■ Challenge Content (Products)
The Asahikawa Furniture Industry Cooperative is based in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, and aims to develop and improve the quality of the local furniture industry by leasing chairs to Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
Through the International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa (IFDA), which has been held every 3 years since 1990, the cooperative has been promoting activities that incorporate an international perspective and raise local design awareness. We are promoting the use of wood from Hokkaido by commercializing IFDA prize-winning works and entries. In recent years, in particular, we have been increasing the use of local wood and focusing on research into sustainable materials and manufacturing methods.

■ Challenge Content (Experience Plan)
The Asahikawa Furniture Industry Cooperative will play a central role in planning the experience and will hold the “Meet up Furniture Asahikawa” event during the Expo. The event will include bus tours to 20 open factories and manufacturing sites. In addition, a woodworking workshop will be held at the Asahikawa Design Center, where participants can experience making furniture using local materials.
This will give participants the opportunity to see and experience the process of making furniture and gain a deep understanding of the collaboration between local forest resources and manufacturing technology.

*This project is part of the Co-Design Challenge Program.

■ Read the coverage
Design City nurtured by wooden furniture Spreading the appeal of Asahikawa furniture to the world: Vol. 1
Design City nurtured by wooden furniture Spreading the appeal of Asahikawa furniture to the world: Vol. 2

■ What is the Co-Design Challenge Program?
This project takes Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan as an opportunity to rethink various aspects of Japan’s future lifestyles and realize new things at the Expo by co-creating with various players.
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Asahikawa Furniture Industry Cooperative (Representative company/organization)
CONDE HOUSE CO., LTD.