Zaha Hadid Design launches furnishings assortment Seyun with Karimoku

Zaha Hadid Design has unveiled its picket Seyun chairs and desk, which have been designed to “stand the check of time”, on the historic Museo Bagatti Valsecchi throughout Milan design week.

It’s the worldwide launch of the gathering, which contains a chair, an armchair and a desk in numerous sizes, with the Seyun chair having beforehand been launched in Japan.

The Seyun line was made by Japanese picket furnishings maker Karimoku for Zaha Hadid Design, with the 2 firms working collectively on the gathering in the course of the coronavirus pandemic.

Nevertheless, its origins go additional again, with the venture having begun earlier than the premature passing of the studio’s founder, architect Zaha Hadid, in 2016.

“The design was developed on the time, so it was one thing she [Hadid] did see,” Zaha Hadid Design director Maha Kutay informed Dezeen.

“She would have seen the chair and it was one piece that she truly appreciated herself, that she was eager on getting produced.”

Working with Karimoku was additionally a nod to Hadid’s fondness of Japan, Kutay added.

“I believe one of many first initiatives Zaha did was in Tokyo, she did an inside for the Monsoon restaurant, so she all the time had a mushy spot for Japan,” the director stated.

The Seyun chair is constructed from items of turned wooden, which depart a particular hole the place they meet.

Making the seat was “utterly totally different” from what Karimoku had achieved earlier than, the corporate’s govt vp Hiroshi Kato informed Dezeen.

“The construction of the Seyun chair is totally totally different from conventional chairs,” he stated. “Within the case of conventional chairs, you’ve two entrance legs, a seat and a backrest.”

“A Seyun chair is totally different, it consists of three uneven elements,” he added. “We additionally understood that Zaha Hadid Design wished to create on a regular basis furnishings, so the chair needed to be sensible, snug and sturdy.”

The Seyun chair and armchair can be found with each pure and metallic color finishes. The metallic colors have been fastidiously calibrated to protect the sample of the wooden.

The desk, which is available in two sizes, has a equally distinctive design. The patterns of the smaller and bigger desk match, which means that they are often mixed as a modular design to create bigger items, equivalent to for workplaces.

In response to the studio, the purpose of the collaboration – which started with only one chair – was to create furnishings that will be appropriate for on a regular basis use.

“We’re wanting on the on a regular basis chair, one thing that you should utilize in the lounge, which you could contact and really feel each day,” Zaha Hadid Design director Woody Yao informed Dezeen. “It is not like a chair sitting in a museum.”

“With this chair, it is all about one thing that’s licensed, that may stand the check of time, not simply structurally however design-wise,” added Kutay.

The Seyun assortment might be additional expanded sooner or later, in keeping with Zaha Hadid Design.

“I believe we see there’s plenty of potential with the design to broaden right into a full assortment,” Kutay stated.

The images is by Luke Hayes.

Seyun – Zaha Hadid Design for Karimoku takes place from 18 to 23 April 2023 at Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Through Gesù 5. See our Milan design week 2023 information on Dezeen Occasions Information for details about the various different exhibitions, installations and talks going down all through the week.