We set the stage for energizing work. Introducing NII, a new office furniture brand for global release.
On Tuesday, June 3, ITOKI Corporation will launch NII, a new office furniture brand, in Japan with a first collection featuring products from four globally-acclaimed designers and scheduled for sequential release.
“We Design Tomorrow. We Design Work-Style.” With this mission statement, longstanding Japanese office furniture manufacturer ITOKI has been seriously considering the idea of work for more than 130 years, proposing more fulfilling ways of working through the creation of spaces, environments and places. At a time when everywhere from the home to cafes, hotels and travel destinations are used for work, what role should the office play? With this question in mind, there is a need to redefine and evolve the office as not only a comfortable space, but an irreplaceable place for work.
Ingenious furniture that nurtures creativity and imagination
With the concept of “Ingenious design,” NII is a furniture brand that transforms the office into an attractive and vibrant stage. Working closely with designers active in both Japan and around the world, NII develops innovative collections with quality, comfort and craftsmanship in every last detail. The ingenious designs are a source of energy and inspiration, creating magnetic spaces where people naturally gather, connect and inspire one another. By spurring thought and collaboration, as well as encouraging new challenges, work turns into a form of entertainment and the office becomes a stage where working people play the leading role. Moving forward, NII aims to become a driving force for this change, building the stage upon which design creates new value. NII is a new brand created to bring this vision to life. Under creative director Hirotaka Tako, ITOKI’s strengths in “Tech × Design Based on People” have been brought together and expanded to accelerate its design strategy. As a global brand breaking new ground for offices, NII will present the future of work to an international audience.
CONCEPT
Ingenious design
We design ingenious furniture for better communication,
collaboration, and imagination in public space.
Our furniture energizes teams, spurring communication, collaboration, and imagination. We work with globally-acclaimed designers to turn furniture into a feature. Creating collections that configure in innovative ways. Sparking curiosity and unexpected possibilities.
NII is an ITOKI brand. ITOKI has designed furniture and office workspaces in Japan for over 130 years. NII brings limitless imagination through ingenious design that experience, with the same commitment to quality, comfort, and craftsmanship in every last detail.
COLLECTIONS
Released in Japan ahead of the global launch, the first lineup will feature four designers: architecture studio AMDL CIRCLE, led by Italian architect Michele De Lucchi, as well as New York-based designers Todd Bracher, Rodolfo Agrella and Jun Aizaki/CRÈME. With originally iconic and eye-catching designs for offices and public spaces, the first NII products possess a flexibility that stimulates the user’s imagination. Other notable features include elements that nurture communication and modular designs, which can be flexibly adapted to a wide range of work environments.
PRODUCT VIDEO
BITMAP
This sofa has a unique shape formed by two rectangular blocks, one large and one small, fused along one edge. The smaller block seems to float in space, giving impression of levitating and introducing an element of surprise. This smaller block can be used as a side table, armrest, or even as a seat, accessible from all sides. Although this sofa is a single piece, the design allows multiple pieces to be fitted in a modular layout, enabling communication in multiple directions, whether side-to-side, face-to-face, or in diagonal positions.
DESIGNER’S COMMENT
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BITMAP challenges the way we think about lounge seating. Instead of dictating how people should sit or gather, it creates an open framework for exploration. The modular, pixel-like forms can be nested, stacked, or arranged in unexpected ways—allowing users to shape their space intuitively The elevated perch adds another layer of function, acting as both a seat and a surface for work or interaction. By removing the rigid structure of traditional seating, Bitmap encourages a more natural, adaptable way to engage with space—whether alone or in a group. It’s about flexibility, play, and rethinking how we inhabit our environments.
Todd Bracher
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Todd Bracher is an industrial designer and design strategist. His approach draws on his experiences living and working in Copenhagen, Milan, Paris, London, and New York, integrating diverse cultural perspectives with practical design solutions.
Named a Top Global Design Influencer by Wallpaper* Magazine and a recipient of multiple Designer of the Year awards, his work balances art and functionality, drawing on science, nature, and mathematics to create enduring solutions. He partners with some of the world’s leading brands, including 3M, Burberry, Cappellini, Herman Miller, Humanscale, Issey Miyake, Jaguar, and the City of New York. With over 200 products in the market, two dozen patents, and more than 40 design awards, Bracher brings contemporary solutions to a wide variety of industries, from furniture, and beauty to technology and science.
Photo by Jean-Claude Cancedda
CONNEXA
The skeleton-like frame contributes to this table’s organic impression while supporting the translucent glass tabletops with its points. Despite the simple structure, multiples of the table can be combined and expanded limitlessly with the selection of four different glass tops and five types of frames. Its unique presence transforms a space whether used as a standalone piece or in a connected series. While evoking the shapes of nature, plants, and living creatures, its subtle appearance invites people to open their minds and engage in conversation.
DESIGNER’S COMMENT
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CONNEXA is a playful and poetic approach to gather around a table for sharing ideas. The levitating structure ignites the power of conversations as its graphic and organic shape evokes both nature’s forms and the human skeleton, while presenting itself as crisscross components that enable the full system to be extended. The clear top, a lake when independent, a river when connected, is visibly splashed by the structural supports in the shape of dots that recall blooming water lilies. All poetry to enable human connections and fluidity in residential, hospitality and workplace fields.
