Mass Series Sumi Limited 家具系列 by Canuch Inc.

Mass Series Sumi Limited 家具系列 by Canuch Inc. is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 金獎 in 傢俱設計 Competition Category.

金傢俱· 2023

Mass Series Sumi Limited 家具系列

by Canuch Inc.

Client: Fil Studios

A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 傢俱 Category

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The Design

About Mass Series Sumi Limited 家具系列

Mass Series Sumi Limited 係一套家具系列，包括一張餐椅、一張休閒椅、一張咖啡枱、兩張凳同一個掛衣架。每件作品都將鋼製框架同取自老樹、經過充分刨削嘅雪松木結合。雪松木以傳統炭燒方法處理，提升耐用度並突顯清晰嘅木紋，形成一種帶有罕見質感嘅光澤黑色表面。呢種深色飾面呼應阿蘇地區嘅「野燒」——當地人與自然共生嘅草原焚燒傳統。呢個系列每年限量生產25件。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 金獎

Mass Series Sumi Limited 家具系列是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計Mass Series Sumi Limited 家具系列將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Mass Series Sumi Limited 家具系列激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。

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