Claesson Koivisto Rune, a "Hand" bench, Sasimonokagu Takahashi, Japan 2019.
Handmade in chestnut wood, length 150 cm, width 50 cm, height 45 cm.
Note This lot can be collected no earlier than September 3, Västberga Allé 3, Stockholm
Auction online: 20−29 August, 2021
Viewing: 24–28 August, Berzelii Park 1, Stockholm
Opening hours: 11 am – 5 pm
A dining group commissioned for the permanent exhibition room at the Tokyo Hamacho Hotel named Tokyo Craft Room, as a collaboration between Claesson Koivisto Rune Architects in Stockholm and master wood craftsman Yuji Takahashi in Hiroshima. Using only hand tools, all planar surfaces are ever so slightly convex - planed, not sanded–to a very soft and gentle, tactile finish. Thin at the edges, but retaining stability through the thicker central portion. Between leg and top, as well as between the leg and support-beam, the connection protrudes through the surface.
Claesson Koivisto Rune is a Swedish architecture and design studio founded in 1995 by Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto, and Ola Rune.
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