Castor Chair Stacking

This chair stacks up. Literally. Up to 6 Castor Chairs can be stacked at a time. Even without such a feature, this 4-legged little marvel by Swiss design firm Big-Game for Japanese heritage brand Karimoku New Standard is worth a sit. Unveiled during Milan design week 2012, the seat is made of Japanese oak and beautifully crafted, joined by innovative technology and old school ingenuity. The back is wide and curved to provide comfort and support. The finish alone, beautiful. We love stacking different finishes together.

Big-Game is only among the latest to join KNS. Some 70 years into producing quality furniture with a Midcentury sensibility, Japanese brand Karimoku decided in 2009 to write a new chapter in design by engaging in collaboration with a young crop of international talent and rechristening itself as Karimoku New Standard. Solid Japanese hardwoods such as maple, chestnut and oak are the basis of a line informed by a cultural understanding of craftsmanship coupled with innovative technologies in terms of manufacturing and sustainability. To preserve and revitalize Japanese forests, the hardwood used is from low-diameter trees, long underused.

Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, Big-Game is a product, furniture and interior design studio helmed by native Grégoire Jeanmonod and French expat Augustin Scott de Martinville and Belgium expat Elric Petit. Besides KNS, they have designed for Praxis, Alessi, Materia and Globe Trotter.