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DECEMBER chair by Morrison & Kumano
The latest piece of Nikari's PROJECT 2012 DESIGNS FOR NATURE which run throughout the year is the DECEMBER chair created by Jasper Morrison and Wataru Kumano and made of ash, natural wood oil mixture.
The two creators said about this challence: "We talked about the pleasure in making things and the idea of a chair that could be bought in a box and built at home. Considering Nikari's skill in wood work, we worked up the idea of a chair which could be made by following easy instructions. The core of the design is the seat frame which is already assembled, to which the legs and back rest structure are attached with a combination of screwing and glueing. It's a basic but comfortable low chair with a slightly rural character and definite scandinavian influence, the kind of chair you would have in a country house near the fire, though it could work in a city apartment or a hotel lobby just as well."
PROJECT 2012 DESIGNS FOR NATURE was conceived as a project idea due to the reason that number 12 represented first of all the year 2012, secondly Helsinki is the World Design Capital for 2012 and finally that there are 12 months in a year. Nikari asked twelve designers or design studios to create numbered series of wooden products embrassing the company's philosophy and the Finnish wood design ideology. Nikari co-operated with the Finnish WWF and part of the sales price will be donated to protecting rainforests and forests globally.
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