London, United Kingdom
Showing off Zaha Hadid’s design language and Karimoku’s manufacturing skills, the Seyun Armchair is a furniture piece translates the outcome of the truly osmotic process between designers and manufacturers.
The collection consists of chairs, armchairs, and tables designed by Zaha Hadid Design and manufactured by Karimoku Furniture embodying Karimoku’s “high tech touch” ethos and Zaha Hadid Design‘s “strive for pioneering design.”
The SEYUN Armhair has recently won a 2024 Prize Designs for Modern Furniture + Lighting Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and Global Design News.
SEYUN Armchair is informed by the ideal dynamism of curvaceous sketching lines, while the oak wood adds a touch of natural warmth. Without compromising form nor function, the armchair exemplifies the harmonious balance between beauty and comfort.
“This collaboration combines ZHD’s unmistakable design language and inventive approach to materiality with Karimoku’s uncompromising quality standards, achieved through the implementation of the most advanced technologies and manufacturing processes,” states Woody Yao, director at Zaha Hadid Design.
The hardness of the wood paired with the lightness of the flowy design creates a juxtaposition long before asymmetrical surfaces are joined together and brings together machine-made and hand-finished techniques.
The Seyun Table comes in two sizes that can be combined as a modular design to create larger units.
The Seyun Chair and Armchair are available with both natural and metallic color finishes while the metallic colors have been carefully calibrated in order to preserve the wooden patterns.
The Seyun Collection, as Zaha Hadid Design has stated, will be expanded in the future with additional pieces that can also stand the test of time.
Project: SEYUN Armhair
Designer: Karimoku Furniture Inc.
Lead Designer: Zaha Hadid Design
Manufacturer: Karimoku Furniture Inc.
Photographers: Luke Hayes and Masaki Ogawa
