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Award-winning item: Chair [crossa chair]
Business Owner: ITOKI Corporation
Category: Furniture for shop, office, public space
Company: ITOKI CORPORATION (Japan)
Award Number: 21G090841
Outline of Good Design Award winners: Outline of Good Design Award winners 2021

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Outline: [A folding chair with a dining chair-like appearance and which can expand the potential of a space] A meeting chair with a plain and endearing style that makes it well-suited for casual interiors, mobility that allows spaces to be used for multiple purposes, and folding and nesting functions for better storability.
Producer: Yohei Yamamoto, Product Management Div., ITOKI CORPORATION
Director: Kohei Wada, Product Design Div., ITOKI CORPORATION
Designer: Yasuhiro Nakamura, President, BOW DESIGN LTD., Yuki Takeya, Production Div., ITOKI CORPORATION
More information: https://www.itoki.jp/products/mchair/crossa/
Already on the market: 2021/1/21

Evaluation

The first impression on this product was that this does not look foldable at first sight. Many other foldable office chairs look somewhat cheap and often make us feel a sense of déjà vu. This can be because many foldable chairs are designed based on the structures of already existing foldable chairs. However, the way to fold this chair has originality with no feeling of déjà vu. In addition, we were very impressed with the idea to make this chair self-stand in a fine balance. We found a new perspective of office furniture in this chair.