Tone Table & Chairs by Leif.designpark

Based in Japan, Leif.designpark is a collective of three designers, Takashi Ueno and Mamoru Naito and Keizaburo Honda, whose work is both modern and deeply traditional. Their new Tone series of chairs and tables uses the natural "tones" of different woods to hark back to parquetry...

Using unstained wood, Leif.designpark describes the revealing of these tones in the following way:

"The unstained natural colors of wood must result from absorbing the numerous nutrients within the soil. The diversity is amazing. Tone is an attempt at producing furniture using effectively materials and skills established in the Japanese culture."

While the "green" furniture movement in the US has been diligently looking for more and more ways to use unfinished wood, we thought this was a great addition to the mix. www.leif-designpark.com (via Dwell)

Comments (11)

The chairs are divine!

posted by siongchinchan on March 24th 2008 at 9:39am
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Wow these are stunning. The different wood grains would look really cool all together at a dining table.

posted by plastolux on March 24th 2008 at 9:42am
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Gorgeous.

posted by Deborah on March 24th 2008 at 9:54am
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Love these variegated veneers - tho I could see the typical American consumer obsessing in the store over how these chairs "Don't match"

posted by bepsf on March 24th 2008 at 9:59am
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LOVE the chair in the second photo. holy moly. wow, cheap shot bepsf, lol.

posted by *heather leaf* on March 24th 2008 at 10:02am
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The floating glass table is amazing.

posted by farmhousemoderne on March 24th 2008 at 10:07am
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these are my dream chairs

posted by idea chick on March 24th 2008 at 10:33am
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love em!

posted by Lizzykewl on March 24th 2008 at 10:44am
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Love, love, love!

posted by jennifer in sf on March 24th 2008 at 10:52am
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I just love Leif.designpark

posted by design milk on March 25th 2008 at 12:08pm
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i LOVE the fact that these don't match and i am so anal retentive i have to have matching sets of everything - the piece of glass on the table annoys me though as it seems to take away from the beauty of the wood.

posted by niahr on March 25th 2008 at 12:26pm
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