About

Experience the impossible lightness and effortless support of Cynara, a task chair that integrates intuitive, responsive functionality with a clean-cut, refined aesthetic to complete any work setting.

Cynara's understated elegance will blend harmoniously into all the places people work - from the office to co-working and home office settings - breathing quiet sophistication and calm productivity into any environment.

By pairing back to its essential form and function, Cynara achieves impossible lightness. The frame flexes to provide responsive ergonomic support eliminating the need for a complex mechanism. The result is simple, functional, light-scale beauty.

Cynara's lighter weight contributes to lower CO2 emissions through production and logistics, offering a more responsible choice for the planet.

Design Team

Designer: Andreas Krob Engineer: Joachim Brüske

Cynara is the result of a three-year partnership, between the Okamura team, Andreas Krob of Swiss design agency b4K and Joachim Brüske. A product and industrial designer, Krob is renowned for attention to detail, workmanship and a holistic approach to design. Brüske’s meticulous engineering has ensured that the functionality of Cynara is simpler and more effective than ever. With their combined seating expertise, the pair have created a chair that offers superior lightness.

Inspiration

Cynara was inspired in form and function by the yumi, a Japanese bow, which draws power from its arc form. Similarly, Cynara draws on the strength and flexibility of its gently curved frame, a responsive structure that flexes and adapts, cradling the seat, to support movement and provide comfort.