2024/03/18
Product press release

Three ITOKI products have won the iF Design Award 2024, one of the world's three major design awards!

torteU (TorteU Chair), inSAIL, and common furniture / Partition (Common Furniture / Partition) won awards.

ITOKI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Koji Minato) has won the iF Design Award 2024, one of the world's most prestigious design awards, for three products: torteU, inSAIL, and common furniture furniture / Partition.

・torteU (torteU chair)

torteU is an office chair that features simple styling that fits into modern offices, a compact size, ITOKI's unique "dual motion rocking" mechanism, and low environmental impact thanks to the use of 100% recycled upholstery and long-life design.
The simple and universal shell chair styling, all one-tone color, wavy texture and ceramic-like texture of the back shell made from a compound of mica grains suppresses the inorganic impression typical of plastic, creating a comfortable design that creates a modern office space. fits.
Designer: Kohei Wada, Product Design Department, ITOKI CORPORATION
Product page: https://catalog.itoki.jp/series/ShowSeries.action?seriesCode=2422

・inSAIL

This work sofa allows you to flexibly switch between "focus work" and "communication work" activities depending on the work scene. It has the mobility to switch between each activity, so workers can easily create the space they need at any given time.
Designer: Shunta Naruse, Product Design Department, ITOKI CORPORATION
Product page: https://catalog.itoki.jp/series/ShowSeriesSection1.action?seriesCode=2425

・ common furniture / Partition

common furniture / Partition is a partition from the office furniture brand "common furniture" series, which is a re-edited product that has been used for many years in offices, factories, and research facilities. With a neutral, streamlined form that embodies the necessary functionality and strength, you can design your space to match trends. The brand also offers a lineup of shelves, workbenches, tool wagons, folding tables, and stools to help express a unified worldview.
Designer: Naruse Inokuma Architectural Design Office Yuri Naruse Jun Inokuma Ryo Odaka
Yukiyoshi Kato, Product Design Department ITOKI CORPORATION
Product page: https://www.itoki.jp/special/common-furniture/

About “iF Design Award”

The iF International Forum Design, based in Hannover, Germany, is one of the internationally prestigious design awards held since 1954. This award consists of nine areas: "Product," "Packaging," "Communication," "Service Design," "Architecture," "Interior," "Professional Concept," "UX (User Experience)," and "UI (User Interface)." Masu. This time, the winners were rigorously judged and selected from 10,800 submitted designs from 72 countries and regions by design experts active around the world.
iF Design Award 2024 official website: https://www.ifdesign.com/en/

About ITOKI's office-related business

Since its founding in 1890, ITOKI CORPORATION has upheld the mission statement of "We Design Tomorrow. We Design WORK-Style." and has supported the creation of a wide range of “Space," “Environment," and “Place" with a wide lineup of office furniture, logistics equipment, ICT and audiovisual equipment, and building materials and interior equipment.

After the coronavirus shock, we consider the entire working space to “Work Environment”," and in addition to products and services that create an environment where office workers can "work together," we are also providing "dispersion" of home furnishings to facilitate remote work and home learning We support the creation of a “Work Environment” in any space by providing a comprehensive range of products that support the working environment, as well as surveys and consulting services for companies' work style strategies and working environment improvements.

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