Wooden furniture maker Karimoku, renowned for its Karimoku New Standard brand that matches international designers with Japanese craftspeople, has a new, very important clientele: cats.
Borrowing a slogan from its collaborator Rinn — the cat goods brand behind the stunning, albeit pricey, Neko Modern Cat Tree — Karimoku Cat’s concept is “Cat First.” In design, though, it’s also very mindful of cat owners’ aesthetic preferences.
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