Hida
Seoto Coffee Table
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.
The Designer | Motomi Kawakami
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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.
W1250 D500 H360 mm
W49" x D20" x H14"
Beech (polyurethane resin finish)
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Oak (polyurethane resin finish)
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Walnut (polyurethane resin finish)
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*Oil finish option available.
The Maker | Hida
This beautiful yet practical coffee table 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 local materials.