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.
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]]>
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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:
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.]]>
Nextmaruni's armless chair designed by SANAA is displayed at the "Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA" exhibition currently showing at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Sydney.
We hope you get a chance to visit and enjoy the exhibition.
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
Date: July 3rd - September 26th, 2009
Location: Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
Address: 16-20 Goodhope Street, Paddington, Sydney NSW 2021 Australia]]>
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009 has opened from July 12th. The Pavilion which will only be open for a limited time, has been designed by renowned architects every year. This year’s Pavilion was designed by SANAA, who is also one of the designers of Nextmaruni. Nextmaruni’s armless chairs are placed throughout the spacious site.
The Pavilion is floating aluminium, drifting freely between the trees like smoke. The reflective canopy undulates across the site, expanding the park and sky. The contrast of the appearance of surrounding landscape and green is beautiful and impressive.
We hope you will enjoy the visit.
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009
Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA
Date: July 12th – October 18th, 2009
Location: Serpentine Gallery
Address: Kensington Gardens London W2 3XA]]>
"Maruni Wood Industry will be exhibiting inside the sozo_comm booth at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile / International Furniture Design Fair 2009 in Milan"
/// Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2009 in Milan ///
Date: April 22nd – 27th, 2009
Opening Hours: 9:30am – 6:30pm
Venue: Milan Fairgrounds / Rho, Milan (Fiera Milano Nuovo Quartiere)
sozo_comm will be located at PADIGLIONE 6 STAND E48
Website for sozo_comm: english.sozocomm.jp
Website for Salone Internazionale del Mobile: www.cosmit.it
Maruni Wood Industry has been approved to participate in sozo_comm, known as “Consumer Products Industry Brand Development Program” which is implemented by the International Development Association for the Furniture Industry of Japan (IDAFIJ), and will exhibit at the Europe’s largest annual furniture design fair, Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2009.
Across 186 square meters of floorspace at the Fairgrounds at PADIGLIONE 6 STAND E48, the sozo_comm exhibition will showcase an exemplary range of new products from 5 small to mid-size furniture design and manufacturing firms, handpicked from 29 finalists.
Maruni Wood Industry will be showing the HIROSHIMA series from the MARUNI COLLECTION and some items from the Nextmaruni project. These products have been selected for the exceptional functionality and design, which are seen to possess the competitive edge and marketability necessary to succeed in mature overseas markets such as Europe and the US. Please stop by our exhibition inside the sozo_comm booth at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2009 in Milan. For details, please refer to their website. (english.sozocomm.jp)]]>
Quotation request form page is available now!
If you would like to request quotation of Nextmaruni's products,
please click here:
Catalog / Quotation Request Form]]>
Our new catalog is available now!
Please download its PDF from here:
Nextmauruni new catalog
If you need a copy of our catalog by mail, please click here:
Catalog / Quotation Request Form]]>
Maruni Wood Industry Inc. and Mysa Co., Ltd. will have a joint exhibition titled “nextmaruni + HA-RU mono”, where they will show new approaches for a happy lifestyle of enjoying furniture and interior design. The exhibition site is organized by Moon Balance, lead by Hisanobu Tsujimura.
Both Nextmaruni and HA-RU mono would like to show the Japanese magnificence to the world by putting importance to the technique and design from Japan. Their aim is to have more people to experience the possibility of what the furniture and interior design can offer through this new challenge.
Please stop by their booth “nextmaruni + HA-RU mono” at the site of 100% Design Tokyo 2008. We sincerely look forward to meeting all of you.
- “nextmaruni + HA-RU mono in 100% Design Tokyo 2008”
Date: Sunday, October 30th – Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Time: 10am – 8pm (Last admission at 7:30pm)
* Business Meetings 10am – 4pm (During October 30th and 31st)
The exhibition is not open to the public during the Business Meetings.
* Last day will be open until 6pm. (Last admission at 5:30pm)
Place: Meijijingu Gaien (Aoyama, Tokyo)
HA-RU mono: www.ha-ru.biz
Moon Balance: www.tsujimura-hisanobu.com
*Some textile patterns by SOU SOU: www.sousou.co.jp
100％ Design Tokyo: www.100percentdesign.jp]]>
Nextmaruni and Maruni Collection will be presented at the JapanC exhibition in New York.
Maruni Wood Industry Inc. will participate and exhibit in the JapanC exhibition to be held at the Felissimo Design House in New York starting from Aug 16th. Felissimo Corporation (head office: Kobe Hyogo Japan) will be organizing this event.
This JapanC Exhibition is a design event showcasing innovative products from Japanese firms by way of creative presentations. Each week will highlight and focus on different categories, and the event is expected to attract a great number of visitors from various fields/lines of work. Visitors will be able to develop an understanding on the Japanese design and culture, and have the opportunity to be much fascinated by each company’s presentation and products.
Maruni Wood Industry Inc. will exhibit our armless chair, armchair, and dining table from Nextmaruni; the “Hiroshima” dining chair with arms and dining table, and “Traditional Series” sofa from MARUNI COLLECTION 2008.
特These products will be mainly introduced during the “Design Japan” focus week, which starts from September 15th.
We look forward to your visit.
In addition, please check the project site for more details. (www.felissimo.co.jp/cjapan/)
/// JapanC Exhibition ///
Date: August 16th – November 1st, 2008
* Monday - Saturday 11am – 6pm
Place: Felissimo Design House in New York, U.S.A.
Address: 10 West 56th street, New York 10019
Phone: 1-212-956-4438
URL: www.felissimo.co.jp/cjapan/
Admission: Free
* Some events may be invitation-only, or may have admission fees.]]>
From May 2nd, 2008, the “LIFE STYLE” exhibition will start in Hiroshima.
We will be exhibiting lounge chairs, soon to be commercialized this summer, and dining tables that are already available and continuously receiving good reviews.
This exhibition will be held at the Oriental Design Gallery in the Oriental Hotel Hiroshima, which was designed by one of our own designers at nextmaruni, Shigeru Uchida. We hope that the visitors will enjoy the sophisticated living scenes and the warmth of woodwork produced by nextmaruni.
We sincerely look forward to your visit.
- “nextmaruni Life Style Exhibition”
Date:: 2 May 2008 - 21 May 2008 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
*Last day will end at 5:00p.m.
Opening party: 9 May 2008 from 7:00 p.m.
Place:: Oriental Design Gallery
Address:: 6-10 Tanakamachi Naka-ku Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture]]>
21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Third Exhibition “XXIst Century Man”
21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, directed by Issey Miyake is having their third exhibition “XXIst Century Man”. They will be using chairs from the “HIROSHIMA” series, designed by Naoto Fukasawa announced from Maruni Wood Industry, and also his designed chairs from “nextmaruni”.
This exhibition “XXIst Century Man”, refers to the 21st century and its people, and consists of creative works in the idea of the relationship between the people and their creative minds of building things. Every exhibit have explored various methodologies, and expresses the desire and power of the people in the 21st century in their own individual form of creative expression that has never been seen before.
Please visit to experience the different aspect of “HIROSHIMA” and “nextmaruni”, apart from looking at them as furniture.
EXHIBITION 3 “XXIst Century Man”
DIRECTED BY ISSEY MIYAKE
Place: 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT / www.2121designsight.jp
Date: : 30 March 2008 – 6 July 2008
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Entrance until 7:30 p.m.)
Closed: Tuesdays (Except 29 April and 6 May)
Admission: General ￥1,000/ University Student ￥800/ Junior and High School Student ￥500/ Ages 12 and under free (tax included, ￥200 discount for a group of over 15 people)]]>