Kazuto Yoshikawa + Mie Workshop

Kazuto Yoshikawa, a Tokyo-based designer with deep roots in traditional Japanese woodworking, collaborated with a family-run workshop that’s made frames since 1946.

The intention of the project was to preserve the hinoki wood-bending process the workshop used to create to frames that displayed calligraphy in tea rooms, but had since lain dormant.

The collaboration utilizes sustainably sourced hinoki wood from Toyota’s sustainably managed forests in Mie and applies the traditional technique to a modern and contemporary design.

cm: H51 x W39 x D2
inch: H20.1 x W15.4 x D0.8