Komatsu Wall Industry and Nomura Co., Ltd. Jointly Develop Unit Furniture 'KICHI+'
Komatsu Wall Industry and Nomura Co., Ltd. have jointly developed the new unit furniture 'KICHI+', launching on April 7, 2026. Featuring a tool-free 'snap button system', it allows users to easily reconfigure office layouts.
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Komatsu Wall Industry Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture; President: Shinya Kano; hereinafter "Komatsu Wall Industry") will launch "KICHI+", a new product jointly developed with Nomura Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative: Kiyotaka Okumoto, President and CEO; hereinafter "Nomura Co., Ltd."), a comprehensive space production company, starting Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
"KICHI+" is unit furniture that multiplies the high storage capacity of shelves with the comfort of a desk. Its features include a minimalist design that blends into diverse spaces, and the ability for users themselves to easily change the layout of spaces like offices without using tools. This product was developed with Komatsu Wall Industry handling the design and prototype verification, and Nomura Co., Ltd. taking charge of design development and supervision.
■ "KICHI+" Product Concept: A Growing "Base" that Excites the Space
Freely expanding offices and whereabouts with user ingenuity and ideas
"KICHI+" (*Trademark application pending: Application 2026-003397) aims to grow together with users while freely expanding their usual whereabouts, serving as a "base (KICHI)" for working people.
It adopts an original "snap button system" that allows intuitive operation to change shelf heights without tools. Because it flexibly adapts to changes in the usage environment and purpose, it is expected to be introduced in places characterized by flexible work styles or highly specialized/project-based work styles, including setup offices, back offices in commercial facilities, hotels, and factories, as well as office areas, laboratories, and ateliers in educational and research institutions.
Additionally, the shelf features a large 2400mm span and a thin frame, creating a design that produces a sense of openness and blends into the space. By using dimensions that make it easy to concentrate alone while naturally facilitating human interaction, it achieves a balance between individual tasks and communication. It secures a place without dividing it with walls, gently separating activities within an integrated space that offers a clear view to the back. As natural communication between users occurs and vitality spreads throughout the place, improvements in better work styles and well-being can also be expected.
■ Background of "KICHI+" Development
This project was launched as a business of the "Future Creation Laboratory," an internal research and development organization within Nomura Co., Ltd. While researching the future image of offices, the laboratory focused on the current situation where investments in operational improvements and renovations of offices occur in tandem with organizational growth, changes in activities, and the diversification of workplaces. Against the backdrop of these changing times, what is required of modern offices is the creation of "places" where people naturally want to gather. To achieve this, they believed that flexibility—allowing users to reconfigure spaces with their own hands to respond to change—is essential for offices.
On the other hand, Komatsu Wall Industry has polished its technology for functionally dividing spaces over many years through movable partitions and toilet booths. After repeated discussions between the two companies, they concluded that "shelf-based fixtures" that combine storage and flexibility, creating gentle boundaries in a space, are optimal. Productization was realized by integrating this with the advanced manufacturing and construction technologies possessed by Komatsu Wall Industry.
■ Features of "KICHI+"
(Text details on features would follow here...)
"KICHI+" is unit furniture that multiplies the high storage capacity of shelves with the comfort of a desk. Its features include a minimalist design that blends into diverse spaces, and the ability for users themselves to easily change the layout of spaces like offices without using tools. This product was developed with Komatsu Wall Industry handling the design and prototype verification, and Nomura Co., Ltd. taking charge of design development and supervision.
■ "KICHI+" Product Concept: A Growing "Base" that Excites the Space
Freely expanding offices and whereabouts with user ingenuity and ideas
"KICHI+" (*Trademark application pending: Application 2026-003397) aims to grow together with users while freely expanding their usual whereabouts, serving as a "base (KICHI)" for working people.
It adopts an original "snap button system" that allows intuitive operation to change shelf heights without tools. Because it flexibly adapts to changes in the usage environment and purpose, it is expected to be introduced in places characterized by flexible work styles or highly specialized/project-based work styles, including setup offices, back offices in commercial facilities, hotels, and factories, as well as office areas, laboratories, and ateliers in educational and research institutions.
Additionally, the shelf features a large 2400mm span and a thin frame, creating a design that produces a sense of openness and blends into the space. By using dimensions that make it easy to concentrate alone while naturally facilitating human interaction, it achieves a balance between individual tasks and communication. It secures a place without dividing it with walls, gently separating activities within an integrated space that offers a clear view to the back. As natural communication between users occurs and vitality spreads throughout the place, improvements in better work styles and well-being can also be expected.
■ Background of "KICHI+" Development
This project was launched as a business of the "Future Creation Laboratory," an internal research and development organization within Nomura Co., Ltd. While researching the future image of offices, the laboratory focused on the current situation where investments in operational improvements and renovations of offices occur in tandem with organizational growth, changes in activities, and the diversification of workplaces. Against the backdrop of these changing times, what is required of modern offices is the creation of "places" where people naturally want to gather. To achieve this, they believed that flexibility—allowing users to reconfigure spaces with their own hands to respond to change—is essential for offices.
On the other hand, Komatsu Wall Industry has polished its technology for functionally dividing spaces over many years through movable partitions and toilet booths. After repeated discussions between the two companies, they concluded that "shelf-based fixtures" that combine storage and flexibility, creating gentle boundaries in a space, are optimal. Productization was realized by integrating this with the advanced manufacturing and construction technologies possessed by Komatsu Wall Industry.
■ Features of "KICHI+"
(Text details on features would follow here...)