Storio
ストーリオ
STORIO's unique technology of bending a single solid board with fibers running from end to end and retaining its shape has given wooden products unprecedented functionality and beauty.
- Spring-loaded opening and closing mechanism
- Sleek appearance with no unnecessary thickness
- Thin, strong, flexible, compact and lightweight
- Three-dimensional form with a sense of presence
Solid wood products have become smaller and more modern, evolving from crafts to products. The addition of color variations, which are dyed so as not to spoil the natural texture, has expanded their applications to include items that can be easily carried on the go and that accentuate fashion and lifestyles.
端から端まで繊維のとおった無垢の一枚板を曲げ、形状を保持するストーリオ独自の技術で、木製品にこれまでにない機能と美しさが備わりました。
- バネ性による開閉機構
- ムダな厚みがなくスッキリした外観
- 薄く強くしなやか、コンパクトで軽量
- 立体的で存在感のあるフォルム
無垢材製品は小型化、モダン化を遂げ、クラフトからプロダクトへと進化。そこに、自然の風合いを損なわない染めによるカラーバリエーションも加わり外出先に気軽に携帯できるもの、ファッションやライフスタイルのアクセントとなるものにまでその用途を広げています。
Established in 2004 in Ojiya City, Niigata Prefecture. The company has been undertaking various types of processing in its wood service business that responds to users' custom-made needs.
In 2016, they completed a dedicated processing machine and launched our original brand "STORIO". The company handles everything from planning to commercialization and sales.
From 2019, we have designated the Uonuma Ooshirakawa Forest as our home forest, and are manufacturing products using beech, maple, and other woods procured from this area.
From product planning to commercialization, they do everything in-house (in Ojiya City, Niigata Prefecture).
2004年新潟県小千谷市に設立。ユーザーのオーダーメイドに応える木材加工サービス事業にて、様々な加工を請け負ってきました。請負から自社製品事業へ展開を検討するなか、機能的でモダンなデザインを実現するために無垢材の小径曲げ技術の開発に着手。2016年、専用加工機を完成させ、オリジナルブランド 「STORIO」 をスタート。企画から製品化、販売までを行なっています。
In our search for the best materials for products, they learned of the existence of beautiful and strong maple timber forged by heavy snowfall in nearby satoyama, and they procure materials by accompanying the mountaineer and witnessing him from the selection of trees.
2019年からは魚沼大白川の森をホームフォレストと定め、この地域から調達するブナ、カエデなどの木材で製品づくりを行っています。製品の企画から製品化まで自社（新潟県小千谷市）で行っています。製品に最適な材料を探すなかで、近隣の里山で豪雪に鍛えられた美しく強いカエデ材の存在を知り、山師に随行して選木から立ち会い材料を調達しています。
For beech wood, they use "snow beech," which was designed by Professor Emeritus of Niigata University and is milled by a local production forestry cooperative and company. The project is aimed at the circulation of the forest on a centennial basis and the restoration of biodiversity.
The wood from the once disused firewood and coal forests is commercialized using new technology and made available for use in modern life. They are working to revive the ancient "satoyama cycle," in which nature and people coexist in harmony, and to create products that will power the continuation of this cycle.
ブナ材は、新潟大学紙谷名誉教授が制度設計し、地元の生産森林組合と企業により製材される「スノービーチ」を用いています。百年単位の森の循環と、生物多様性の回復を目的としたプロジェクトです。一度は使われなくなった薪炭林の木材を新しい技術で製品化し現代生活に普及させる。古の「自然と人が共生する里山の循環」を再生し、持続の動力となるモノづくりに取り組んでいます。
2017
JAPAN WOOD DESIGN AWARD 2017, Director General Prize of Forestry Agency (Excellence Award)
2019
Selected as "Ambiente Trends 2019" in Ambiente, Germany
Selected for JIDA Design Museum vol.21
Won "IDS Grand Prize" at Niigata IDS Design Competition
Received the 4th LIFExDESIGN Award "Best Takumi no Gijutsu Prize" at the 5th LIFExDESIGN Spring 2019 Tokyo International Gift Show.
2021
JAPAN WOOD DESIGN AWARD 2021: Incentive Award (Jury Chairman's Award) in the wood products category of the Heartful Design Division