KOMA

KOMA is a furniture workshop founded in Tokyo in 2003 by Shigeki Matsuoka, who works with a team of about twenty craftspeople in a small workshop on the outskirts of the city. The concept is furniture with the beauty of a one-off piece: design, woodworking and finishing all happen in-house, with hand tools maintained as carefully as the timber, and solid walnut, cherry or maple planed and finished slowly to bring out its warmth.

The range is built around order-made storage and tables — wall units and bookcases, size-specific dining tables and chairs — which customers can try in the company’s own stores in Ogikubo, Suginami and in Aoyama, Minato. KOMA describes the aim as furniture that stays with its owner for a long time, and its pieces have received international design awards, carrying Japanese handwork abroad.