Cabbage Armchair

Designed at the invitation of Issey Miyake for the Tokyo exhibition XXIst Century Man (2008) and composed of the paper by-product of Miyake’s clothing line Pleats Please, this roll magically morphs into a chair by simply pealing back its sheets, like a cabbage. Preoccupied with the environment and advocating for simpler design solutions, Sato here updates the traditional Japanese embrace of simple, nature-inspired craft design.