Déjà-vu by Naoto Fukasawa

With his designs devoted to simplicity and sublime beauty, Fukasawa has designed for a wide range of leading brands worldwide in Italy, Germany, America, Switzerland, Spain, China, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Portugal, Sweden and Finland, as well as consulting and working with Japanese major corporations. His designs span a wide variety of fields, from precision electronic equipment to furniture and interior settings. He has received numerous national and international design awards. His wall-mounted CD player for MUJI, humidifier for ±0 and the mobile phones INFOBAR and neon...

Déjà-vu: a simple, highly iconic stool with seat in die-cast aluminium and legs in extruded aluminium, available both in polished and painted version (the latter suitable for outdoor use). An object with a minimalist look which fits perfectly into the Super Normal category created by Fukasawa himself with Jasper Morrison. As Issey Miyake said, “Déjà-vu, the sensation of having been therefore before, of already having done something or met someone. Fukasawa’s design reawakens the fairy godmother, the deeply hidden memory of each one of us. Even if sweet and possibly fleeting, the memory exists....

A stool whose forms give a reassuring sense of warm familiarity.

Made in the most responsible way, the Bell chair production methods also abstain from wasteful energy practices, mostly by streamlining the process in a way that it takes minisclue time to manufacture the chair. Sometimes normality can be the fruit of a lengthy process of study and refining. This is what happened in the case of Déjà-vu, a stool whose forms give a reassuring sense of familiarity, inspired as they are by the classic wooden stool, but actually produced using a D-shaped extruded aluminium profile. This solution was devised by designer Naoto Fukasawa together with Magis, to create...

Polished Alumiminium Polished Alumiminium Polished Alumiminium Polished Alumiminium Legs: Polished Aluminium Top: MDF or HPL White 8500 Legs: Polished Aluminium Top: MDF or HPL White 8500 PRODUCT CARE We recommend using a soft rag, either dry or wet. When needed, use ph-balanced soap diluted in water. Do not use abrasive sponges as they may leave scratches. Immediately dry after washing with a soft rag or chamois leather. Never leave water or other liquids to stagnate on metal parts. Avoid contact with all acidic substances. Small marks or irregularities, which might be visible on the surface,...