Chasing The Unexpected

… is how Japanese-French designer Kenzo Takada explains the design of his Mah Jong sofa, which he has created in collaboration with luxury furniture brand Roche Bobois.

- Kenzo Takada

He calls himself a person of the world and says that his curiosity was the driving force behind all his creative ideas. This gives an insight into what makes Japanese-French designer Kenzo Takada legendary. Known for his pattern- and colour-play (back when he was designing clothes), and his eponymous maison, whose repertoire today includes fashion, perfumes and skincare, Kenzo Takada’s most recent collaboration is with luxury furniture brand Roche Bobois, to interpret the label’s iconic Mah Jong sofa, originally created by German designer Hans Hopfer. The Mah Jong sofa boasts of a design that allows one to break it and set it up as per the space available; in its latest version, the designer has embraced Japanese in