Hien chose red oak for Migo 01 because of its strength. ‘The chair has a few connections that need to be stable and it was a perfect fit for that. We’ve spent a lot of time trying to replace wood with plastics or other materials, whereas, I think nowadays we could say that it’s very futuristic to use wood in a high tech way.’ The product comes in four colours – natural, grey, black and red. ‘I wanted to show the natural grain, but also highlight the contours of the object as it is quite graphic.