Rodolfo Agrella
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Rodolfo Agrella is a designer and architect, and creative director of his eponymous design studio RADS. His work has received international acclaim, including a Special Mention at the German Design Award, the Hublot Design Prize, and the NYCxDESIGN Awards, and is included in the Collezione Permanente at the Salone del Mobile in Italy. He has worked with many international brands such as Absolut, Koziol, WeWork, Juniper Lighting, 3M, ICFF, Bernhardt Design, Steinway & Sons, Heller, NKBA, and Untitled Art. Agrella’s work mingles his native Latin American flair with contemporary European and American codes to form a vibrant creative language.
Photo by Francisco Fernandez
PIGNA
Characterized by its two components: a divider and a sofa, this furniture gently shields its seating from view with distinctive shingled panels while allowing light and air to pass through. The collection offers three models according to the level of privacy desired: a Low version with a height that provides a view of the surroundings, a Middle version that offers a strong sense of seclusion, and a High version (divider only) with moderate screening. The seating area of the sofa is wider than standard to ensure comfort. This seating encourages communication by embracing a sense of privacy within while maintaining a connection to the surrounding space.
DESIGNER’S COMMENT
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PIGNA is a modular system that reinterprets the wooden shingle, a distinctive element of AMDL CIRCLE’s design language. By defining pathways, creating scenic backdrops, or enclosing informal spaces, the divider shapes spaces and atmospheres. The walls form a “U” shape, embracing the sofa. The result is a welcoming micro-architecture, ideal for workspaces and conversation areas.
Individual elements can be freely arranged to create pathways, rest areas, or decorative partitions. PIGNA is a dynamic, ever-evolving system: a new way of shaping work and social spaces.
AMDL CIRCLE
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AMDL CIRCLE is a multidisciplinary studio in Milan, founded by Michele De Lucchi. Combining a humanistic and interdisciplinary approach, the studio offers its clients projects that embrace architecture, interior design, product design, and graphics. It carries out continuous research on the future of architecture and its responsibility to imagine projects that not only acknowledge change, but also inspire it. The studio has worked with major corporations such as Deutsche Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, Novartis, and UniCredit, and has designed buildings and exhibition systems for institutions such as the Neues Museum in Berlin, the Triennale Milano, and the Gallerie d’Italia in Milan, Turin, and Naples. The studio has also designed lighting, products, and furniture for Alessi, Artemide, Cassina, Hermès, Poltrona Frau, and UniFor.
From Left to Right:
Angelo Micheli, Managing Director
Michele De Lucchi, Founder
Davide Angeli, Deputy Managing Director
Photo by Max Rommel
PARLAMENTO
This modular furniture is available in four units of different heights, with the aim of creating spaces where various individuals can interact. The sofas and tables, evoking rippled water and timeless nature, are available in both low and high versions. Ergonomically designed, they facilitate interaction and information exchange in all directions from any position in the space. Flexible combinations create a sense of unity not only in boardrooms but also in reception and common areas where hospitality is valued.
DESIGNER’S COMMENT
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PARLAMENTO is inspired by the sculptural forms and inviting comfort of 1970s lounge seating. Blending the sensibilities of hospitality and workplace environments, the design offers a versatile and dynamic approach to seating that adapts to the fluidity of modern workspaces. With a wide range of configurations and premium materials playing an important role in distinguishing this collection, PARLAMENTO achieves a level of sophistication not typically found in modular furniture. Designed for the way we gather, work, and connect today, it is a system that feels at home in both professional and hospitality settings—fluid, inviting, and effortlessly modern.
Jun Aizaki
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un Aizaki is an architect, the owner and principal of CRÈME, a creative design studio based in New York. In the hospitality industry, he has worked with high-profile clients including Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt Hotels Corp., InterContinental Hotels Group, Highgate, Marriott and Gerber Group. In addition, he designed the master plan and renovation of two floors of the Kimpton Hotel Eventi in New York and completed a full interior design and branding of the Hyatt Centric Center City in Philadelphia. The firm has also completed projects for iconic venues such as Redfarm, L’Amico and Mr. Purple.
Photo by Taran Wilkhu
BRAND OUTLINE
Brand Name：NII
Items： Office Furniture
Creative Director： Hirotaka Tako /ITOKI
Designer：AMDL CIRCLE, Todd Bracher, Rodolfo Agrella, Jun Aizaki /CRÈME
URL： https://www.nii-ingenious.com
Instagram： @nii.design.official
Planning, Production, Sales ： ITOKI CORPORATION
CORPORATE OUTLINE
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ITOKI CORPORATION was founded in 1890. With the mission statement of “We Design Tomorrow. We Design Work-Style.” ITOKI manufactures and sells office furniture, designs office spaces, consults on work styles and provides office data analysis, among other services. The company’s strengths in “Tech × Design Based on People” support the creation of various spaces, environments and places with a range of furniture for working and studying at home, as well as equipment for public and logistical facilities.
With the growth of hybrid work and increasingly diverse places and ways of working, ITOKI provides spatial digital transformation services to boost productivity and creativity, along with consulting on the optimal operation of office spaces. The company also collaborates with designers and partner companies to propose new work styles and workplaces for the future.
URL：https://www.itoki.jp/en/
CONTACT
SALES CONTACT
NII Sales Contact
nii-sales@nii-ingenious.com
PRESS CONTACT
NII Press Contact
nii-press@nii-ingenious.com