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    The Nawabari Collection of Seating Forges Close Bonds

    The Nawabari Collection, a collaboration between BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) and BoConcept is an exploration of transforming shared spaces and bringing people together. The design was helmed by Partner and Head of BIG Products, Jakob Lange, who pulled inspiration from the Japanese art form of forging close bonds through binding with ropes. In Japanese, “nawa” means rope, and the term “nawabari” translates to stretching rope. “When starting out with this collection, we were looking for a new way of expressing furniture,” said Lange. “We were interested in the forms that are created when a material is bound with rope. The result…