KARIMOKU
KARIMOKU is Japan's leading manufacturer of wooden furniture — founded in 1940 in Kariya (Aichi Prefecture, Japan), from which the brand name also derives: "Kari" (short for Kariya) + "Moku" (short for Mokuzai = wood). The company accumulated wood processing and painting techniques through subcontracting various wood products — including spinning machine parts and piano keys that required advanced woodworking techniques. In 1962 KARIMOKU began producing and selling furniture under its own brand. Today the company owns four material laboratories, seven manufacturing factories, 28 sales bases, 26 showrooms and one overseas sales corporation. Goal: to manufacture furniture that customers will use and love for over 100 years — trees that take 50–100 years to grow were always processed in awareness of their preciousness.
Three product lines: KARIMOKU 60 (furniture from the 1960s — the K Chair 1962 as the first own product, a tufted armchair produced since then with unchanged design and improved internal structure; replaceable assembly and consumable parts), KARIMOKU New Standard (Case 10 and others), KARIMOKU Bespoke (since 2019; custom-made solid wood furniture for real architectural projects — designer collaborations: Norman Foster, Norm Architects, Keiji Ashizawa Design; collections incl. NF Collection, ÄNG Collection, N-SW01 Swivel Chair for BELLUSTAR TOKYO). Wood species: oak (Pure Oak, Smoked Oak), Keyaki/Japanese Zelkova (Keyaki Brown), walnut. Material philosophy: no veneer, no engineered wood, exclusively solid wood. BIM files available.
For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hotel and upscale contract projects Japan's leading solid wood furniture manufacturer producing in Kariya since 1940 that with the KARIMOKU 60 line continues the legacy of Japanese post-war design history and since 2019 with KARIMOKU Bespoke under Norman Foster, Norm Architects and Keiji Ashizawa Design realises custom-made solid wood furniture for real architectural projects worldwide — KARIMOKU produces furniture for over 100 years: trees that grow for 50–100 years, processed into solid wood, without veneer and without engineered wood — the K Chair of 1962 still today, unchanged in design, with replaceable parts.
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KARIMOKU
KARIMOKU is Japan's leading manufacturer of wooden furniture — founded in 1940 in Kariya (Aichi Prefecture, Japan), from which the brand name also derives: "Kari" (short for Kariya) + "Moku" (short for Mokuzai = wood). The company accumulated wood processing and painting techniques through subcontracting various wood products — including spinning machine parts and piano keys that required advanced woodworking techniques. In 1962 KARIMOKU began producing and selling furniture under its own brand. Today the company owns four material laboratories, seven manufacturing factories, 28 sales bases, 26 showrooms and one overseas sales corporation. Goal: to manufacture furniture that customers will use and love for over 100 years — trees that take 50–100 years to grow were always processed in awareness of their preciousness.
Three product lines: KARIMOKU 60 (furniture from the 1960s — the K Chair 1962 as the first own product, a tufted armchair produced since then with unchanged design and improved internal structure; replaceable assembly and consumable parts), KARIMOKU New Standard (Case 10 and others), KARIMOKU Bespoke (since 2019; custom-made solid wood furniture for real architectural projects — designer collaborations: Norman Foster, Norm Architects, Keiji Ashizawa Design; collections incl. NF Collection, ÄNG Collection, N-SW01 Swivel Chair for BELLUSTAR TOKYO). Wood species: oak (Pure Oak, Smoked Oak), Keyaki/Japanese Zelkova (Keyaki Brown), walnut. Material philosophy: no veneer, no engineered wood, exclusively solid wood. BIM files available.
For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hotel and upscale contract projects Japan's leading solid wood furniture manufacturer producing in Kariya since 1940 that with the KARIMOKU 60 line continues the legacy of Japanese post-war design history and since 2019 with KARIMOKU Bespoke under Norman Foster, Norm Architects and Keiji Ashizawa Design realises custom-made solid wood furniture for real architectural projects worldwide — KARIMOKU produces furniture for over 100 years: trees that grow for 50–100 years, processed into solid wood, without veneer and without engineered wood — the K Chair of 1962 still today, unchanged in design, with replaceable parts.