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KOYORI NEWSLETTER
2024 October 17
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PRODUCT STORY: MAKURI LOUNGE CHAIR AND OTTOMAN Vol.1
The design philosophy of KOYORI’s newly appointed designer, Michael Anastassiades, is recognized for the honest use of materials, familiarity of form and clarity of function. He is best known for his minimalist and clean aesthetic for his lighting designs with FLOS and with his eponymous brand. In creating wooden furniture with KOYORI, Anastassiades’ design process "was to try to do a slightly different typology than the current KOYORI collection. An easy chair that can live in every home, with its level of comfort, perceived comfort, and inviting comfort.”
Makuri lounge chair is a chair about the iconic curves. Comprising two curves along with squares and rectangles, each element embodies a familiar shape, seamlessly and naturally integrating into our visual experience. The chair also reflects the linearity Anastassiades is well known for, along with subtle elements of spheres, translated into Makuri’s curves. Despite its ample size, the chair possesses a certain airiness and represents ultimate simplicity.
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This emphasis on curves and simplicity led to the search for a name that could capture these qualities. The name “Makuri” comes from the term “Yuki Makuri,” a fascinating phenomenon caused by wind and snow. The wind collects snow into piles that form curls, similar to the curls of shaved wood. From the beginning, he envisioned a simple easy chair. He wanted to convey a feeling as though it weren’t designed at all, echoing the natural curls of shaved wood that come off when carving with a plane or knife. Initially, Anastassiades sought a phrase to describe the shape created by a plane shaving wood, but no such word existed in Japanese.
In response, KOYORI proposed naming it after this rare phenomenon seen in the region where the manufacturer is located, known for its heavy winter snowfall. Anastassiades remarked that giving the chair this name felt like completing the poem he had envisioned through the design.
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