• Isamu Kenmochi's modernized Ming-style dining chair with curved bentwood design, awarded the 1964 Good Design Award
  • Isamu Kenmochi's modernized Ming-style dining chair with curved bentwood design, awarded the 1964 Good Design Award
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Isamu Kenmochi / Dining chair No.207

Isamu Kenmochi / Dining chair No.207

A Globally Acclaimed Armchair designed by Isamu Kenmochi

This dining chair is a modernized interpretation of a Ming Dynasty chair by Isamu Kenmochi, a pioneer of Japanese industrial design. It requires an advanced level of bentwood craftsmanship, to the extent that it is said three out of every ten chairs fail during production. In 1964, it was awarded the Good Design Award as an “easy chair.”

    Brand | Akita Mokko

    Designer | Kenmochi Design Associates

    Year of Design | 1960

    Dimentions

    W 630 x D 580 x H 720 mm
    Seat high : 380 mm

    Materials

    Beech wood (urethane coating finish)

    Lead time

    Made-to-order : Ready in about 1 month

    ¥189,000 JPY
    ¥189,000 JPY
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    Akita Mokko (Akimoku)

    Founded in 1910 in Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture, this woodworking manufacturer specializes in “Mageki (bentwood)" techniques. In today's world where almost everything is produced by machines, the company dares to insist on time-consuming manual work, and its products, which have a warmth that can only be created by the hands of craftsmen, have long been loved by people of all generations.

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    Isamu Kenmochi

    He formed the Japan Industrial Designers Association in 1952 with Riki Watanabe, Sori Yanagi, and others, and was a key figure in the early days of Japanese design.In 1955, he established the Kenmochi Design Institute, which has produced numerous interior design masterpieces.

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