28 May 2012

The Cherche Midi

Kiyomi Suzuki’s carbon fibre chair is incredibly light – and strong.

Kiyomi Suzuki is a bright young talent who is starting her design career full of promise with a chair that you can lift with a finger – for 2.

Cherche Midi

Suzuki, who previously worked for Atelier Jean Nouvel in Paris and is now chief designer at Ishimaru Co., Ltd., has constructed a chair out of 100 per cent woven carbon fibre, which is 10 times stronger than steel. And thanks to the innate qualities of the material, the chair weighs a mere 960g.

The designer says she was inspired by “an image of drifting leaves in the gentle breeze and a silhouette of a curved stem of a Calla lily”.

The Cherche Midi is available in Singapore at Kokuyo.

Kokuyo

Address:	42 Duxton Road, Singapore 089506
Phone:	+65 6222 7535
Website:	kokuyo.com.my
KOKUYO was founded in 1905 and established their office furniture business in the 1960s. Today, the company specialises in the production and sales of office furniture, store fixtures and furniture for public and commercial spaces, and also offers office space configuration services. KOKUYO is headquartered in Japan with offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India and China.