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AD steps inside the Japanese-style home and woodworking studios of legendary furniture designer George Nakashima in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Mira Nakashima shares the story behind her father’s iconic designs, from...

George Nakashima Woodworkers is located on a quiet road just behind the picturesque main drag of New Hope in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, approximately two hours southwest of New York City....

There is a mysterious sense of comfort and longing in Japanese architecture and design. Perhaps this feeling is deeply ingrained in the DNA of the Japanese people and has been...

  “Stepping onto the grounds of George Nakashima Woodworkers feels like entering another world—a quieter, more refined realm. The soft light, unhurried sense of time, and almost tangible peacefulness create...

“The new book from  Mira Nakashima, daughter of George Nakashima, one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Nakashima furniture-making process and how he...

We invite you to purchase and peruse a copy of our brand-new “Process Book”—no longer a catalog, but a window into how and why we do what we do. The...

Please join us for the Bucks County premier screening of George Nakashima: Woodworker on Thursday, October 13th at Bucks County Community College. We are also pleased to cosponsor, with Techne’...

Mira Nakashima takes us on a 30-minute tour of the Nakashima compound. The buildings combine the International style and Modernist influences with Japanese carpentry tradition, and feature innovative shapes, like...

“While interned in Idaho at Camp Minidoka during World War II, Japanese-American architect George Nakashima met master Japanese carpenter Gentaro Hikogawa. Using wood scraps and desert plants, they worked together...

Ugly Story From American History, Inspiring Stories Of Art, On View At Shofuso Japanese House And Garden “The Underground Railroad will always serve as America’s greatest example of ordinary citizens...