The new shock absorbing mechanism

METAPHYS Movos offers a smooth and comfortable ride on uneven city road surfaces. The center pivot coil suspension system installed in the middle of the cycle frame absorbs shock against the cycle and achieves a pleasant ride.

Center pivot coil suspension system

Movos installs a suspension system that offers a comfortable riding experience on uneven city road surfaces. The suspension unit can change its hardness by turning the ring attached to the spring. The center pivot coil suspension system made stable cushioning and a new form. Also, a noise reduced braking system is installed in the center axis of the rear tire.

Foldable handle

The handle can be easily folded or set back to the original position, which makes it easier to store indoors without taking much space. ※The main frame is not foldable.

Fine selection of the parts

Movos paid special attention to the parts selection such as the pedal, saddle, tire, and the gear crank. The thumb operated 6-speed shifter can be easily operated, which allows the user to easily climb steep uphill. On addition to the shock absorbing suspension system, the saddle is fabricated with soft material and is also suitable for women. The tire uses 20-inch KENDA made, kontact tires. The tire is designed for riding on pavements, and offers good grip performance and silence on asphalt. The rear brake uses high performance and durable roller braking system that almost needs no maintenance at all. Also, the color selections of all the parts are coordinated according to each frame color.

Strange but comforting sensation from your desktop

Like a line drawn in the air, or a string dropped from above. The unfamiliar appearance of the pen and pen stand, unified into one continuous shape, evoke a strange but comforting sensation.

Support for comfortable writing

Finding out the best weight and balance for writing is the basic concept of METAPHYS stationery series. Contrary to the existing pens, reasonably heavy body provides good pressure on the paper, which allows users to write with slight pressure and long use without tiredness. Also, it follows the iconic “one stroke” clip of the METAPHYS pen series.

Double tap 0.5mm lead pencil

Push the top of the clip once to expose the shaft, and twice to draw out the lead. After use, push the shaft against a desk or notebook to retract the shaft, which prevents damage when stored in a pencil case or in the event it is dropped.

Support for comfortable writing

The pursuit of the optimum weight and balance for writing is the basic concept of the METAPHYS stationery series. Contrary to existing pens, a reasonably heavy body provides optimal pressure on the paper, which allows users to write with less pressure for longer periods without fatigue. It also follows the iconic “one stroke” clip of the METAPHYS pen series.

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Vertical Flexibility

From books and wallets to cell-phones and digital cameras, the content of any bag is full of “vertical elements.” So why do conventional lunch boxes, when placed flat in a bag have to remain as “horizontal elements”? Looking to resolve this issue, METAPHYS has created Ojue – a lunch box with a minimized base area that can be stacked vertically, allowing it to be placed neatly and freely even within the slimmest of bags. Comprised of three units, Ojue can be freely combined depending on appetite and physical condition, based on the idea of providing “vertical flexibility.”

An eyewear maker and their chopsticks

The comfort of wearing glasses and holding chopsticks both equally depend on the fine balance of their center of gravity. An eyewear maker, with their sophisticated technology and careful consideration into the delicate balance of the hand and the chopsticks’ center of balance have succeeded in producing a set of titanium chopsticks that are so light you can barely feel them in your hand. The potential for titanium as a sustainable tableware material is on full display with characteristics that include harboring no odor or taste, an antibacterical effect that prevents allergies, its ability to tolerate repeated boiling and dishwasher cycles and is recyclable.

measure"bagel"

Despite a portable measure is an essential item for all craftsmen; there has been no measure that satisfies fashionable needs. METAPHYS OOO is designed to be portable and fashionable by shaping it like a donut whose hole in the middle provides better grip for fingers and also functions as a strap hole.

METAPHYS lighting "hono" electric candle

Candlelight sways in invisible faint flow of air. The mysteriousness may be the charm of the candlelight. However, the light source is fire, and thus not all places are suitable for it. A white acrylic tube that encloses candlelight is imaged, and the light that catches the tiniest breeze is realized by using LED. The light makes you have some slight attachment to the inorganic and artificial LED. About 8-hour charge / discharge. A dedicated charge cradle is used.

How to use

Using the matchstick

Turn Hono+ on and off by gently rubbing the special matchstick two to three centimeters below the small hole on Hono+.

Blowing out Hono

Blow gently into Hono+'s small hole to enjoy flickering that resembles real candlelight. The light will automatically turn on 10 seconds after being blown out.

Stand

The Hono+ stand can be placed in the location of your choice.

Wall hanger

Use the attached wall hanger to fix Hono+ on the wall.

Award

• 2005 Good Design Award
• 2006 Red Dot Design Award
• 2006 JIDA Design Museum selected
• 2007 Japanesque modern Collection

2mm Lead Holder Pen

METAPHYS fused the beauty of line weight range of a 2mm wooden pencil and the handiness of the mechanical pencil. By merging the assets of both mechanical pencil and wooden pencil and adapting it to today’s life style, METAPHYS LOCUS　2mm lead holder pen becomes a tool that gives you a new writing experience.

casca

Traditional Japanese “Chochin” lamp. METAPHYS Casca is constructed out of a translucent ribbing, which allows for subtle changes to its shape and provides the elegant form of a traditional Japanese lamp, incorporating the shadows from its horizontal stripes into its original design. Integrating a simple and light design while retaining its Japanese traditional lamp style provides a new style of beauty for Casca that can be integrated into contemporary interiors.

METAPHYS rin

The rounded shape of METAPHYS Rin index film prevents the wear and tear that comes from being carried around, and ensures it will always be neatly aligned wherever it is positioned on a piece of paper. Rin’s subtle color gradations also provide this film index with an innovative new function that allows you to indicate the level or stage of a project such as by degree of priority or progress.

A customarily flat bag

Generally, small items such as wallets and mobile phones tend to be forgotten about as they lay at the bottom of your bag, making it overlap and appear bulky.Maisonette is designed to be slim by sorting items into different sizes – small accessories fit into the upper pocket and documents can be stored under the main pocket.

Step stool

Created a totally new stepstool for harmonizing with a contemporary space as we re-composed it from an ordinal stepstool as a tool. By making the legs and steps with triangular section, it looks slimmer and neater with minimum visual information.

Mobile calculator

Soh is a foldable calculator that is designed from the perspective of providing a better improved viewing angle visibility and a higher increased　portability. This thin but robust calculator always finds a spot in you can be easily folded and placed in a bag or pocket to be carried around for the ultimate in convenience when on the move.

visualizing information

METAPHYS Tronc is a card stand, which not only puts postcards or business cards in order but also utilizes information more efficiently by visualizing and positioning the importance of information. For example, put the card you do not want to forget on top position. Tronc is designed to be beautiful and functional by applying a human behavior, “Memorizing information by positions”.