The illuminated cubes change color as the viewer walks down the stairs.
Map of Osaka
Outside view of Dior store in Osaka
Christian Dior came from a wealthy family on the coast of France whose fortune was derived from the manufacturing of fertilizer. In 1928, several years before he started working professionally in fashion, Christian Dior opened a small art gallery with some financial aid from his father. He sold art by artists such as Pablo Picasso but due to a family financial crisis some years later he had to close the gallery.
In 1946 Christian Dior founded the Dior fashion house. The phrase the 'New Look' was coined for his first collection by the editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar. The 'New Look,' which emphasized voluptuous forms over more boxy and conservative shapes, helped reestablish Paris as the center of the fashion world after WWII.
The Christian Dior Mansion and Museum in Granville, France
The Dior store in Toyko is also notable for its design and architecture.
The building was designed by the two person design team SANAA (pictured below).
SANAA's Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa also designed the New Museum's new building in New York. They have been awarded many architecture prizes including the Golden Lion in Venice in 2004.
