Wink Armchair
Designed by Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina in 1980, the Wink Armchair stands as one of postmodernism's most expressive and genuinely functional gestures. Its backrest reclines fully into a chaise longue position, while the pivoting headrest "ears" shift to cradle or frame the sitter, giving the chair a quietly animated quality that few pieces of its era have matched.
Kita occupies a rare position in twentieth-century design: one of the few practitioners to move fluidly between Japanese craft sensibility and the material culture of Italian manufacturing. Wink reflects that dialogue. The form reads as a character, a presence in a room, yet the engineering beneath it is meticulous. Removable, zip-off upholstery covers allow the piece to change its identity over time, acknowledging that a chair of this weight should be a companion, not a fixture.
- Adjustable backrest converts to a full chaise longue
- Pivoting headrest "ears" for individualized support
- Removable and replaceable zip-off upholstery covers
- Designed by Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina, 1980
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Wink Armchair
Designed by Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina in 1980, the Wink Armchair stands as one of postmodernism's most expressive and genuinely functional gestures. Its backrest reclines fully into a chaise longue position, while the pivoting headrest "ears" shift to cradle or frame the sitter, giving the chair a quietly animated quality that few pieces of its era have matched.
Kita occupies a rare position in twentieth-century design: one of the few practitioners to move fluidly between Japanese craft sensibility and the material culture of Italian manufacturing. Wink reflects that dialogue. The form reads as a character, a presence in a room, yet the engineering beneath it is meticulous. Removable, zip-off upholstery covers allow the piece to change its identity over time, acknowledging that a chair of this weight should be a companion, not a fixture.
- Adjustable backrest converts to a full chaise longue
- Pivoting headrest "ears" for individualized support
- Removable and replaceable zip-off upholstery covers
- Designed by Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina, 1980
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Designed by Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina in 1980, the Wink Armchair stands as one of postmodernism's most expressive and genuinely functional gestures. Its backrest reclines fully into a chaise longue position, while the pivoting headrest "ears" shift to cradle or frame the sitter, giving the chair a quietly animated quality that few pieces of its era have matched.
Kita occupies a rare position in twentieth-century design: one of the few practitioners to move fluidly between Japanese craft sensibility and the material culture of Italian manufacturing. Wink reflects that dialogue. The form reads as a character, a presence in a room, yet the engineering beneath it is meticulous. Removable, zip-off upholstery covers allow the piece to change its identity over time, acknowledging that a chair of this weight should be a companion, not a fixture.
- Adjustable backrest converts to a full chaise longue
- Pivoting headrest "ears" for individualized support
- Removable and replaceable zip-off upholstery covers
- Designed by Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina, 1980
