Mass Series Sumi Limited Möbelkollektion by Canuch Inc.

Mass Series Sumi Limited Möbelkollektion by Canuch Inc. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Gold in Möbeldesign Competition Category.

GoldMöbel· 2023

Mass Series Sumi Limited Möbelkollektion

by Canuch Inc.

Client: Fil Studios

A' Design Award in Gold Winner in Möbel Category

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The Design

About Mass Series Sumi Limited Möbelkollektion

Mass Series Sumi Limited ist eine Möbelkollektion, die einen Esszimmerstuhl, einen Loungesessel, einen Couchtisch, zwei Hocker und eine Garderobe umfasst. Jedes Stück verbindet ein Stahlgestell mit großzügig gehobeltem Zedernholz aus alten Bäumen. Das Zedernholz wird nach einer traditionellen Methode verkohlt, die die Haltbarkeit erhöht und die Maserung deutlich hervortreten lässt – so entsteht eine glänzend schwarze Oberfläche mit einer seltenen Textur. Das dunkle Finish verweist auf Noyaki, das Abbrennen der Graslandschaften in der Region Aso, wo Mensch und Natur miteinander leben. Die Serie ist auf 25 Einheiten pro Jahr limitiert.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Gold

Mass Series Sumi Limited Möbelkollektion ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Gold, einer überaus prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, wunderbare und herausragende Designs. Gold-Gewinner sind äußerst innovative, visionäre und glamourös blendende Schöpfungen, die das Genie, die Weisheit und die Meisterschaft ihrer Designer widerspiegeln. Von Mass Series Sumi Limited Möbelkollektion wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgepriesene, trendsetzende und monumentale Erfindung ist, die beispiellosen Mehrwert liefert. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Gold prämierte Design ist ein spektakuläres, respektiertes Projekt, das den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie in hohem Maße zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. Mass Series Sumi Limited Möbelkollektion erzeugt intensive Gefühle des Verlangens, weckt Leidenschaft, ermutigt zur Kreativität und fasziniert uns.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The series uses steel frame and generously planed-down cedar. What makes this series so special and profound is that the best part of old cedar trees is used and prepared by skilled woodcraft men. Clean-cut design with smoothly planed cedar and elegantly prepared steel frame urges you to touch and feel it.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dining chair W590mm x D670mm x SH420mm x AH610mm
Lounge chair W605mm x D680mm x SH365mm x AH510mm
900 Coffee table W900mm x D900mm x H450mm
Handle stool W380mm x H450mm
4Leg stool W380mm x D380mm x H450mm
Coat Hanger W450mm x D450mm x H1600mm
Tags: Furniture, Kumamoto, FIL, FIL STUDIOS, MASS Series
Production Technology: Unique texture created by charred cedar
It is a traditional method to charred cedar to make durable furniture. The process involves skills and experience to bring out cedar defined grains just right. This is what produces the unique texture and rare finish to the furniture.
Design Challenge: Charred inky black represents the culture
Cedar is charred to gain glossiness and organic feature with defined grains. Charred colour reminds us of noyaki. It represents Aso history and beauty of harmonic lifestyle with nature.

Unique texture created by charred cedar
It is a traditional method to charred cedar to make durable furniture. The process involves skills and experience to bring out cedar defined grains just right. This is what produces the unique texture and rare finish to the furniture.
Research: Brand is based in Minami-Oguni, Kumamoto prefecture. Minami-Oguni is a town located to the north of Aso caldera which has an active volcano to this day. Aso caldera is internationally famous and about 50,000 people call it home. Rather than just making products, Brand came about with an ambition to protect and preserve the landscape and natural resources that communities cherished and harness it for future generations.
Inspiration: Sumi limited is designed to express the unique Aso experience, where people and nature coexist and press on together in a majestic yet harsh volcanic environment, along with the seeds of life sprouting from the inky black world of Noyaki.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 in Kumamoto and finished in July 2020 in Tokyo Japan, and was exhibited in Designart Tokyo in 2020.
Operation Flow: Sumi limited is designed to express the unique Aso experience, where people and nature co-exist and press on together in a majestic yet harsh volcanic environment, along with the seeds of life sprouting from the inky black world of Noyaki. This series is limited to 25 units sold annually. The number is based on the 25 Oguni cedar saplings which were granted in the Edo period to grow forests.
Patents: Copyrights belong to FIL, 2022.
Team Members: Strategic Planner：Genki Imamura
Project Manager：Kentaro Kanayama
Art director：Ryosuke Tomita
Public Relation：Masahiro Ryohara
Interior & Furniture design：Yosuke Kinoshita
Interior & Furniture design：Yusuke Noguchi
Digital Creative Director：Hiroki Noma
Creative Developer：Misato Daikuhara
Creative Developer：Kenta Toshikura
Photographer：Haruki Anami
Photographer：Kenichi Aikawa
Image Credits: Main Image #1 Photographer：Kenichi Aikawa
Optional Image #1 Photographer：Kenichi Aikawa
Optional Image #2 Photographer：Kenichi Aikawa
Optional Image #3 Photographer：Kenichi Aikawa
Movie : Haruki Anami
Optional Image #4 Photographer：Kenichi Aikawa