Snow Flakes at the Windsor department exhibition in Plot gallery, Tokyo

Snow Flakes is a family of seatings inspired by the Windsor chairs (have many alternative names), the one exhibited here is a lounge or reading chair. I is made in African teak and Corian, has a low-wide seat and a single wide armrest with place for a glass of hot chocolate or whisky according to you linkings. Do not expect us to put chair with seats in Corian into production, this is an exhibition only chair, but the Corian is fantastic for this use as it is a perfect contrast to the wood (see pictures), and bring references to the paint used in american Windsors.

Thanks goes to De Stalis Scale (http://www.destalisscale.com/) in Tolmezzo, Italy, for making this possible. Without the expertice of two generations of cabinet makers working day and night we had never made it, and also to Mr. Codutti for his expertice working with Corian (http://www.altacucina.net/)

Snow Flakes is our first furniture sub-tagged “Windsor department”, this is a group of architects and designers with a special interest in Windsor chairs, we discuss the history of the Windsors and how to keep it alive, hold exhibition showing the outcome and hold talkshows with open discussions for those who wish to partisipate, se more (currently only in Japanese at windsordepartment.com).

Pictures by Yuki Omori

DC10 is an evolution in our works on contemporary furniture with references to both of furniture craftsmanship in a historical sense and modern production with all the possibilities this gives. This chair is either shell nor skeleton it looks like a stick structure but has only two surfaces, one outside and one inside meeting in a very sharp edge. As it has almost become our trademark the sculpturing of surfaces does not stop anywhere so letting your hands wander by the curves in the wood there is continuous shapes to be explored everywhere. We trust this chair to be a milestone in our furniture design and are curios to see how it will be received.

We love getting reconition for our works, whether it is in the form of somebody choosing to use our products in their home, or from the jury in a  major design price. So recieving a iF Gold Award for our chair DC09 produced by Japanese cabinetmaker Miyazaki isu is really sweet.

Thanks !

From iF site:

The jury’s evaluation criteria included design quality, finish, choice of materials, degree of innovation, environmental impact, functionality, ergonomics, visualization of intended use, safety, brand value + branding and aspects of universal design.

Jury’s comments on DC09,  “This is a wonderfully finished wooden chair, with fantastic proportions and a sensuously sculpted seat – sensuous and exceptional.”

Publisher: Qatar Airways magazine_ Oryx
Issue: 2010, August
Page: 86
Feature: DC09

WORKING PROGRESS

SAMPLE IN ASH WOOD

DC09 dining chair in collaboration with Japanese manufacturer Miyazaki isu. Available in
Indonesian rose wood, teak or ash, the most characteristic part of the DC09 is its seat,
which has been shaved as thin as possible, but still remains rigid and structurally sound.
The solid wood chair is sculpted by organic lines, while still following human ergonomics.

Type of product: Dining chair
Materials: Rose wood, Teak or Ash
Year: 2010
Manufacturer: Miyazaki isu
order: info@inodasveje.com
Back order: 3 months

Awards: iF Product Design Award 2011, Gold

price
Ash: €1581
Teak: €1995
Rosewood: €2929
include tax.

*Architects
Please e-mail us for contract price.

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