Detail view of Yukari Hotta's 'Hako' stool

‘Hako’, Japanese for ‘box’, is quite literal description of the recent product created by a young Tokyo-born Copenhagen-based designer Yukati Hotta. Composed of five separate parts, the beautifully minimalist and quintessentially Japanese ‘Hako’ is a simple, cushion topped wooden stool which can double as a neat, ribbon-wrapped storage piece. ’Hako’ was presented last month at Greenhouse exhibition during this year’s edition of Stockholm Furniture Fair. (more…)

'Kile' by Yukari Hotta

The Japanese-born designer Yukari Hotta graduated from Kolding Designschool in Danmark and his creative work seems to reflect his cultural influences. The sophisticated joints of his shelf ‘Kile’ are based on a tradiational Japanese technique, fastened by simple wooden wedges.

'Kile' by Yukari Hotta

'Kile' by Yukari Hotta

seen @ Dagens Design

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