Cocoda Cadeira by Shigeki Matsuoka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Mobiliário Competition Category.

PrataMobiliário· 2023

Cocoda Cadeira

by Shigeki Matsuoka

Client: Koma co.,ltd.

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Mobiliário Category

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The Design

About Cocoda Cadeira

Cocoda é uma cadeira feita de madeira maciça. A cadeira caracteriza-se por braços curvos tridimensionais e intrincados, esculpidos em madeira maciça. Esta forma não pode ser obtida através da flexão da madeira. Cada peça é esculpida à mão por artesãos que utilizam plainas e facas japonesas. O assento esculpido transmite uma sensação de suavidade, apesar da dureza da madeira, permitindo longos períodos sentado. O design conserva apenas as funções necessárias, seguindo a ideia de que a simplicidade traz conforto e beleza. A cadeira mede 700 mm de largura, 520 mm de profundidade e 725 mm de altura, com uma altura de assento de 420 mm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Cocoda Cadeira conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Cocoda Cadeira seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Cocoda Cadeira é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

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