Nuriwake Tray
ANF x Asada
Working with Yamanaka master artisans, ANF designed a collection of nesting trays that translates the traditional production stages of urushi craft into a contemporary visual system.
Through repeated visits and discussions with local artisans, from woodturners to urushi specialists, ANF observed how workshops often present their craft through samples and unfinished objects, each revealing a distinct stage of production. Five key production phases were identified and distributed across a series of nesting trays, from a piece showing a single finishing stage (Nuriwake 1) to one encompassing the full sequence (Nuriwake 5).
Where traditional lacquerware often aims for surface perfection, the Nuriwake series instead embraces the natural variability of materials and the traces of human labour, making visible the time and work embedded in their production.
More information and inquiries via the link in bio.
石川県山中の熟練職人との協働により制作されたNuriwake Trayは、
漆工芸の制作工程を可視化する入れ子状のトレイ・コレクションである。
山中温泉で発展した山中漆器は、木目をあえて生かすことを特徴としてきた。本コレクションでは、木地から塗りへと至る五つの主要工程を抽出し、それぞれを異なるトレイとして構成している。
地元山中の工房である浅田漆器工芸との協働により、完成の背後に隠れがちな制作の過程を、造形の中にそのまま組み込んだ。
詳細やお問い合わせは、プロフィール欄のリンクから
Photos 2-4-6. @ulysses_o
Pedestal Stool in Brown finish.
Design @lukayasukawa
Hokkaido plywood, kakishibu dye.
Designed as both functional furniture and display supports, Pedestal pieces avoid prescribing a single function, allowing use to emerge through interactions between objects and their users.
Now available for custom order. Made in Japan. Shipping in Europe.
MATTER and SHAPE, Paris
Four days of conversations around materials, tools and the stories behind the objects we develop with artisans across Japan.
Thank you to everyone who visited the stand.
More to come.
Now live at @matterandshape
Editions. Recollections. Surfaces.
Come meet us in the Jardin des Tuileries until 9 March.
ANF Work at MATTER and SHAPE (2026)
Photos: @ceeesk@mickaelllorca
At the centre of the ANF stand at @matterandshape is the Material Bar: a space where tools and raw materials gathered during our research across Japan are brought together.
Visitors are invited to handle these elements and start conversations about how they shape our editions and might inform future objects and collaborations.
ANF Work at MATTER and SHAPE (2026)
6–9 March 2026
Jardin des Tuileries
From folk object to collectible design piece, New Yukinko approaches life in Japan’s snow country (Yukiguni) as a human condition shared across geographies, rather than an expression of “authentic” Japanese culture.
Discover the full case study via the link in bio.
民具からコレクタブルなデザインオブジェへ。
New Yukinko は、雪国という厳しい環境の中で、限られた資源と人々の工夫によって形づくられてきた暮らしが、どのように独自の造形を生み出してきたのかを探るプロジェクトである。
プロジェクトの詳細はプロフィールのリンクよりご覧ください。
ANF Work at @matterandshape
6-9 March 2026
New Yukinko
From folk object to collectible design piece, New Yukinko approaches life in Japan’s snow country (Yukiguni) as a human condition shared across geographies, rather than an expression of “authentic” Japanese culture.
Discover the full case study via the link in bio.
民具からコレクタブルなデザインオブジェへ。
New Yukinko は、雪国という厳しい環境の中で、限られた資源と人々の工夫によって形づくられてきた暮らしが、どのように独自の造形を生み出してきたのかを探るプロジェクトである。
プロジェクトの詳細はプロフィールのリンクよりご覧ください。
ANF Work at @matterandshape
6-9 March 2026
A collection creating meaningful interactions between objects and their users.
Pedestal High Stool in Indigo finish.
Design @lukayasukawa
Presentation at @matterandshape
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
6–9 March 2026
ANF Work debuts at @matterandshape in just one week.
At the Jardin des Tuileries, we present a coherent body of work structured across folk art, lacquerware, porcelain and furniture.
Pedestal Armchair
Design @lukayasukawa
A structural chair crafted in Hokkaido birch plywood, treated with successive coats of kakishibu.
ANF Work at @matterandshape , 6-9 March 2026
