Flip Series by Daisuke Motogi Architecture for Sixinch Japan

Product news: items of furniture in this collection by Daisuke Motogi Architecture are shaped so that they can still be used when flipped upside-down (+ slideshow).

Flip Series by Sixinch Japan

Extra legs protrude from the backrest of the Flip chair by Daisuke Motogi Architecture so it can be toppled backwards to make a lower lounge seat (above).

Flip Series by Sixinch Japan

A coffee-cup-shaped piece functions as an armchair when upright, but when turned on its side the handle becomes a backrest for a stool and when flipped over it transforms into a coffee table.

Flip Series by Sixinch Japan

Turning over the stool with the curved back reveals a lower chair with a longer seat and backrest (above), while the rocking chair becomes a stable seat when overturned (below).

Flip Series by Sixinch Japan

Each piece is made from moulded urethane foam to make it light enough to be moved and revolved easily, plus the entire collection is covered with a water-resistant coating developed by Sixinch.

Flip Series by Sixinch Japan

The Flip Series also includes a table with a glass top supported by wooden frames. These frames can either be stood upright or rested on their sides, creating two possible surface heights (below).

Flip Series by Sixinch Japan

Sixinch Japan, an offshoot of Belgian brand Sixinch, originally exhibited prototypes of the furniture at Designtide 2011 in Tokyo last month but has now put the table, coffee cup chair and a kid’s version of the Flip chair into production.

Flip Series by Sixinch Japan

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Photographs are by Kenta Hasegawa.

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Sleepy Chair by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

Sleepy Chair by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

Tokyo 2010: here’s another chair by Japanese design studio Daisuke Motogi Architecture (see our earlier story), this time made from a thin mattress folded into a concertina.

Sleepy Chair by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

Called Sleepy Chair, the project was presented at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this week.

Sleepy Chair by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

Photographs are by Takahumi Yamada.

Sleepy Chair by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

Here’s a tiny bit of text from the designer:


Sleepy chair

A chair as a blanket which provides a space of warmth and happiness.

Size : W700 D1100 H950

Sleepy Chair by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

DAISKE MOTOGI
Born in 1981 in the Saitama Japan
2004 Graduated from Musashino Art University
2004~2010 Worked for Schemata Architecture Office
2010 Daisuke Motogi Architecture


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Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

Tokyo 2010: Japanese studio Daisuke Motogi Architecture presented this armchair for holding and hiding things at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this week.

Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

Items can be stored by wedging them into slots between the upholstered cubes that form the seat.

Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

Photographs are by Takahumi Yamada.

Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi Architecture

Here’s a bit of text from the designer:


Lost in sofa

Things often get lost under the sofa. It’s ordinary for a coin which slipped out of your pocket, or a never-to-be-found remote to be accidentally found in between/underneath the sofa cushions. Maybe you’ll find a forgotten 10,000yen bill that you once hid there…

Size : W900 D700 H700

Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi Architecture


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