{"id":3329,"date":"2025-09-13T05:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/09\/13\/tiny-altars-furniture-inspired-by-japanese-temples\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T05:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:58:03","slug":"tiny-altars-furniture-inspired-by-japanese-temples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/tiny-altars-furniture-inspired-by-japanese-temples\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0e41\u0e17\u0e48\u0e19\u0e1a\u0e39\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e02\u0e19\u0e32\u0e14\u0e40\u0e25\u0e47\u0e01: \u0e40\u0e1f\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e19\u0e34\u0e40\u0e08\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e41\u0e23\u0e07\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e19\u0e14\u0e32\u0e25\u0e43\u0e08\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e27\u0e31\u0e14\u0e0d\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1b\u0e38\u0e48\u0e19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Furniture maker Shin Okuda grew up in Fukuoka, Japan, a town on the southern island of Kyushu, which he traded for Los Angeles in 1998. On arrival in the US, Okuda worked for a sculptor for five years, and honed his machine and design skills along the way. While helping to curate shows at LA design gallery Iko Iko, Okuda began crafting wooden display pieces and, by demand, more and more furniture. Waka Waka, his line of hand-build designs takes its name from the song \u201cCoffin for Head of State\u201d by Nigerian artist Fela Kuti: \u201cI waka waka waka\u2013I go many places,\u201d an idea he relates to and envisions for his furniture.<\/p>\n<p>Okuda<span style=\"line-height: 1.538em\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.538em\">says Waka Waka is \u201cdefined by mystery, simplicity, minimalism, and balance.\u201d It\u2019s also influenced by his roots: \u201cGrowing up in Japan, temple architecture is intrinsic. It\u2019s a very solid, simple building structure with a formal vocabulary that is used over and over again in the joinery, the entrance points, the altars.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;For more information, visit&nbsp;<\/span>Waka Waka<span style=\"line-height: 1.538em\">&nbsp;online and check out Iko Iko\u2019s Waka Waka display currently at the Hammer Museum\u2019s&nbsp;<\/span>Arts ReStore LA<span style=\"line-height: 1.538em\">&nbsp;initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5879075052909585645.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Above: The bi-level bench features two seat heights at opposing angles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6016266832381967224.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Above: A set of small, medium, and large&nbsp;Square Nesting Tables&nbsp;made from oak plywood and oak dowels are like tiny altars stacked on one another; $750 from Iko Iko.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7762168911222786229.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Above: The Colorblock Sofa has a low sunken seat made from Baltic birch plywood, hand finished and painted a cantaloupe orange.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6493826202730592905.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Above: Two-tone color is carried over to the back of the bench.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1145457240153771742.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Above: A custom coffee table made from birch plywood for a private residence.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Above: Parallelogram Boxes&nbsp;have a slight tweak to the planes and are meant to be used as modular shelving, stools, or bookcases. Made from Baltic birch, the boxes are $250 at Iko Iko.<\/p>\n<p>For more modular pieces we admire visit,&nbsp;Modular Furniture from Yosuke Kimura in Japan.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0e0a\u0e34\u0e19 \u0e42\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e38\u0e14\u0e30 \u0e0a\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e17\u0e33\u0e40\u0e1f\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e19\u0e34\u0e40\u0e08\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e40\u0e15\u0e34\u0e1a\u0e42\u0e15\u0e43\u0e19\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1f\u0e38\u0e01\u0e38\u0e42\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e30 \u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e0d\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1b\u0e38\u0e48\u0e19 \u0e0b\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1a\u0e19\u0e40\u0e01\u0e32\u0e30\u0e04\u0e34\u0e27\u0e0a\u0e39\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e15\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e43\u0e15\u0e49 \u0e0b\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e41\u0e25\u0e01\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e19\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e2a\u0e41\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e40\u0e08\u0e25\u0e34\u0e2a\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e35 1998 \u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e32\u0e16\u0e36\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e10\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e21\u0e23\u0e34\u0e01\u0e32 \u0e42\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e38\u0e14\u0e30\u0e17\u0e33\u0e07\u0e32\u0e19\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e15\u0e34\u0e21\u0e32\u0e01\u0e23\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e40\u0e27\u0e25\u0e32\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e32\u0e1b\u0e35 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e1e\u0e31\u0e12\u0e19\u0e32\u0e17\u0e31\u0e01\u0e29\u0e30\u0e40\u0e04\u0e23\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e08\u0e31\u0e01\u0e23\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e01\u0e31\u0e19 \u0e02\u0e13\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e27\u0e22\u0e08\u0e31\u0e14\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e23\u0e23\u0e28\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e2a\u0e41\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e40\u0e08\u0e25\u0e34\u0e2a [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-renovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}