This is an Architectural Board, which adopts the architectural technique of suspending the box inside and making if float. Enclosed by four independent pillars, this beautiful living room cabinet was designed to evoke the look of a floating box. The "lion," "pine tree," and "pheasant" patterns are painted on doors under the supervision of master kimono artis…
This new cabinet in charcoal, specially created for our Paris store, features a “Brahma” door design, which is popular in Japan. The pictured wind god/thunder god is a Japanese god that helps the good and punishes the bad. The image represents an appeal to become someone who benefits the world. Nouvelle œuvre dessinée pour le magasin parisien avec une couleu…
Datekanmuri stone arranged on a finely crafted sideboard. The top of the board is made to look like a simple garden. This fusion of Japanese architecture and the uniqueness in art represent the identity of AREA's sideboard.
Carefully handcrafted by skillful artisans with minimalist style. This is the console table that fits in any space.
Tense cubic body. The gradation from iron blue to vermilion peeking through the cracks. The beauty of decay is expressed in a new piece of furniture. This is a commercial version of the winning work of "AREA Tokyo Design Award 2020".
This living room cabinet utilizes Kinkaku-ji and Ginkaku-ji—two famous Japanese temples built in the medieval period—as design motifs. It features through-pillars and a raised-floor, “three-story” structure. This work exudes a very distinctive and dignified tranquility. Buffet de salon conçu avec le motif des temples Kinkakuji et Ginkakuji, érigés au Japon a…
This work too was created exclusively for the Paris store. Its appearance, like an interwoven building, is grand in style, and has a surprisingly delicate balance. Despite being an item of furniture, it also works as an objet d’art. Œuvre dessinée pour le magasin parisien. Son apparence évoquant des bâtiments entrelacés est très digne, et maintient un équili…
When watching snow falling in the garden from inside a warm room, rather than opening the shoji door, someone might gently slide up the shoji to reveal a sliver of space to appreciate the view. This work was designed by trying to imbue a collection cabinet with this kind of refined Japanese aesthetic sensibility. Lorsque l’on regarde la neige qui tombe dans…
These shelves express the vision of a beautiful autumn sky, with the soft touch of wind on the cheeks and the sight of slender clouds hanging in the sky. Two shelves overlapping at its center represent clouds. Processing chestnut trees using ancient Japanese techniques conjures up the philosophy of wabi-sabi— that all things in this world eventually pass awa…
A cabinet with a square grid configuration that can be freely combined, which is as fascinating as its' twin product "wall storage A-FIX SYSTEM".
A multi-purpose sideboard with an aesthetic reminiscent of mid-20th-century Black music. How to use this unique style is up to you and your chops. It’s sure to steal the spotlight and inspire admirers.
A large, square, multipurpose sideboard. The horned corners, brass hardware, and wood grain shaped like arrow fletching create a definitive look. While we have three standard setups, customization would allow these pieces to be used as curio cabinets or wardrobes.
This TV stand has architectural beauty. This design grasps objects within from without, a recurring theme in AREA products.
This design suspends a thin but solid wood box in a three-sided frame. Simultaneously a sideboard and chest, this piece is extremely versatile.
Rather than with audiovisual equipment alone, this TV stand will only be complete when packed to bursting with books and magazines. It is designed to look attractive even chock-full and cluttered.
“A” is our standard sideboard series. Its unchanging popularity is owed to the far-from-garden-variety amount of detail put into its manufacturing. We opted for a no-hassle push latch to maintain the piece’s stylish silhouette.
We filled this chest with our hopes for a simple, modern design using lots of classic, solid wood. With the notable absence of hardware thanks to the handiwork of Japanese artisans, this piece is sure to age into a beautiful antique.
A case that hovers above the floor with glass on five sides. There may be many towering products but few in perfect cubes. Flaunt your precious collection without reserve.
A stylish living room sideboard. Enjoy the exoticism of the furrows carved into the top and bottom surfaces.
Despite its overall simplicity, this beautiful chest stands on legs curved into lines seen in mosques. Special ordering it in its wider form reveals yet a different kind of façade.
A multi-use bookcase with thick shelves and framing. Shelves are made chunky, and we have emphasized a hardy silhouette, but not to the detriment of utility, which we’ve ensured with removable shelving.
A well-balanced TV stand. Leaving out the backboard of the rack produces a welcome airiness. Slits running sideways add a touch of style.
The pinnacle of AREA’s original sideboards. Its alias is Floating Ruby. We revealed it in 2006 in an attempt to restore a Jacobean style to contemporary Tokyo. A charismatic sideboard with enthusiastic fans from the upper crust.
A neo-classic console table. A popular choice to prop next to the front entrance of your home. Notice the hooks we’ve included for your keys and watches.
A neo-classic high chest. Consider decorating your living room, bedroom, or front entrance
A neo-classic, laterally long chest. The tab hanging down from the center of the piece would have been where you affixed your family crest in days past.
Enjoy the unchanging exterior of this piece, the interior of which is customizable to your heart’s content. Shelves, drawers, trays come in any size. Enjoy adapting it to your singular lifestyle.
A storage shelf to place behind your sofa. Customize your order according to the size and style of your sofa. The motif of round bars reappears here for an architectural look, in this continuation of our BRAHMA series.
