Karimoku

カリモク家具 · JP

Japanese wooden-furniture manufacturer founded in 1940 in Aichi, known for precision craftsmanship and lines such as Karimoku New Standard and Karimoku Case.

Founded: 1940
Official: www.karimoku.com

Brand Concept

Founded in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture in 1940, Karimoku's mission is 'a happy life with wood'—creating solid-wood furniture built to last more than a century by balancing high-tech manufacturing precision with meticulous hand-finishing. The brand regards the 50-to-100-year growth cycle of its timber with humility, sourcing only sustainably logged wood and controlling the entire production process in-house to guarantee uncompromising quality.

Signature Products

K Chair 1963 Karimoku's first original armchair design, featuring a tufted fabric seat on a solid-wood frame; revived under the Karimoku60 sub-brand in 2002 and now regarded as the brand's flagship icon.
Castor Chair (Karimoku New Standard) 2012 Designed by Swiss studio Big-Game; a lightweight, stackable Japanese-oak dining chair inspired by traditional Swiss café seating, winner of the iF Design Award 2013 and Good Design Award.
Colour Wood Side Chair (Karimoku New Standard) 2013 Collaboration between Karimoku New Standard and Form Us With Love; a solid-oak chair with dip-dyed color gradients marrying Japanese woodworking craft with Scandinavian aesthetics.

Collaborations per year

Karimoku

By Category

Collaborations 12 works

Karimoku × Lichen — Re:issue ZE Sofa & CMPT Collection

Karimoku × WAKA WAKA wagetsu Collection

Karimoku Case × Norm Architects N-SW01 Swivel Chair

N-S03 Fabric Sofa

N-S03 Fabric Armchair

N-S01 Fabric Sofa

N-S02 Square Modular Pouf

N-S02 Fabric Armchair

N-LC02 Wooden Easy Chair

N-PL01 Paper Pendant Lamp

N-LC01 Oak Easy Chair

N-CT01 Oak Low Rectangular Coffee Table