Apple wanted this chair. You will, too.
If you remember our trend story on this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan in the July issue, you’ll know that Japanese designers are finally making their presence felt on the international stage. Western furniture behemoths are beginning to partner Japanese designers for calm, enlightened pieces that will be welcome in the home of anyone with even a lick of aesthetic discernment. Arper landed Ichiro Iwasaki, Fritz Hansen chose studio Nendo, and the list goes on. But if you don’t want to take our word for it, take Apple’s.
Amid all the star pieces by Poltrona Frau, Arco and Eero Saarinen that populate the newly built US$5 billion (S$6.8 billion) Apple Park, one Japanese design has been quietly doing its job – being both alluring and comfortable – without any fanfare, and that is the Hiroshima chair by design maestro Naoto Fukasawa.
This story is from the August 2018 edition of The PEAK Singapore.
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