Uchiwa Quilted Lounge Chair is designed by Doshi Levien for HAY — a lounge chair whose name references the Japanese uchiwa fan, a circular hand-held fan whose round form directly inspired the chair's distinctive circular seat and back silhouette. The Quilted version introduces a quilted textile upholstery treatment to the Uchiwa's characteristic circular form, adding a layer of tactile warmth and craft-inspired material character to the chair's already distinctive and immediately recognisable silhouette. Doshi Levien's practice characteristically fuses industrial precision with craft traditions and cultural storytelling, and the Uchiwa Quilted is the most fully expressive realisation of this within the Uchiwa series.

The quilted upholstery gives the Uchiwa Quilted Lounge Chair a textile richness and depth of material character that distinguishes it clearly from the standard Uchiwa version, and the combination of the bold circular form with the tactile quilted surface creates a chair of considerable visual and tactile warmth suited to residential living rooms and hospitality lounge settings where material quality and genuine seated comfort are primary design values. The chair's compact circular form makes it a strong and easily identifiable spatial accent piece within any room arrangement as well as a practically comfortable lounge seat. The Doshi Levien design provenance and the quilted textile treatment make it an appropriate specification for interiors where individual furniture pieces contribute material warmth and cultural design depth to the overall spatial character.

The Uchiwa Quilted Lounge Chair is well suited to residential living rooms, bedroom reading corners, and hospitality lounge settings where a compact lounge chair of warm material character, distinctive circular form, and craft-influenced textile upholstery quality is required. Its Doshi Levien design provenance and the quilted treatment make it a furniture piece of genuine design significance and cultural depth well suited to considered residential and hospitality interior settings.

Available as a 2D DWG drawing and 3D model.