Claesson Koivisto Rune to launch pentagonal wooden furniture
Stockholm 2014: all of the solid wood furniture in Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune's collection for Japanese brand Matsuso T has five sides (+ slideshow).
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Rounded pentagons feature in all of the designs from Claesson Koivisto Rune's Five range for Matsuso T, a new brand curated by Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto.
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"We live in a world of five elements that we experience through our five senses," said the studio's cofounder Mårten Claesson. "Five is gently odd. Five is not too many. Five is beautiful."
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The maple wood collection includes an armchair, a stool, dining and coffee tables, a coat stand, a clothes rail and a bench, each with softened corners.
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"We developed a shape that combines a circle with a pentagon," Claesson explained. "The chair, the table, the clothes rail and the other members of the Five family all share this iconic shape."
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Legs equally spaced at the corners of table tops and seats are denoted by indentations on the surfaces.
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Some items are available with sections or just the dents coloured red. The chairs also come entirely in the same bright shade.
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The chairs still have four legs, two of which are angled to meet the ends of the curved element that forms the arms and back. A fifth vertical strut is used to brace this piece in the centre.
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One of the legs of a stool is extended through the seat to form a coat stand, with angled branches attached to the pole for storing garments.
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A clothes rail is formed from a simple wooden beam with ends that gently point upward, which hangs from the ceiling on thin red strings.
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The Five range will be unveiled at the Stockholm Furniture and Lighting Fair, which opens on 4 February as part of Stockholm Design Week.
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Claesson Koivisto Rune is also presenting a modular table with plug sockets within the structure in Stockholm next week.
Photographs are by Takumi Ota.