Mass Series Sumi Limited Koleksyon Mèb by Canuch Inc. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Lò in Dezayn Mèb Competition Category.
LòMèb· 2023
Mass Series Sumi Limited Koleksyon Mèb
by Canuch Inc.
Client: Fil Studios
A' Design Award Lò Winner in Mèb Category
- 225,480
- Verified Award Winner
- Verify Award Status for #143174
The Design
About Mass Series Sumi Limited Koleksyon Mèb
Mass Series Sumi Limited se yon koleksyon mèb ki gen ladan yon chèz manje, yon chèz lonj, yon tab kafe, de tabourè ak yon pandri pou rad. Chak pyès konbine yon ankadreman an asye ak sèd rabote jenerezman ki soti nan vye pyebwa. Yo boukannen sèd la selon yon metòd tradisyonèl ki amelyore dirabilite li e ki fè liy fib bwa yo parèt pi klè, sa ki kreye yon sifas nwa briyan ak yon teksti ki ra. Fini fonse a fè referans ak Noyaki, boule savann nan zòn Aso a, kote moun ak lanati ap viv ansanm. Seri a limite a 25 inite pa ane.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Lò
Mass Series Sumi Limited Koleksyon Mèb se yon ganyan A' Design Award Lò, yon rekonesans imans prestijye yo bay design premye klas, mèvèye e eksepsyonèl. Ganyan Lò yo se kreyasyon ki trè inovatè, vizyonè e ki briye ak bèl bagay, ki reflete jeni, sajès ak mèt konpetans designer yo. Yo atann Mass Series Sumi Limited Koleksyon Mèb pou se yon envansyon ki fè anpil lwanj, ki bay tandans e monimantal ki delivre yon valè san parèy. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Lò se yon pwojè espektakilè, respekte ki pote anpil benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. Mass Series Sumi Limited Koleksyon Mèb kreye santiman dezi ki entans, li reveye pasyon, li ankouraje kreyativite e li fasine nou.
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
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