ZA SYSTEM Benches
DESCRIPTION
Designed by Shin & Tomoko Azumi
In Japanese, "za" means a safe meeting place and, long ago, monasteries were such places. Inspired by this ancient tradition of hospitality, Shin and Tomoko Azumi have created an elegant seating system, ideal for waiting areas, museums and shops. Each single element, with a slightly shaped sinuous profile, can be endlessly multiplied. With alternating straight and curved elements, it creates an amazing world of shapes. All the elements feature a characteristic metal band. This meeting is marked by the history of the men of yesterday and of today.
SPECS
Dimensions
Variant Dependent
Finishes
Multiple finished available.
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BRAND
Company Overview
Lapalma is one of the Italian furniture manufacturers recognised worldwide. But there’s much more to our design than a simple aesthetic style. Our aptitude is based on many small and large things, some very concrete, others more hidden and intangible but no less important to us. What we think, the values we believe in are what makes us what we have become: a company that is unique in its own way. We will tell you about it here.
DESIGNER
Shin & Tomoko Azumi
Tomoko Azumi ( born in 1966, Hiroshima, Japan ) is an interior and furniture designer based in London. She studied architecture and interior design at Kyoto City University of Art, worked in architectural studio in Tokyo, then moved to London in 1992.Shin Azumi was born in Kobe, Japan in 1965. After finishing his MA at the Royal College of Art in 1994, he started working as a design unit ‘AZUMI’. In 2005, he established his own office ‘a studio’ in London, and he moved his base back to Japan in Tokyo in 2016.
DESCRIPTION
Designed by Shin & Tomoko Azumi
In Japanese, "za" means a safe meeting place and, long ago, monasteries were such places. Inspired by this ancient tradition of hospitality, Shin and Tomoko Azumi have created an elegant seating system, ideal for waiting areas, museums and shops. Each single element, with a slightly shaped sinuous profile, can be endlessly multiplied. With alternating straight and curved elements, it creates an amazing world of shapes. All the elements feature a characteristic metal band. This meeting is marked by the history of the men of yesterday and of today.
SPECS
Dimensions
Variant Dependent
Finishes
Multiple finished available.
Downloads
BRAND
Company Overview
Lapalma is one of the Italian furniture manufacturers recognised worldwide. But there’s much more to our design than a simple aesthetic style. Our aptitude is based on many small and large things, some very concrete, others more hidden and intangible but no less important to us. What we think, the values we believe in are what makes us what we have become: a company that is unique in its own way. We will tell you about it here.
DESIGNER
Shin & Tomoko Azumi
Tomoko Azumi ( born in 1966, Hiroshima, Japan ) is an interior and furniture designer based in London. She studied architecture and interior design at Kyoto City University of Art, worked in architectural studio in Tokyo, then moved to London in 1992.Shin Azumi was born in Kobe, Japan in 1965. After finishing his MA at the Royal College of Art in 1994, he started working as a design unit ‘AZUMI’. In 2005, he established his own office ‘a studio’ in London, and he moved his base back to Japan in Tokyo in 2016.
DESCRIPTION
Designed by Shin & Tomoko Azumi
In Japanese, "za" means a safe meeting place and, long ago, monasteries were such places. Inspired by this ancient tradition of hospitality, Shin and Tomoko Azumi have created an elegant seating system, ideal for waiting areas, museums and shops. Each single element, with a slightly shaped sinuous profile, can be endlessly multiplied. With alternating straight and curved elements, it creates an amazing world of shapes. All the elements feature a characteristic metal band. This meeting is marked by the history of the men of yesterday and of today.
SPECS
Dimensions
Variant Dependent
Finishes
Multiple finished available.
Downloads
BRAND
Company Overview
Lapalma is one of the Italian furniture manufacturers recognised worldwide. But there’s much more to our design than a simple aesthetic style. Our aptitude is based on many small and large things, some very concrete, others more hidden and intangible but no less important to us. What we think, the values we believe in are what makes us what we have become: a company that is unique in its own way. We will tell you about it here.
DESIGNER
Shin & Tomoko Azumi
Tomoko Azumi ( born in 1966, Hiroshima, Japan ) is an interior and furniture designer based in London. She studied architecture and interior design at Kyoto City University of Art, worked in architectural studio in Tokyo, then moved to London in 1992.Shin Azumi was born in Kobe, Japan in 1965. After finishing his MA at the Royal College of Art in 1994, he started working as a design unit ‘AZUMI’. In 2005, he established his own office ‘a studio’ in London, and he moved his base back to Japan in Tokyo in 2016.
