{"product_id":"blu-dot-buddy-chair-white-oak","title":"Blu Dot Buddy Chair - White Oak","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuddy Chair — White Oak\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese craft has always preferred to persuade wood rather than cut it. \u003cem\u003eMagewappa\u003c\/em\u003e — the bentwood boxes and steamers made in Akita for centuries — are formed by steaming thin sheets of cedar until they will take a curve and holding them there until they accept it. No carving, no waste, and a form that follows the way the material actually wants to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Buddy Chair works on the same instinct. The back is moulded plywood, bent into a shallow curve that wraps around you rather than standing flat behind you, and it meets a seat that is dished to take the shape of a person sitting in it. Nothing is carved out. The wood is bent until it fits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLook at the legs and you will find the second idea. They are solid timber, and the joints are expressed as dowels rather than hidden under filler — a small honesty that Japanese \u003cem\u003esashimono\u003c\/em\u003e joinery has always insisted on. You can see how the chair is held together. That is unusual now, and it is a reasonable proxy for how it was made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo things make it live well in a real room. It weighs twenty-two pounds, which means anyone can lift it with one hand — and a Japanese room has never been single-purpose, changing function through the day as furniture moves out of the way. And the back stops at thirty inches, low enough to tuck the whole chair under a table and leave a clean sightline across the room. A tall-backed dining chair breaks a space into a row of vertical objects; six of these disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBe clear about the backrest. It is twelve inches tall, sitting in the lumbar zone rather than reaching the shoulders. That is a design decision, not an oversight — it is right for dining, conversation and working at a table for a couple of hours, and it is not a chair to spend an eight-hour day in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn white oak the grain runs pale and open across the curve of the back, where the bend stretches the figure slightly and catches the light along the fold. It ships fully assembled and is BIFMA rated for commercial traffic, which for a home simply means it is built past what a dining room will ever ask of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverall: 22\"W × 20\"D × 30\"H (56 × 51 × 76 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeat: 19\"W × 16\"D × 19\"H (48 × 41 × 48 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack: 22\"W × 1\"D × 12\"H (56 × 1 × 30 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeg height: 18\" (46 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 22 lbs (10 kg)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoulded plywood back, curved wood seat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid wood legs with expressed dowel detailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite oak finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor indoor use, residential and commercial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBIFMA rated for high-traffic commercial environments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShips fully assembled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5-year warranty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eClean with a slightly damp, soft cloth. For dirt and fingerprints use a quality cleaner made for wood furniture, then wipe completely dry with a soft cloth, following the direction of the grain. Keep out of prolonged direct sunlight — white oak ambers under UV, and a chair that always sits in the same patch of window light will shift tone unevenly against the others in the set.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blu Dot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53648692379914,"sku":"BU1-DINCHR-WO","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/4025\/1914\/files\/ChatGPTImage8.sep.2026_14_44_15_6.png?v=1788871474","url":"https:\/\/japancoo.com\/products\/blu-dot-buddy-chair-white-oak","provider":"Japancoo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}