Collection: Next Maruni

The Nextmaruni Project was a competition among international designers, aiming to create "a global chair born from Japanese thought," with the theme of sending a message to Japanese aesthetics. The design of a small chair was entrusted with an experiment in linking creative connections with different cultures. This was considered to be a "dialogue with Japanese culture." It was never the intention to have the designers accept and share Japanese aesthetics. Each designer's diverse individuality as a cultural other encountered Japanese aesthetics. From there, they would express brand new ideas that no one has yet discovered in the form of a chair; this is the "dialogue with Japanese culture" that Nextmaruni hopes for.