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Revealing Nakashima

August means moving into college, and moving into college means IKEA. So, it might be easy to forget that furniture is more than something to buy for cheap and sit on — you can look at it, too. Nakashima Revealed: The Carnegie Mellon Collection is the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery’s newest exhibit, featuring furniture crafted by Japanese-American designer George Nakashima. Nakashima created many one-of-a-kind pieces, each inspired by the patterns in the wood he was using. Carnegie Mellon bought about 60 pieces of Nakashima’s furniture in the mid-’60s, some of which is now in Miller Gallery for the exhibit. Nakashima Revealed starts with an opening reception on Friday, August 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibit...

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