Form-Led Meditation

What really defines a space and how we might use it? We asked this question when we came across the Kinuta collection by Karimoku Case Study. The story of this collection is told through its setting – the Kinuta Terrace apartment project in Tokyo. Completed by Keiji Ashizawa and Norm Architects, the apartment features this first collection which draws heavily on the natural references of the apartment’s connected courtyard. It’s an attempt to invite nature in, through both design language and materiality. Detailing is reminiscent of the structures seen in Japanese temples and gardens.

It’s a gentle and enquiring approach, a rethink on the significance of furniture in defining space. It also puts the emphasis on the fact that a space is what you make of it, and furniture can really set the tone for how we choose to move through our spaces and our days.