13 Facts About Mira Nakashima

Mira Nakashima-Yarnall was born on 1942 and is an architect and furniture maker.

Mira Nakashima is the daughter of George Nakashima and is the President and Creative Director of George Nakashima, Woodworker.

When Mira was six months old, during World War II, she was sent with her parents to the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Idaho.

An image from 1945 shows the Mira Nakashima family gathered for dinner in their Pennsylvania home.

Mira Nakashima was interested in studying music or languages, but her father urged her to follow in his footsteps and study architecture.

Mira Nakashima attended Harvard University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963.

Mira Nakashima went on to receive a master's degree in architecture from Waseda University in Tokyo.

Mira Nakashima began her woodworking career in 1970 when her father offered her a job in his furniture making workshop and built her a home across the road.

Mira Nakashima picked up right where her father left off, continuing his tradition as well as exploring some new possibilities.

In 2001, Mira Nakashima held an exhibition at Moderne Gallery in Philadelphia showcasing her father's original work alongside new works created under her supervision.

In 2007, Mira Nakashima was featured in a LANDSCAPE episode of Craft in America on PBS.

The highest known auction record for Mira Nakashima's work was set in 2018 at the Freeman's design auction when a Claro walnut dining table and set of eight Conoid chairs in the studio's signature style sold for $150,000.

Mira Nakashima's daughter, Maria, is an architect living in Winnipeg.