LIBERO Chair

Born in Tokyo in 1965. He graduated from ICS College of Arts. After working at Kenzo Tarumi Design Office, he studied abroad in Italy in 1989. Since 1990 he has been working at Sergio Calatroni Architectural Office (Milan). He is mainly in charge of furniture design, interior design, and exhibition hall design. In 1994, Murasawa Design opened. Based on the belief that "design is in everything we do and live", we practice that drawing diagrams at a desk is not design. So far, he has visited more than 200 factories in Japan and overseas."When I walk down the street, when I travel by plane, when I look at a factory in operation, when I talk to someone, I spin out designs from there."

Miyazaki Chair Factory

Based in Naruto, Tokushima and established in 1969, Miyazaki Chair Factory specialises in meticulously crafted wooden seating. Its roots in making chairs for traditional Awa dressers inform a rare command of technique, now applied alongside designers such as Inoda+Sveje, Makoto Koizumi and Kazuteru Murasawa.

Every piece blends experienced handwork with precise machine work, finished by skilled artisans in leather and fabric and backed by reupholstering and repair services for a lifetime of use. Explore the Miyazaki Chair Factory collection at APATO, the authorised Australian home of Japanese designer furniture, and enquire for finishes, lead times and trade pricing.