Tie Banc by Shigeki Matsuoka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Or in Design de Mobilier Competition Category.

OrMobilier· 2021

Tie Banc

by Shigeki Matsuoka

Client: Koma.Co.,Ltd

A' Design Award d'Or Winner in Mobilier Category

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The Design

About Tie Banc

Tie est un banc en bois conçu pour accueillir deux personnes assises côte à côte. L'assise et le dossier sont sculptés à la main dans un bloc de bois massif : ni bois cintré, ni coussins, ni ressorts ne sont utilisés. Rabots et couteaux japonais traditionnels façonnent les courbes tout en préservant la beauté naturelle du bois, laissée apparente. Le dossier galbé permet à deux personnes assises ensemble de se reposer tout près l'une de l'autre. Tie se prête aux repas, à la lecture les jambes allongées ou encore à la détente en position couchée, selon différentes postures. Sa forme actuelle a été achevée en 2020 à Tokyo, au Japon.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Or

Tie Banc est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Or, une reconnaissance immensément prestigieuse décernée à des designs de premier ordre, merveilleux et remarquables. Les lauréats Or sont des créations extrêmement innovantes, visionnaires et d'un éclat glamour éblouissant, qui reflètent le génie, la sagesse et la maîtrise de leurs concepteurs. Tie Banc est censé être une invention très louée, avant-gardiste et monumentale, qui apporte une valeur sans précédent. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Or est un projet spectaculaire et respecté qui sert grandement l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. Tie Banc crée de vifs sentiments de désir, éveille la passion, encourage la créativité et nous fascine.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: 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.
Dimensions & Packaging: W1780mm D700mm H760mm SH400mm
Tags: chair, bench, furniture, wood, Japan, Tokyo, craftsmanship
Production Technology: Usingtraditional Japanese hand tools, the beautiful lines of our furniture are individually hand carved, and not bent, to showcase the natural beauty of wood.
We don't use automation machines, but we are developing them as a product.
Design Challenge: It is a chair that requires daily training and skill as a craftsman. From the first model to the current model, it took us seven years to create the current model.
The chair is not only beautiful, but it is also very comfortable to sit in and to touch.
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 tie chair 2020 is carved with the concept a chair that helps couples get along. Furniture meant to rest one's body, we believe the chair's height and angle of the seating and coping boards, the strength to withstand weight and body movement and other components allow for infinite possibilities.
We feel that pursuing the beauty of the chair, to all intents and purposes, is as important as the function it serves. We want it to satisfy the space and time we spend on it to be elegant and meaningful.
As a seating for dining or to kick up your feet to enjoy your favorite book, it should suite any desired situation comfortably.
Project Duration: The "tie chair 2020" in its current form was completed in 2020 after repeated model changes since 2013. It is manufactured in Tokyo, Japan.
Operation Flow: The tie chair can be used in the same way as a standard wooden bench.
You can sit comfortably with your legs stretched out, or you can lie down and assume various positions.
Image Credits: photo= Franco Tadeo Inada
movie Director=Masato Iwai