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title: "KAI Chair upholdstered"
url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/lapalma/kai-chair-upholdstered"
language: "en"
type: "product"
description: "KAI Chair upholdstered - Designer chairs by Lapalma ✓ Comprehensive product & design information ✓ Catalogs ➜ Get inspired now"
published: "2009-12-21T00:00:00+01:00"
modified: "2022-04-19T22:10:57+02:00"
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# Lapalma

KAI Chair upholdstered

Presented: [imm cologne 2010, Cologne](https://www.stylepark.com/en/fair/imm-cologne-2010-cologne) | Year of design: 2009 | Design: [Shin Azumi](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/shin-azumi)

![KAI Chair upholdstered](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-1.jpg)

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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". Stackable chair with sandblasted stainless steel frame and seat in curved plywood, also available with leather cushion. If stacked, we suggest to put a protection on the leather cushion to avoid dents or damages.

![Kai Chair Upholdstered 10](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-10.jpg)![Kai Chair Upholdstered 7](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-7.jpg)![Kai Chair Upholdstered 4](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-4.jpg)![Kai Chair Upholdstered 9](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-9.jpg)

![Kai Chair Upholdstered 3](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-3.jpg)![Kai Chair Upholdstered 6](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-6.jpg)![Kai Chair Upholdstered 5](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-5.jpg)![Kai Chair Upholdstered 8](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-8.jpg)

![KAI Chair upholdstered](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-2.jpg)

- [Manufacturer's Product-Info](http://www.lapalma.it/product.asp?lng=02&m=2&id=152)
- [Manufacturer's website](https://www.lapalma.it/)

All Kai products

- [![Kai bar stool upholstered](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-bar-stool-upholstered/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/kai-bar-stool-upholstered-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/lapalma/kai-bar-stool-upholstered)
- [![KAI Chair upholdstered](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair-upholdstered/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/kai-chair-upholdstered-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/lapalma/kai-chair-upholdstered)
- [![Kai bar stool](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-bar-stool/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/kai-bar-stool-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/lapalma/kai-bar-stool)
- [![Kai chair](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/l/lapalma/produkte/kai-chair/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/kai-chair-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/lapalma/kai-chair)

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