2006 / Arm chairs

2007 / Lounge chairs 2005 / Armless chairs

The armchair is an extension of the previous project confirming my interpretation of the Japanese aesthetic.
This concept to me is a "not defined" transparency without the sense of the inside and outside as well as the attention to detail. In addition wooden seating is made flexible to give a better physical sensation.

Alberto Meda

The armchair is thought as well as possible considering the existing chair. Some changes has been made to the frame in order to have armrests. Still the appearance and the basic structure is quite the same. Armrests bring some comfort and the seat area is airy.
Looks like the chair breathes well.

Harri Koskinen

To difference between chair and armchair can give a quite interesting idea. What makes the two different is the armrest, which for the armchair, is considered as one of the most important element. With this idea, the armrest becomes more than just a part added to the armchair.
This armchair is composed of two parts. The structure and seating is generated from the structure itself and the oblique symmetry of the legs.

Jutamas Buranajade+Piti Amraranga/o.d.a.

The Slit chair I designed focused on the clarity of the vertical and horizontal. Adding arms to the previous chairs makes them more comfortable to sit. But at the same time, it adds function, hence making the chair more complex. Trying to simplify this function and making it look good in terms of design is what to archive.

Kanji Ueki

We thought it would be fun if the rabbit chair would fly.

Kazuyo Sejima+Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA

"Object and Space"
My objective was to design a chair with better comfort. I tried to find a balance between the seat and the backrest as I've done on the previous chair. By situating parts of the seating and backrest in an appropriate position, the form expresses comfort, saying "Please sit down on me". A chair is represented as an "object", but it may also be defined as "space". Adding the arms to a chair accentuates its efficacy of "space".

Masayuki Kurokawa

This chair has seating properties which is no longer in use, but it combines comfort and is a design which is simple and essential. The chair we designed is very similar to the ones already in production, but with simple details it is transformed into a contemporary design.
The legs separate the heaviness of certain aspects of the chair such as structural elements, color of wood, thickness of arm rests creating a dynamic object. The chair's versatile style allows it to be located in any kind of interior surrounding that is traditional and modern, oriental and occidental, Japanese and Italian.

Michele De Lucchi

I intended to keep the simplicity of the previous chair I designed which only consisted of the combined four cylinders, seating, and backrest.
For this project, keeping the simplicity, I extended the front legs as armrests.

Naoto Fukasawa

This chair is designed as a stackablearm chair. The form was achieved through several experimentations for a long period of time. Many materials including various fabrics and metal mesh were applied to its backrest and seating during the 1980's.
For this time, the beauty of Maruni's wooden piece is used. The backrest and seating is made out of unpolished oak wood. Using the wood not only expresses the beauty of the lines but also reflects Japanese aesthetic defined through the beauty of its grains.

Shigeru Uchida

The design of this armchair is inspired by Tatami mat.
The chair offers soft and comfortable seating despite its square and hard appearance.
It is modest and understated as a single unit, but it creates a sense of order and reveals its innermost beauty when a number of them are installed in a space.

Shin Azumi

Chairs are typically shown from the front of the side but once used in context, they are mostly seen from the back and side. I designed a chair that would look interesting when the chair is use but tucked under a table like a centipede.

Tamotsu Yagi