Cocoda Cadira by Shigeki Matsuoka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny de Mobiliari Competition Category.

ArgentMobiliari· 2023

Cocoda Cadira

by Shigeki Matsuoka

Client: Koma co.,ltd.

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Mobiliari Category

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The Design

About Cocoda Cadira

Cocoda és una cadira feta de fusta massissa. La cadira es caracteritza per uns braços intricats de corbes tridimensionals, tallats a partir de fusta massissa. Aquesta forma no es pot produir corbant la fusta. Cada peça és tallada a mà per artesans utilitzant ribots i ganivets japonesos. El seient tallat resulta suau al tacte tot i que la fusta és dura, cosa que permet seure-hi durant llargs períodes. El disseny conserva només les funcions necessàries, seguint la idea que la simplicitat aporta comoditat i bellesa. La cadira mesura 700 mm d'amplada, 520 mm de profunditat i 725 mm d'alçada, amb una alçada de seient de 420 mm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Cocoda Cadira és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Cocoda Cadira sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Cocoda Cadira és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The cocoda chair is characterized by its intricate three-dimensional curved arms, which are made by carving solid wood . This shape cannot be made by bending the wood.
We thought that a simple chair with only the necessary functions is the most comfortable and most beautiful.
The beautiful organic form of this product attracts users to touch it. Each piece is hand-carved out of solid wood using Japanese hand tools.
Dimensions & Packaging: W700mm D520mm H725mm SH420mm
Tags: chair, bench, furniture, wood, Japan, Tokyo, craftsmanship
Production Technology: It is created by carving a solid block of wood with a knife in order to achieve perfect seating comfort. This expresses a level of comfort that cannot be achieved with bent wood, cushions or springs. Japanese hand tool planes and knives are essential for this.
Design Challenge: As a craftsman, this chair requires daily training and skill. It took nine years from the first model to the current model. Designing a chair is very difficult due to various limitations such as strength, structure, and seating comfort, but the challenge is worth it.
Research: Every part of the product should have a meaning.It should have an excellent function.This is the ultimate in simplicity.We believe that the pursuit of simplicity results in beautiful design.
Inspiration: The complex cubic curves that best fit the human body cannot be created by machines. We believe that being able to mass-produce these chairs, made by hand, with one-of-a-kind quality is a new value that cannot be found anywhere else.
It is said that the world of manufacturing will become more difficult in the future with the development of AI, but there is nothing to fear if we have the power and individuality to constantly create new creations.
Project Duration: The cocoda chair 2020 in its current form has undergone a series of model changes since 2011 and was completed in 2020.
It is manufactured at KOMA Corporation in Tokyo, Japan.
Operation Flow: The solid wood is individually hand-carved by craftsmen, which makes the seat so comfortable that it feels soft even though it is hard wood, allowing the user to sit for hours without getting tired.
Patents: nothing
Image Credits: photo= Franco Tadeo Inada
movie Director=Ibuki Matsuyama