The Man Who Designed The Iconic Soy Sauce Dispenser Is Dead
From London to Los Angeles, the sight of this shapely bottle
You may never have given this condiment container much thought; for decades it has always been there, waiting for you to reach out and use on your platter of sushi. But the ubiquitous red-topped glass container with its dripless polystyrene spout didn’t exist before 1961. It came from the mind of Kenji Ekuan
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According to The New York Times, the iconic tear-shaped bottle has been in continuous production ever since
Ekuan’s soy sauce dispenser has even been recognized as a work of art. In the mid-oughts, the bottle was added to the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New Yorkhonors the design of everyday objects
Ekuan graduated from Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. He became an industrial designer, a maker of the things we use every day (and often can’t imagine life without).
Ekuan founded GK Industrial Design Associates in 1957, which later became the GK Design Group
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Over the course of his illustrious six-decade career, Ekuan designed the distinctive Akita bullet trainmotorcycles for YamahaConsidered Japan’s foremost industrial designer,“The Aesthetics of the Japanese Lunchbox”
For his contributions, Ekuan received many honors, including the ICSID Colin King Grand Prix, the International Design Award, The Blue Ribbon Medal, the Sir Misha Black Medal and the Order of the Rising Sun.
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