ORUHA, designed by Yuya Nakazawa from Yedit, is a sculptural wooden chair awarded 10 international design honours—including LICC Best in Category and A’ Design Award Gold—and selected for the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Outstanding Design (MOOD), is launching its global debut ahead of a first limited release. Originally crafted under the constraints of a rented workshop, the project is moving towards establishing a dedicated studio in Shinjuku, Tokyo, to support a structured atelier production system.
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- Photo credit: Mitsuaki Takahashi
Design Concept and Production
ORUHA was conceived to create a personal sense of place within shared environments. The design balances a bold sculptural form with a private, enclosing spatial experience for the user. The production approach adapts structural principles inspired by film editing. In editing, fragmented scenes are arranged to construct emotional flow and rhythm. In ORUHA, this philosophy is translated into wood through proportion, visual lines and the emotional progression experienced by the user. The final form is carved using traditional Japanese hand tools, including the kanna plane.
