Kyuzo Collection
Kyuzo is a capsule collection of desk and home accessories, driven by materiality and designed to provide divisions of space through subtle hierarchies. Named after a character from Akira Kurosawa's 1954 epic "Seven Samurai", the collection is by no coincidence comprised of seven objects.
The project is a meditation on formal purity and composition. The works within the suite are each made of a considered material coupled with an equally considered production method; the range includes cast iron, aluminum, wood, glass, and marble. While each component has its own strength, the grouping of objects is most balanced when viewed as a full set, each unit thriving on the sculpted language of another.
Each object satisfies a specific function for the desk and the home. The collection includes a paperweight which allots a space for more important documents, a two tiered folio holder, bookends, a tray for pens and pencils, and a dish with a sectioned slope, available in three sizes. While a primary use case has been established for each object, there's an openness that allows the objects to live and be used in a variety of ways.
Designed in collaboration with Sina Sohrab.