Umeda to Shigeru Uchida and Akio Ohashi as well as reissues of their furniture, are underway one after another. We re also seeing more and more cases of postmodern products being incorporated into interiors. With that in mind, we re presenting a major special feature on postmodern design, which has been gaining renewed appreciation in recent years!