Zanat Genkan Mirror
GENKAN MIRROR
GENKAN MIRROR
Designed by by Naoto Fukasawa
Genkan, designed by Naoto Fukasawa, is a collection of hallway pieces including a console table, mirror and a beautiful storage box designed to enrich the regular ritual we perform upon departing home and returning home from the world outside.
DESIGNER
NAOTO FUKASAWA
Designer
” Great design is a multi-layered relationship between human life and its environment.”
Naoto Fukasawa is known for his designs devoted to simplicity and sublime beauty, as well as unusual ideas. Fukasawa has designed a wide range of products, from hi-tech to electronic equipment, architecture, and also high-end craftsmanship furniture and object.
He is collaborating with top leading brands worldwide like muji, herman Miller, b&b italia, boffi, erco, molteni, emeco, maruni, and many others throughout europe, america, and asia. Fukasawa is one of the directors of 21_21 design sight. He also sits on the design advisory board of muji and is the art director of maruni.
In 2006, he established “Super normal” with jasper morrison. In 2017, he became a member of the judging committee for the loewe craft prize.
He is the vice president at tama art university. Since 2012, he is the director of the nihon mingei-kan. In 2022 he founded the design science foundation.
Fukasawa is the winner of numerous awards given by domestic and international institutions, including the 2018 Isamu Noguchi Award. He published a few books, the most recent one in 2018 ‘Naoto Fukasawa EMBODIMENT’ (PHAIDON).
INFORMATION
BRAND
Zanat
PRODUCT TYPE
Mirror
GENKAN MEANING
Genkan, meaning hallway in Japanese, resembles an archaic Bosnian word “ganjak” (reads ganyak) which means hall or corridor that leads towards the entrance door.
SYMBOL
The ritual usually involves looking into a mirror, leaving coins, keys and other objects. Hallway is a place where we meet our guests, a place where one meets herself in the mirror. The mirror and a console form a sculptural object that resembles a person with welcoming open arms, a symbol you will gladly come back home to.
COLLECTION
Genkan
PRODUCTION
Bosnia and Herzegovina
USE
Decor
ENVIRONMENT
Indoor
WOOD
Walnut and Cherry
DOWNLOAD
↓ Care & Maintenance
DIMENSIONS
- Width : 79 cm (31”)
- Depth : 69 cm (27”)
- Height : 2.6 cm (10.2”)
WARMTH, TACTILITY & EVERYDAY RITUALS
The carvings on the mirror, console top and the box add warmth and tactility to daily rituals while adding depth and beauty to the objects. Genkan box is reminiscent of a shell from the depths of sea, a shell that hides our pearls, keys and other objects, which we take with us when departing, while also providing a tactile experience for our fingertips upon coming home.
CARE
All Zanat products can be cleaned with soft dry or damp cotton or other soft cloth. For repairs and reoiling of oil-finished products, please consult our Care & Maintenance manual BUTTON BELOW. Oil-finished dining tables come with a free care & maintenance kit. The kits can also be purchased from Zanat.
DESIGN
Round
WARRANTY
5 Years
MOUNTING
Wall
DESIGNER
Naoto Fukasawa
HALLWAY
These soft and rounded objects will transform any hallway into a warm and welcoming space.
WOOD
All wood used in Zanat’s products comes from sustainably managed forests or private fruit orchards (walnut and cherry). FSC certificates for forest-originating wood are available upon request. Moreover, in 2021 Zanat undertook a commitment to plant three new trees for every tree we used to produce our products.
Color variations and small healthy knots in wood are indications of material authenticity and cannot be considered a defect. Wood is a hygroscopic material which absorbs and sheds moisture to adopt to the humidity of the environment in which it is placed and it expands or shrinks as a consequence.
To minimize checking and cracking, all Zanat products should be kept indoors (outdoors use is OK if protected from precipitation and direct sunlight) and air humidity should not be less than 40% or more than 70%. Humidity outside this range is not optimal for human health and can result in product damage.
