Cocoda Sedia by Shigeki Matsuoka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Disignu di Mubilia Competition Category.

ArgentuMubilia· 2023

Cocoda Sedia

by Shigeki Matsuoka

Client: Koma co.,ltd.

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Mubilia Category

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The Design

About Cocoda Sedia

Cocoda hè una sedia fatta di legnu massicciu. A sedia si caratterizeghja per i so bracci intricati à curve tridimensiunali, scolpiti in legnu massicciu. Sta forma ùn si pò micca ottene piegendu u legnu. Ogni pezzu hè scolpitu à manu da artigiani chì adopranu piane è cultelli giappunesi. U sediu scolpitu pare dolce ancu s'è u legnu hè duru, ciò chì permette di stà à pusà per longhi periodi. U cuncettu mantene solu e funzioni necessarie, seguitendu l'idea chì a simplicità porta cunfortu è bellezza. A sedia misura 700 mm di larghezza, 520 mm di prufundità è 725 mm d'altezza, cù un'altezza di sediu di 420 mm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Cocoda Sedia hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Cocoda Sedia sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Cocoda Sedia hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

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