Chair by Mile at Tokyo Design Week 08


Mile’s chair design made from wood and rubber. Image © designboom

at tokyo design week 08, design group ‘mile’ from japan presented a chair design made from rubber and wood. the main frame of the chair is made from wood while strips of thick rubber are twisted and curved to form the arms and back support of the chair, all held together by metal hardware. the design provides an interesting combination of materials, using solid wood to contrast with the more malleable rubber.

About Mile

Design project MILE was formed by Bandai Matsuo (acoustic engineer), Kentaro Kai (software engineer) and Kozo Shimoyama (interior designer). As “three heads are better than one” (the Chinese character for MILE can be read as san which also means three), they are expanding their design activities making use of each member’s specialty. Incorporating humor-filled storytelling, they create designs that pleasantly link people, things and space.

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Tokyo design week 08: Yonoh creative studio


Chair from the ‘boozo’ collection by Yonoh creative studio for JMcontract

Spanish creative studio yonoh participated in this year’s Tokyo design week as part of the ‘Spanish emotion’ exhibition which was curated by hector serrano and organized by ICEX (spanish institute of foreign trade). Included in the show was their ‘plof’ light designed for ona and a chair which is part of their ‘boozo’ collection
for JMcontract.

The ‘boozo’ collection is a series of seating which is made from a combination of two plywood curves, one which forms the seat and another which is meant to act as the back support of the chair. there is the option for one to eliminate the curved back seating and arms, making the chair act more like a stool. the chair can be finished in wood, lacquer or leather, with legs constructed for either wood or metal.

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swiss designers saturday 08: 'vegetal' chair by bouroullec brothers for vitra


Vegetal Chair by the Bouroullec Brothers for Vitra.
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tokyo design week 08: nextmaruni


Ears Chair by Sanaa

Two ‘ears’ stand upright to form the back of the armless chair at this year’s 100% design tokyo, next maruni presented new furniture in a joint exhibition between maruni wood industry inc. and maysa co., ltd., entitled ‘nextmaruni + HA-RU mono’. included in the exhibition was an armless chair designed by kazuyo sejima and ryue nishizawa of SANAA. the duo first designed a similar chair
back in 2005. now nextmurani has released the chair in a wider version. the design consists of free asymmetric
‘ears’ which act as the back of the chair. it is made from translucent white beechwood, which speaks to the
chair’s minimalist design.

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tokyo design week 08: max lamb

Max Lamb presented his ‘DIY chair’ in tokyo. image © designboom

A simple construction, the entire chair is made from pieces of wood that are all the same in length, width and diameter.
One only needs a drill, some hardware and wood to complete this chair on their own

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