Hida
Seoto Semi-Arm Chair
The Seoto ("creek's sound") Chair won the Good Design Award in 2012. This chair successfully fulfilled what the designer set to achieve: a balance of beauty and functionality. To fully showcase the charm of natural solid wood, Kawakami implemented the sophisticated wood-curving techniques of the woodcrafter. This chair is stackable.
Renowned designer Motomi Kawakami has won numerous awards for his design prowess both in Japan and abroad, including the Japan Triennale Gold Prize and the IF prize in Germany. At a young age, he practiced at the Angello Mangiarotti Architect Office in Milan.
Standard
W570 D510 H740 mm
SH 420 mm
AH 650 mm
W22.5" x D20" x H29"
SH16.5"
AH26"
High
W570 D510 H780 mm
SH 460 mm
AH 690 mm
W22.5" x D20" x H31"
SH18"
AH27"
The Maker | Hida
This beautiful yet practical chair is made by Hida Sangyo, a well respected furniture maker in Takayama, Japan, which has been building fine furniture for almost a century. It began when two travelers came to the town of Hida Takayama, a mountainous area near the Northern Japanese Alps, and passed down the technique of Western bentwood furniture. From here, a furniture company was born. To this day, Hida continues merge western aesthetics with traditional Japanese crafts techniques and making their best endeavors to use local materials and promote sustainability.
