Sakura Cyclone Taula by Tomoaki Kageyama

Sakura Cyclone Taula by Tomoaki Kageyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award d'Argent in Dissènh de Mobilièr Competition Category.

ArgentMobilièr· 2025

Sakura Cyclone Taula

by Tomoaki Kageyama

Client: Tomoaki Kageyama

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Mobilièr Category

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The Design

About Sakura Cyclone Taula

Aquò es una taula bassa facha de contraplacat modelat de cerièr, que sembla normalament un grand cerièr que creish sus la tèrra. D'un autre costat, quand s'aluca la lum, la flor de cerièr floris dins una ombra e fa l'espaci brilliant. Es una taula que transforma una serada en un moment especial. La flor de cerièr es un simbòl important en Japon. Mas las flors de cerièr florisson pas que per una setmana a l'an. Aquesta taula es concebuda amb la brillància fugaça de l'arbre de cerièr.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Sakura Cyclone Taula a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent, una reconeissença extraordinàriament prestigiosa acordada a de designs d'ort de gamma, esplendids e impressionants. Los ganhaires de l'Argent son d'òbras terriblament brilhantas e extrèmament creativas que illustran l'experiéncia, lo talent e la finessa excepcionals de lors designers. S'espèra que Sakura Cyclone Taula siá una òbra meravilhosa e de referéncia, notablament professionala e prigondament innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent es una invencion fòrça notabla e admirada, que fa un ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Sakura Cyclone Taula es una creacion immensament envejada que desrevelha de desirs, aduch de sentiments positius e fa néisser l'estonament e l'esmaiment.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This design proposal is a low table made of molded cherry plywood. The unique point of this table is the design of the shadow that falls from the table. This table usually looks like a large cherry tree growing on the earth. On the other hand, when turning on the light, the cherry blossom blooms in a shadow and makes the space brilliant. It is a table that turns an evening into a special time.
Dimensions & Packaging: The furniture was made in a workshop in the Hida region in Japan, a famous furniture production area in Japan. The size of this table is H400 mm*D400 mm, W400mm.
Tags: Table, Cherry blossom, Sakura, shadow
Production Technology: The furniture is made of Molded plywood. Detailed mating is the key to designing accurate shadows. I created a mechanism to adjust the angle of the plywood installation with wires, allowing fine adjustment of the falling shadows.
Design Challenge: It was difficult to consider the configuration of parts to realize that only when the pendant light is turned on at night a shadow falls and cherry blossoms bloom. I created several scale models and conducted many experiments to check the shadows by turning on the lights. Then, I realized this idea using the construction method of diagonally mating R500mm curved wood.
Research: I explored the essential elements of Japaneseness in order to create a table that is uniquely Japanese. In the process, I came across the famous book “In Praise of Shadows” by the famous Japanese classic writer, Junichiro Tanizaki. Through this book, Tanizaki showed that since ancient times, Japanese people have been conscious of the shadows behind light and have found a sense of beauty in these shadows. Therefore, we designed this table based on the hypothesis that we could create essentially Japanese furniture by designing the shadows that fall from the table, which modern people are usually unaware of.
Inspiration: This table is a conceptual design in my lab. I tried to incorporate Japanese essential aesthetics into a Western furniture table.
Cherry blossom is an important symbol in Japan. But cherry blossoms bloom for only about one week of the year. Japanese people are fascinated by the momentary brilliance of cherry blossoms. I designed it with the fleeting brilliance of the Cherry blossom tree.
Project Duration: The project started in 2022 in Nagoya Japan and finished at the end of 2023.
Operation Flow: During the day, users relax with a cup of tea or a book at the table, where they can feel the warmth of the wood. At night, they can spend a special time drinking a glass of wine on the table, which becomes as brilliant as a cherry tree in full bloom thanks to the shadows cast by the room light. We envision that this table will also used in restaurants or pubs.