--- title: "AÏKU SOFT" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/mdf-italia/aïku-soft" language: "en" type: "product" description: "AÏKU SOFT - Designer chairs by MDF Italia ✓ Comprehensive product & design information ✓ Catalogs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2018-06-01T14:04:00+02:00" modified: "2022-03-06T12:27:20+01:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410xAUTO_fit_center-center_90_none/1801_130_AS.jpg" --- [![](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/articles/mdf-italita-stylepark-2019.png)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/mdf-italia) # MDF Italia AÏKU SOFT Presented: [Salone del Mobile 2018, Milan](https://www.stylepark.com/en/fair/salone-del-mobile-2018-milan) | Year of design: 2018 | Design: [Jean-Marie Massaud](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/jean-marie-massaud) ![AÏKU SOFT](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/1801_130_AS.jpg) [Home furniture](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/home-furniture) **›** [Seating furniture](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/seating-furniture) **›** [chairs](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/chairs) [Office / Contract furniture](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/office-contract-furniture) **›** [Seating furniture](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/seating-furniture-1) **›** [Visitors chairs](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/visitors-chairs) Starting from its genesis, Aiku is not a simple chair, but The chair that adapts to everysituation. The product name is derived from haiku, a Japanese word meaning a short poeticcomposition that, by using few words and with no lexical frills and conjunctions,expresses great concepts. The meaning and the sound of this word express the project concept: joining theparadoxes of end-uses and feelings. Aiku can be either radical and at the same time arefined architecture for home, working and collective spaces. Two years after the launch of the collection, due to the commercial success and the highliking got by this family of chairs on international markets, the company was boosted toextend the range by introducing a new variant as well as new finishes. The finish and the coating are the aesthetic elements that mainly affect product’sperception. A new and sophisticated look for the chair that is proposed with padded shell. The shell may feature either leather upholstery or a smart and soft velvet – an evergreenthat is highly appreciated both in the design and in the fashion world – or alternativelya refined single-colour fabrics or sophisticated textures. The collection features a wide variety of stands, from the simplest and most architectonicones, to the most refined and domestic ones, as well as a very rich range of finishesthat is further enriched and completed by introducing new trendy variants such as goldchrome, pink gold chrome, black chrome and nickel chrome. The chair has a padded shell with an injection moulded polypropylene body, coldmoulded padding shaped and applied on the load-bearing piece. The cover is not removable and covers the armchair completely. To improve the comfort the chair can be equipped with a special padded cushion madein polyurethane and polyester wadding with removable cover. ![1801 110 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_110_AS.jpg)![1801 115 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_115_AS.jpg)![1801 111 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_111_AS.jpg)![1801 128 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_128_AS.jpg)![1801 120 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_120_AS.jpg)![1801 101 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_101_AS.jpg) ![1801 127 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_127_AS.jpg)![1801 122 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_122_AS.jpg)![1801 119 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_119_AS.jpg)![1801 136 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_136_AS.jpg)![1801 121 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_121_AS.jpg)![1801 129 As](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_none/1801_129_AS.jpg) ![AÏKU SOFT](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/1801_113_AS.jpg) - [Manufacturer's website](http://www.mdfitalia.it) All AÏKU products - [![AÏKU SOFT](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/1801_130_AS.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/mdf-italia/a%C3%AFku-soft) - [![AÏKU COMFORT](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/1804_101_AC.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/mdf-italia/a%C3%AFku-comfort) - [![AÏKU](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/Aiku-Stuhl-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/mdf-italia/aiku) - [All products by MDF Italia @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/mdf-italia) - [MDF Italia @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/mdf-italia) MDF Italia Related Articles [REVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE & MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2024 Nostalgia and drive 4/23/2024 The Salone del Mobile.Milano and Milan Design Week took place from 16 to 21 April 2024 – read our review to find out what moves the industry and the guests got to see.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/salone-del-mobile-milan-design-week-review-design-industry-event-stylepark-magazine)