Exploring action, harmonizing with individuality

We start by considering how people behave, observing bodies and movements. It is an endless process. The furniture we’ve created through this process support daily life in diverse settings.

Iconic Example of Furniture

ing / ingLIFE*Japanese Only A chair featuring a seat that offers full freedom of movement, like a balance ball. Active (represented by “ing”) and comfortable (referencing a dynamic life, or “ingLIFE”), it fills the office and the home with comfort.

KOKUYO’s history shows
how much we’ve grown

Furniture

1905

How we got here

Branching out to create personal experiences, like the veins of a leaf

Design starts with the experience, with meticulous attention to quality and detail. That’s what sets the craftsmanship of KOKUYO’s furniture apart. We explore every possibility that branches out like the veins of a leaf.

  1. 01
    A second founding:
    from stationery to furniture
    We were making documents, and before we knew it, we were making cabinets
    for keeping those
    documents

  2. 02
    Taking on home furniture
    With the KuruKuruMeka,
    we leapt into the education market

  3. 03
    Designed for comfortable posture
    Our products are based on ergonomic research

  4. 04
    Office furniture inspired by how we work
    We continue creating
    unprecedented
    products     for office
    environments

  5. 05
    Listening to users
    Our designs aim for ease of
    use     based on user feedback for products like wheelchairs and baby strollers

  6. 06
    Universal design
    We develop office equipment for use in medical settings,
    public offices, schools, and more

2020

Today’s efforts

Every step of the design process exists for people

Observing the body, analyzing its movements, and talking with many people. These design processes are all focused on people. KOKUYO will continue developing furniture that people worldwide can use comfortably.

  1. 07
    For a circular society
    We integrate our designs for comfortable, long-lasting furniture

  2. 08
    Diversity
    We aim to provide products
    that help improve well-being in
    society

  3. 09
    Inclusive workshops
    We co-create with users,
    designing through
    observation and dialogue

  4. 10
    Categorizing behavior our way
    We developed DAYS office furniture for specific activity, needs, and
    workstyles

  5. 11
    Winner of multiple international design awards
    A chair with a
    360° rotating seat    , inspired by workstyles and needs

20XX

Toward the future

Customized solutions for all walks of life

Round up 100 people and you’ll find 100 different ways of working and living. Through various approaches, we offer solutions tailored to diverse individuals.

  1. 12
    Accelerating global strategy
    From Asia to Oceania,
    we’re sharing the appeal
    of KOKUYO furniture

  2. 13
    Establishing and strengthening our brand
    We’re communicating
    KOKUYO furniture styles
    in a Shanghai showroom

  3. 14
    Customizing Japanese workstyles overseas
    The Lamex brand presents ways of working suited to
    different countries

  4. 15
    Creators and users
    working together
    Digital fabrication
    applies data to give shape     to furniture and art as originally
    envisioned

  5. 16
    KOKUYO furniture styles
    Going global with concepts that eliminate the boundaries between work and daily life
From what we wear and eat to how we liveInterior Design