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Kai bar stool

Presented: Salone del Mobile 2007, Milan | Year of design: 2006 | Design: Shin Azumi
Kai bar stool

Playing with paper, was the start of this project. If you fold a piece of paper you get a crisp edge, and if you bend it you get a gentle but tensioned curvature. I tried to fix the beauty of this natural phenomena as a chair.
The name, KAI, is a Japanese word and its pronunciation can be interpreted in several different meanings:
KAI can be a “seashell”. The oppositional two elliptical lines recall an opened seashell. KAI can be “comfort”. KAI can be “meeting”. KAI can be “answer”. KAI can be “pioneer”.

Stool
Height adjustable stool with sandblasted stainless steel frame and seat in curved plywood, also available with leather cushion.

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