Designcraft

Walter Knoll's new signature piece immediately brings quality to a room and makes an impressive statement. Shinzo's characteristic appearance, the significant geometry, the exact surfaces and the fourfold materiality of solid wood, saddle leather, fabric and steel attract attention. All these natural materials are carefully selected creating a tactile and visual sensation.

At the intersection of top quality, masterly craftsmanship and timeless aesthetics Shinzo is available in lots of variants which can be put together individually. The armchair comes in two sizes – with a high or low back. The matching footstool functions as both a convenient footrest and very comfortable seat. Choose from our four solid wood colours, different saddle leather and fabrics, bases in bronze or black. The colour of the leather piping matches the selected Saddle leather colour of the back shield.

Shinzo means heart in Japanese.

The heart of the chair, the upper back, was created during the design process of cutting and material tensioning. Its geometric freeform gives expression to its rare rational emotionality. And last but not least, Shinzo, because of its uniqueness and the years of work involved in the design, has become a matter of the heart for both partners – a genuine favourite.

"Everything we know, everything we have experienced together, has gone into this armchair" Martin Bergmann, EOOS

• High & low back chair variant
• Optional footstool
• Seat & inside back can be upholstered in different colours in fabric or leather
• Back shield (with handle) is manufactured in leather Saddle
• Solid wood arms
• Soft castors