Flower Cup Chair
Forget intricate details, hypnotic colors and useless embellishments. Minimalism and a clean, old school Japanese style is what captured our eye this time. The Flower Cup Chair is the love child of the Japan-based design studio, Leif.designpark. Specialized in working with natural materials and promoting the art of traditional craftsmanship, the team puts high emphasis on bringing their work closer to nature, exuding simple yet exquisite beauty.
With a penchant for the majesty of wood, the designers are always experimenting with new materials and textures coming from a wide range of trees, toying with colors and combining warm nuances of a wide palette. This attention to detail is what makes their work so personal and inviting.
As for the Flower Cup Chair, it transposes the elegance of a half-open sun flower into a fine piece of interior design. The chair successfully manages to mimic the delicate and fragile allure of the blossoming plant, projecting a warm image. The back of the chair oozes a feeling of protection, creating a cocoon-like setting. The perfectly aligned petals give a note of harmony and equilibrium, whilst adding to the overall minimalistic appearance.
Available in a number of wood variations with lacquer or oil finishes, the chair is customizable to each customer’s taste. Fit for any lounge bar or modern living space, the Flower Cup Chair would add just the right amount of feeling of comfort to any place. Without it being too cozy, it stays on the cool, edgy side. It’s one of those pieces one can enjoy both for the luxurious, comfy feel, but also for the class and refined elegance it exudes.
The creative team made up of Takashi Ueno, Mamoru Naito and Keizaburo Honda has gained quite a lot of recognition in the past few years. Having started to focus the direction of their work on applying traditional Japanese craftsmanship to wood only in 2006, and considering their brilliant appeal to the public so far, we can safely state that they’ve come a long way. The epitome of their success was in 2011, when the young designers were awarded the prestigious Young Talent of the Year award by Elle Decor Japan.
