Nendo
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News • News • 19 Apr 2023
Daniel Arsham and Nendo collaborate on ‘Break to Make’
New York-based multidisciplinary artist Daniel Arsham has joined forces with Japanese design studio Nendo, led by Oki Sato, to create Break to Make. This intriguing project is the culmination of a creative dialogue that spanned over four years. Quite simply, it is based on the idea that ‘Nendo makes. Daniel breaks.’ The collaboration debuts at Milan Design Week 2023.
For this project, Nendo, whose work is quintessentially precise and minimal, made objects with no planned use. By breaking, hammering, or carving them, Arsham then created something new and useful from Nendo’s archetypical designs: from a bathtub-like form emerged a love seat; a long and narrow block gave rise to a stool; and a tall, square shape re... More
News • News • 24 Jun 2020
A theatrical renovation to Shanghai’s Time Square recalls the drama of the stage
In Shanghai’s Times Square, this renewal of an existing commercial building stands nine-storeys in height and accommodates approximately 53,200 square meters of lifestyle shopping, fashion brands, and various restaurants. Inspired by theatrical concepts, the striking new façade features a dramatic ‘stage curtain’ made from aluminium pipes.
Takumi Ota
The building’s existing structure had been rebuilt and rearranged multiple times previously, resulting in an incoherent circulation pattern. To resolve this, Nendo straightened out the building’s central passage and relocated escalators to create a smooth circulation and shopping experience.
Takumi Ota
Also, well-like atriums were rearrang... More
Product • By Sovet Italia • Clip
Clip
Coat hanger in laser-cut, welded and varnished metal. Various finishes. More
Product • By Discipline • Clip coat hanger
Clip coat hanger
Coat hanger in laser-cut, welded and varnished metal. The coat hanger is composed by three laser-cut metal elements of different heights, which are welded together. Thanks to its shape and stability it can hold several garments and can multiply its capacity with coat-hangers or hooks. More
Product • By Louis Poulsen • NJP Table
NJP Table
The NJP series is designed by Oki Sato, founder of nendo design studio, with the intention of producing a new interpretation of the classic anglepoise lamp – with all its familiar details – in a contemporary design, featuring functions adapted to modern working life, both in the office and at home. In the same way as the NJP Table lamp, the new additions to the NJP range stand out from the classic anglepoise lamp through a host of technical details, harmoniously assimilated in a minimalist and elegant design.
The fixture provides direct glare-free horizontal light while reflecting some of the light through the rear of the head, illuminating the top of the arm. The ergonomic design of the fixture head shapes the li... More