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Chair designed by Akira Minagawa. The round back part can be taken off and the fabric can be changed with seasons and your moods. The chair is manufactured by Tendo co.,Ltd. in Yamagata prefecture and the grooves on the legs are carved by artisan of kokeshi (Japanese traditional wooden doll). Seating face is available in wood or padding with fabric.


Designed by
Akira Mingawa(minä perhonen) Production by
Tendo co.,Ltd.
Available fabrics
"sunny rain" beige
126,000yen "happa" brown *
128,000yen (seating face padding 148,000yen) "tambourine" gray *
126,000yen (seating face padding 141,000yen) "tambourine" olive
126,000yen "multistraipe" blue
127,000yen "multistraipe" orange
127,000yen "angel" blue
127,000yen "hana tile"
127,000yen *tax not included

Available at minä perhonen flagship shop in Tokyo and ACTUS in Japan.

[runner]

thanks softgrey
oddly enough I was thinking of that wood chair last night.
but so tired that I went to bed instead of posting



some more chrome hearts
courtesy hf

[runner]

munoz vrandecic


boutiquew.com

[runner]

maurizio altieri (cdiem)
a seat made of steel and leather

my scan from the world of interiors (thanks to softgrey)

[*Happiness*]

Originally Posted by runner

you're welcome
and thanks to gius, softgrey, mods






CCP A/W 06 "sofa"

it was so hard. it's like sitting on some smooth rock though.



courtesy minorityrev

how do you sit on that?

[runner]

you'd lay it this way and sit down
(the one in the pic seems to be the small version)

minorityrev.com

[MUXU]

^wow..looks like something from a magritte painting

[ChrissyM]

some stuff from "fendi casa"

miamidesigndistrict.net
robbreportluxuryhome.com
latimes.com

[runner]

paul harnden




kiriaki.com

[gius]

old news, but good news for this home designer 'encyclopaedia'

Kenzo Takada
© AFP Pierre Verdy

PARIS (AFP) - Working under his new label "Gokan Kobo," or "workshop of the five senses," the 66-year old designer unveiled his new universe of tableware, home objects and furniture at the "Maison et Objet" trade show in Paris on Friday.

Takada will also present a small line of clothes "for casual activities and traveling, that are easy to wear," in a limited showing during the presentation of the Paris ready-to-wear collections in early October, the designer told AFP.

He announced his intention to open a store in Paris before the end of 2006 to show the entire Gokan Kobo collection.

"When I stopped working five years ago, I went on vacation, I rested, I traveled. And when I decided to work again, I told myself it would be in decoration" more than fashion, he said.



View of Japanese designer Kenzo Takada's booth
© AFP Pierre Verdy

In launching his new business, Takada chose to create partnerships with established manufacturers that could handle the production of the Gokan Kobo line: Baccarat for crystal, for example, or Niderwiller and Manufacture Nationale de Sevres for porcelain.

He has also given a high-profile visibility to a handful of young artisans such as Shoko Koike, a young sculptor and vase-maker and the daughter of one of Takada's design teachers in Japan from the early 1960s.

But the end-result is unmistakably stamped with the coherence and originality that catapulted Takada to stardom as a clothing designer in the 1970s.

"What I have done here is not design so much as cross breeding," said Takada with typical modesty, pointing to a chair in the mid-19th century style of Napolean III covered in tissue taken from the sash of a traditional Japanese kimono gown.

"But the chairs are still very French," Takada added in accented French, smiling broadly.

Takada emigrated to France in 1965 and has been based in Paris ever since, but travels frequently to Japan -- "two or three times a year," he said.

© 2005 AFP

http://news.sawf.org/Fashion/2481.aspx

[runner]

ugo cacciatori

http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums...ori-36713.html





minorityrev.com

[oceanharlot]

christian lacroix designed a bunch of home accessories for laredoute. lamps, chairs, linens, wall hangings, rugs and more...
http://www.christianlacroixpourlaredoute.com

[softgrey]

runner---all the ones you posted are so interesting...
so different from the mainstream...

...
thanks for posting those...

[runner]

you're welcome softgrey




maybe the most famous case a designer went home?

Hussein Chalayan A/W 00 "Afterwords"














japandesign.ne.jp

[celery]

i think its hard to design something thats already designed( and a good one too)...it's a collaboration...Rick Owen & Rogan also try their hands on furnishing..