Wakufuru Furniture Collection

Design by Kauppi & Kauppi for Glimakra of Sweden 2017

It all started with a curious thought - can solid wood furniture be given acoustic properties?

Wakufuru is a collection of tables, benches and seating islands - combining sound absorption with solid wooden furniture. An innovative corner solution provides a consistent design - all tables and seats within the family are constructed the same way, regardless of height or size. Every piece in the Wakufuru collection hides an effective sound absorber, built up by several interacting materials and air gaps, responding to the volume of the furniture – reducing reverberation time.

“The ambition was to merge traditional solid wood construction with contemporary acoustic function. By rethinking how volume, materials and structure interact, we developed a furniture collection that contributes to both visual and acoustic quality in interior environments.” – Kauppi & Kauppi

The Wakufuru collection was included in the exhibition The Senses: Design Beyond Vision at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York 2018 and is now part of their highly regarded collection. The exhibition focused on how design activates our senses and how design can improve and change the conditions in people’s everyday life.