Description
Takahiko Fujimori's graphic chair features an angled, padded backrest set at a slightly lower position than a standard chair, allowing for relaxed, yet naturally spine-straightening repose. Another grace note is is the geometric frame, devised from a succession of squared-off shapes and assembled using the traditional Japanese triple-tenon woodwork technique known as tomegata sanmai tsugi. Once again, Karimoku New Standard's lofty history of woodworking technique is as impressive as its ongoing commitment to ecologically sustainable timber sourcing.
Specifications
Size
- 23.75" l x 21.25" d x 27.5" h (60x54x70cm)
- Seat: 17.7" h (45cm)
Material
Itaya maple, Wool acrylic blend fabric or leather
Brand
Karimoku New Standard
It has always been about the wood. Shohei Kato opened a small woodworking shop in 1940 from a longstanding timber firm he acquired in Kariya. The first letters of the town name combined with “moku,” as in “mokuzai” ( “wood”) provided the brand name. Furniture followed within 2 decades, along with several brands under the Karimoku umbrella. Then in 2009, with his grandson Hiroshi Kato as vice president, the Karimoku New Standard branch launched to develop works with international designers in the modern design arena.
The star roster includes Swedish studio TAF, the Swiss team Big-Game and Dutch duo Scholten & Baijings. Among them is David Glaettli, who also serves as KNS brand creative director and dubbed its credo as “high-tech and high-touch.” The highly skilled Japanese carpentry and hand-applied painting that are a part of the parent company heritage are integral to KNS. It also looks forward, revitalizing native forests by targeting undervalued, sustainably grown hardwoods. Advanced technologies have elevated the low-diameter chestnut, maple and oak trees, once turned into wood chips for paper pulp, into something of lasting beauty. The aim, notes Hiroshi, is “furniture that will be used and loved for more than 100 years.”
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