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KINA Ottoman (Cork top)

KINA Ottoman (Cork top)

Though at first glance it appears as a delicate objet d’art, KINA is reliable and strong enough to be used as an ottoman, stool, or even a table. It also has a lightweight frame that is easy to move. Designed by David Trubridge of New Zealand, KINA was displayed at the IFDA Commemorative Products Display during the tenth IFDA in 2017.

Choose from a cork, upholstered, or color-coated top.

Product Information

tear sheet
Wood – Finish
Japanese Birch Natural

Standard Size

39" dia Ottoman (Cork top)
39 1/2"dia 16 1/4"h

31" dia Ottoman (Cork top)
31 1/2"dia 13"h

Laminated Birch frame with Cork top

As shown

39" dia Ottoman (Cork top)
Japanese Birch Natural

Designers

David Trubridge
David Trubridge

David is a New Zealand’s best-known furniture/lighting designer. His company manufactures and sells his designs all over the world. In 2008 the French magazine Express listed him as one of the top 15 designers in the world, and in 2012 the Pompidou Centre in Paris purchased his 'Icarus' installation for its permanent collection. He has designed for Cappellini, Boffi, and Offecct. He loves boats, sailing and venturing into the wild places. He aims to bring some of that love for nature back into his work. He is also an articulate writer and speaker on topics about which he is passionate: design philosophy, sustainability, and the environment.

“I don’t consider myself a designer. I don’t solve problems. I am an explorer. I am lured by the horizon: what is over there? Exploring and creating are risk taking. If you know where you are going, why go? I love to walk freely over open country, avoiding tracks. Tracks are where other people have been. They are a safe return, back to where they started. In trackless wilderness and on the ocean I can delve deep into myself and find my place in nature. You can’t will creativity, you can’t sit down at a desk and expect it to happen to order. You have to know the conditions in which it may occur, then to put yourself there . . . and wait. The truly creative is the unexpected, something you never knew existed. That is what I am trying to find, but I don’t know until I have found it. It lurks in luminal zones, between dark and light, between the elements, always on the edge. The artist wanders in this zone, seeking to escape the ‘I’, to escape human hubris. Nature is not the ‘other’, it is not something apart from ourselves. We are nature, like all living creatures, and we live in mutual dependency. There is more complexity around one small plant than a whole city tower block. So I see my role is to bring that sparkle of life into the monotonous grids of cities.”

Designer’s Profile

Description

Standard Size
39" dia Ottoman (Cork top)
31" dia Ottoman (Cork top)

Fabric - Leather

Wood - Finish

Japanese Birch Natural