YAMAGATA, Japan -- A small woodworking company in a quiet town in northern Japan has pulled off a diplomatic coup of sorts, delivering 260 designer chairs to the New York headquarters of the United Nations.
Consumer
Small Japanese furniture maker seats diplomats comfortably
Asahi Sofu delivers 260 chairs to U.N. headquarters
Asahi Sofu uses computer aided design and manufacturing, a technology common in carmaking, to recreate Finn Juhl’s graceful furniture designs.
Read Next
Latest on Consumer
