One of the armless chairs that was announced in the first series of the Nextmaruni project was designed by AZUMI/Shin Azumi & Tomoko Azumi, and our manufacturing technology was concentrated into this one chair.

The comfortable chair with a well-established reputation was reborn in oak wood, which was logged in North America where these trees are cut with environmental planning. The original material used was the Solomon Mahogany wood.
We'd like you to feel the new attraction that has been born from the oak wood.

AZUMI/Shin Azumi&Tomoko Azumi Armless chair

Greetings for the new year 2011.
We appreciate your continuing support for Nextmaruni and Maruni Wood Industry Inc..

Japan will be the host for APEC 2010 (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) which will be held from November 6th – November 14th. Exhibition project, "JAPAN EXPERIENCE Ideas into Reality" will be held during this period.

Among "The Guesthouse" area that will showcase the "Japanese strength in manufacturing technology", Maruni’s Armchair (Hiroshima series / design: Naoto Fukasawa) and SANAA Armless chair (Nextmaruni series / design: Kazuyo Sejima+Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA) will be displayed and introduced.
We are the only Japanese furniture manufacturing company to be showcased at this exhibition.
Through this exhibition, we hope that many visitors will feel the high level of design and the unquestionable woodwork technology.

/// JAPAN EXPERIENCE Ideas into Reality ///
Period: Saturday November 6th - Sunday November 14th, 2010
Location: Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall A & B
(1-1-1 Minato Mirai Nishi-ku Yokohama)
Website: APEC www.apec2010.go.jp
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry www.meti.go.jp

Nextmaruni's armless chair by SANAA is used at the 12th International Architectural Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.
Kazuyo Sejima has been selected to be the first Asian and also the first woman to direct the Architecture sector of Biennale. The 12th International Architectural Exhibition at Venice Biennale, which has been getting a lot of attention has finally begun.
Maruni Wood Industry is sponsoring one of the projects "Now Interviews" (i21c.org) and our Nextmaruni SANAA armless chair is used at the main exhibition site.

Each SANAA's armless chair is displayed with a monitor at the Exhibition, where you will be able to view the interview as if you are reading a book. Please enjoy the exhibition "Now Interviews" at the Venice Biennale while sitting at the lovable SANAA's armless chair.

/// 12th International Architectural Exhibition at Venice Biennale ///

Theme title: People meet in architecture
Director: Kazuyo Sejima
Period: Sunday August 29th, 2010 – Sunday November 21st, 2010
Giardini will be closed on Mondays (except November 15th)
Arsenale will be closed on Tuesdays (except November 16th)
Venue: Giardini, Arsenale, Venezia
Website: www.labiennale.org

* Office Summer Holidays :: 8/11 - 8/15 2010

Maruni Wood Industry is closed from 8/11 to 8/15 for the summer holidays.

“asia now” curated by designboom which aims to present and explore asia's design culture will take place at the “dwell on design” fair in Los Angeles, June 25th -27th, 2010. From our Nextmaruni series, the armless chair designed by SANAA will be exhibited there. Please visit and enjoy the exhibition!

“asia now” / dwell on design fair
Date: 25th – 27th June
Venue: The Los Angeles Convention Center SOUTH HALL
1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 741-1151
URL: dwell on design: www.dwellondesign.com
designboom: www.designboom.com

Greetings for the new year 2010.
We appreciate your continuing support for Nextmaruni and Maruni Wood Industry Inc..

We have moved our Nextmaruni website to www.maruni.com/nextmaruni/e/ from www.nextmaruni.com/e/.

Please update your bookmark with the new URL.

We released the colored armless chairs by Kazuyo Sejima+Ryue Nishizawa
/SANAA from Nextmaruni series in October. We prepared the product list. Please download it from here:

Nextmaruni colored armless chairs designed by SANAA

Also we added this list to the catalog of Nextmaruni:

Nextmaruni catalog

One of Nextmaruni's chairs designed by SANAA (a partnership of 2 architects), popular for its lovable shape, will be available in various colors this autumn. After serious deliberation, the following six colors were chosen among a huge selection of sample colors: Pink, Green, Yellow, White-Beige, Brown and Dark-Grey. In collaboration with the chair’s adorable “rabbit” silhouette, each color provides a new enjoyment and appeal to the chairs.

These same armless chairs are being used at the Serpentine Gallery in London for its temporary Pavilion of 2009 designed by SANAA. (Colors were especially prepared for this Pavilion)

<< Nextmaruni Kazuyo Sejima+Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA
Armless Chair -Colored Version >>

New Colors: Pink, Green, Yellow, White Beige, Brown, Dark Grey

Specification: W370 x D420 x H820 / SH425 mm Weight 5.0kg
Material: Beech + Steel

< Specialized Coating >
The natural-clear finish type is coated with a transparent-colored polyurethane resin to maximize the beauty of the wood surface. However with these new colors, nearly twice the time and effort is taken to double-coating, in order to express the colors vividly.

< Coating Method >
(1) First the white-colored base coating is painted as a foundation, then is carefully polished with sandpaper to smooth out the surface.
(2) The carefully mixed color is painted onto the polished base, and the surface is polished once again. The tiny particle of the white-base coating helps to create a smoother surface. By recoating this surface with the colored paint, it produces an even and highly-adhesive color film coating.
(3) Polyurethane resin is coated above the color film, finishing off the surface so that the coating is damage and stain-proof, requiring little maintenance.
By carefully repeating each coating method by the hand of a craftsman, an even and vivid colored finish is made possible.

* These products will be on display at the Maruni Tokyo Showroom from late October. We look forward to your visit.