Osaka in LA: Tok Kise Brings Cult Favorite Truck Furniture to California
Again in 2007, Julie wrote about the Japanese artisanal brand name TRUCK Furnishings: “We’ve been admiring this Osaka-based firm for a even though we’re ready for the working day when the line results in being out there in the US.” More than decade afterwards, that day has finally arrived.
We initially realized of the interesting improvement from photographer Justin Chung’s Instagram account, wherever we spotted pictures of founder Tokuhiko Kise‘s awesome downtown Los Angeles loft-cum-showroom, although, fact be instructed, it took us a minute to figure out that they have been of his new place in LA and not the primary store in Osaka, so related are the two. Both equally places have oversized home windows that allow in lots of natural daylight, both element a naturalistic palette of white and brown, both equally have an industrial-fulfills-rustic vibe, and both equally, of system, are appointed with TRUCK’s handsome, weighty furnishings (although the parts are refined, there is very little delicate about them).
“The area in LA is the very same as the house in Osaka. I have only just one face,” Tok tells us.
“It kind of just occurred. I’m very good mates with [LA furniture designer] Stephen Kenn, and a place opened up in his building in LA, so I took it. It was at first a lot less of an ‘outpost’ than it was a area for me to continue to be when I visited, but then it developed into this sort of showroom that I could use to share what we do at TRUCK.”
Because it is not accurately a storefront, it has not officially “opened.” These interested in seeing Truck items in man or woman can make an appointment to take a look at the showroom. And for those people who reside outside the house of LA, here’s a sneak peek.
Images by Justin Chung, courtesy of TRUCK Household furniture.