HOT ! Kinoe Kids Chair

I am a Kinoe Kids Chair. When the youngest people branch out into the world, I’ve got their back (and butt too).

Curator\'s Notes 

Ibuki Kaiyama adapted his award-winning Kinoe chair for a much smaller and younger clientele for our Starter Chair exhibition. Guided by the idea of using as much of a tree as possible, the chair’s signature toprail prominently features a small branch off the Sugi tree obtained as part of a targeted forest management process. These small branches are often disregarded as too difficult to use in conventional woodworking, but they find an ideal home atop of the backs of Kinoe chairs. As each branch is minimally processed, it provides a direct reference to the tree it came from and helps provide kids with a connection to nature every time they grab hold of it. Manufactured by Hida, the chair also features a chestnut seat and beech spindles and legs—comprising a diverse forest in its own body. The chair measures 465mm tall, making it ideal for children ages 1-4 years old.

Kinoe Kids Chair was curated by Stevenson Aung

Designer/Maker 

Maker: Hida

Designer: Ibuki Kaiyama

Specifications

Dimensions: 

11” (w) x 11.8\" (l) x 14.4” (h) or 280mm (w) x 300mm (l) x 365mm (h)

Seat height: 9.3\" (h) or 235mm (h)

Weight: 

 2.6 lb or 1.2 kg

Materials:

Sugi, Chestnut, Beech

Details

• Made in Japan


• Ideal for 1-4 year-olds


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  Composed of a sugi (cedar) branch, chestnut seat, beech spindles and legs


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  Each toprail is one-of-a-kind and uneven on each chair to show the natural shape and texture of an unprocessed branch


• Made of wood with naturally occurring variations in grain and colour


• No two chairs are alike