2007 / Lounge chairs

2006 / Arm chairs 2005 / Armless chairs

"Tilting lounge chair"
The idea comes from the observation that for a lounge chair, you need different sitting positions depending on what is your purpose or intention; one vertical to easily read your newspaper and one horizontal�to relax.
I tried to develop a wooden structure that is able to “tilt”,�to change from a position to another in a balanced way, using your own weight.
Constructively, the lounge chair and table�reflect the same approach as the previous chair and armchair with the same attention to details.
To improve the lounge chair's comfort, every wooden crosspiece is provided with a soft padded covering.

Alberto Meda

The Lounge chair continues the aesthetics of the previous projects made for Maruni.
A composition of sticks and planes. Now there is more comfort and
informality.
The Lounge table completes the chair.

Harri Koskinen

The three chairs; armless chair, armchair, and lounge chair that I have designed up till now, have all the same ideas and structures. The seats for different purposes are built into the Japanese architectural framework. The distance or the space between the frame and the seat is again designed with great importance.
Chairs originally have bilateral character, which is the physicality and the extensity, however I am putting more importance on the extensity with these chairs. The frame with right-angled structure creates this extensity.
I thought of the lounge chair as "a chair with comfort where I would want to take a nap," so I made a comfortable seat constructed with a shock absorber by a rubber belt and put a "zabuton (a Japanese traditional seating tool)" used like a cushion on top of it.

Masayuki Kurokawa

This is the third project with nextmaruni. I designed this lounge chair with the same thickness of curved wood that I designed to manufacture the first small chair and the second armchair. I have been designing these chairs from the beginning with the theme of "like an ordinary chair as possible," so for the third time, I've tried to look into creating a shape that is common and that can be found in everyday life. Although, I believe these chairs are pretty unique so they are actually unlikely to find. This lounge chair is made by curved wood that stretches from the front leg to the back, and two back legs that joint to the seat. The center layer of the seat and the back has cushion inside, covered with fabric. This small lounge chair could also be used as a dining chair.

Naoto Fukasawa

This lounge chair is designed along the same lines as the armchair I designed last year. The aim of the chair is to be an interpretation of the Tatami mat (a Japanese traditional carpet made of rush) and the early memories and experiences it evokes for me.
The points of my interpretation are:
- The chair is to offer soft and comfortable seating despite its square and hard appearance.
- It is understated as a single unit, but it creates a sense of order and reveals its beauty when a number of them are installed in a space.
- To express the visual and structural similarities, the woven rush surface and the firm fabric border of Tatami mat are translated as the leather upholstered seat and the wooden frame of the chair.
I feel this lounge chair has the character of Tatami more than the armchair, because of its lower and wider seating surface.

Shin Azumi

I designed this lounge chair to sit and relax as a natural tool of life.
The legs and frame are the strong structure of this chair like the trunk of a tree, and it supports the back and seat. The back and seat supports the person sitting down by softly bending like a branch.
My intentions were to naturally combine the function and structure in a necessary form. As a result, I think that it was finished without any gaudiness in appearance, and wasn't stressing out the details in particular.

Tetsu Sumii