Wolfhalden, Switzerland and Berlin, Germany
Andreas Krob and Joachim Brüske have teamed up to create the Cynara task chair for Okamura achieving both comfort and an ergonomic reclining shape without losing any of the chair’s functionality.
For its environmental and ergonomic design, Cynara Chair has recently been awarded a 2022 Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Cynara fulfills the functions required for task seating and boasts overwhelming lightness.
Through weight reduction, CO2 emissions are also reduced.
Weight reduction throughout the manufacturing process is linked to energy reduction and reduces environmental impact.
Stretching the mesh over the frame reduces weight and achieves strength.
The chair has a simple minimalist reclining mechanism with the appropriate reaction force.
The uniform color scheme throughout the chair makes it ideal for ABW (Activity-Based Working).
To achieve weight reduction, the designers made wide-ranging changes to the design concepts behind conventional task seating.
CYNARA achieves both comfort and a reclining shape without losing any of the chair’s functionality.
The one-piece seat and backrest ensure strength and remove any excess parts.
The design theme was the curve of the Japanese bow “YUMI.”
The Japanese bow shape is stylish, while the minimalist geometry of the rest of the chair is strong and generates great power.
A minimalist simple construction provides suppleness, strength, lightness, and elasticity which is utilized when reclining.
Weight reduction has merit when moving the chair.
Intuitive operations for seat height adjustment and fixing recline angles have also been kept to a minimum.
The appropriate setting of the reclining reaction force provides a simple mechanism that retains all adjustment functions.
Project: Cynara Chair
Designers: Konstruktionsbüro Brüske ing-B
Lead Designers: Andreas Krob (B4K Krob) and Joachim Brüske (ing-B)
Manufacturers: Okamura Corporation
