U1
U1 Chair by Kano Group Co.,Ltd is a winner of the 2026 Silver A' Design Award in Office Furniture Design.
U1 is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs.
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U1 injects the rhythm of nature into rational workspaces. Inspired by winding rivers and wind carved canyons, it uses an elegant S shaped backrest. The armrests merge seamlessly with the backrest to form a Mobius strip, symbolizing an endless cycle of energy. A cyan lumbar cushion, reminiscent of a glacial pool nestled among rocks, serves as a striking visual focal point. These features, paired with an injection molded frame and multidimensional adjustment capabilities, transform natural elements into lasting, body conforming support, balancing aesthetic appeal, practicality, and comfort.
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U1 by Kano Group Co.,Ltd
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Office Furniture Design Award Winner in 2026.
Silver Winner
U1 Chair
U1 is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. U1 is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. U1 is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparkles amazement and wonderment.
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Kano Group Co.,Ltd
Established in 2013, Kano specializes in the R&D, manufacturing, sales, and service of office furniture, providing professional and comprehensive solutions for office spaces. By integrating top-tier local designers with European design resources, the company's products have garnered prestigious domestic and international awards. Supported by the smart factory and intelligent production systems, all products comply with ENF environmental standards and have accumulated numerous patents.
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Kano Group Co.,Ltd
Kano Group Co., Ltd., founded in 2013, is a national high-tech enterprise under the Lianjie Group. It focuses on the R&D, production, sales and service of office furniture, providing professional overall office space solutions. With the vision of "Chinese Design · Global Brand", the group integrates local outstanding designers and top European design alliance resources, and its products have won authoritative awards at home and abroad such as Red Dot Award and IF Design Award. Relying on the 200,000-square-meter Anji smart factory and intelligent 4.0 production system, its products meet the ENF environmental protection standard and have accumulated more than 1,000 patents. It has over 150 service outlets and 200 flagship exhibition halls in China, and has set up stores in many countries such as Dubai and Singapore overseas. It also provides customized services for well-known enterprises like Huawei and OPPO as well as top three hospitals, steadily building a global service network.
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