![enKAK: a Memorable Name for a Clever Collection enKAK: a Memorable Name for a Clever Collection](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/feature.jpg)
enKAK: a Memorable Name for a Clever Collection
Designed during the COVID pandemic with an eye to accommodating evolving workplace styles, enKAK by Iris Chitose for nendo finds a comforting middle ground between the circle and the square.
![enKAK workstations in neutral palette, tables, booths, task chairs, etc...](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/enKAK_2_desk04_akihiro_yoshida.jpg)
The name connotes as much. “en,” Japanese for circle, and KAK, meaning angle, come together in a best of both worlds approach that melds function and emotion, the pragmatic aspect of straight lines with the pacifying and pleasant qualities of curves.
![office furniture from Iris Chitose: café table with chairs; dual workstation with task chairs and bar feature with stools; sofas with planters; and work carrel with sound absorbing panels](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/enKAK_2_desk07_akihiro_yoshida.jpg)
The desks are actually all-purpose surfaces. Matching heights and widths enable easy pairing and joining. Options like flap-up tables facilitate impromptu meetings and can also serve to hide cables.
![enKAK workstations view from above](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/enKAK_2_desk05_akihiro_yoshida.jpg)
Side tables and benches are shaped in combinations of semicircles and squares, accentuating the pleasing synchrony while also creating intuitive spaces to incorporate planters and light fixtures.
![benching in different straight and semi-circular shapes in blue, green/blue, gray, dark gray, and natural wood](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/enKAK_10_bench05_akihiro_yoshida.jpg)
![enKAK sofas and booths set up with small tables and multi-use chairs and floor lamps](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/enKAK_6_sofa_sidetable10_akihiro_yoshida.jpg)
The enKAK collection also includes a variety of seating, including stacking chairs, lounge chairs, and desk chairs, in addition to compatible accessories like coat racks, umbrella stands, sound absorbing panels, and trash bins—”all designed to strike a balance between propriety and relaxation, between an energizing atmosphere and a comfortable one.”
![enKAK tables and chair with black pendant lamp and sound-absorbing wall panel](https://media.designerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/enKAK_5_table05_akihiro_yoshida.jpg)
See nendo for additional details. And visit 3rings to check out more creative modular furniture.
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