Description

Column Chest – Gabriel Tan

The Column Chest – designed by Gabriel Tan – Ariake

The defining character of this chest is the handle of the drawer, which is attached via a dovetail joint.
The handles align vertically when all drawers are closed and form a single vertical column.

 The smaller drawers are perfect for storing jewellery, watches or other precious belongings,
while the drawers at the bottom are meant forlarger items.
The chest is liftedsubstantially off the ground for comfortable use.

Ariake is a furniture brand founded by Legnatec and Hirata Chair, two factories from the furniture producing town
of Morodomi in Saga prefecture, Japan. Ariake is named after the Ariake Sea in Southern Japan and also means “daybreak”
in Japanese symbolizing a new chapter for its founding manufacturers: Legnatec and Hirata Chair Manufacture Co.
which have been producing furniture in Japan for over 40 years.
It is Ariake’s philosophy that furniture is made for social situations where people live, work and eat together.
The Ariake brand was created during two intensive workshops in Morodomi where furniture designers, art directors,
craftsmen and photographers lived, worked and ate together to shape and generate a collective energy
and mutual trust that would define the soul of the brand.

The products made by Ariake is inspired by the spirituality of Japanese culture and urban living contexts which is seen
in the combination of handmade- and machine-created products.
Each Ariake collection piece is 100% made in Saga, Japan by Hirata Chair and Legnatec,
producers of Japanese furniture since more than 40 years.