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Nendo’s Oki Sato’s N02 Chair Embodies the Future-Forward Ethos of Fritz Hansen
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A “Japandi” triumph, the Fritz Hansen N02 is made of recycled household waste.
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24 May 21
Nendo’s distinctive chocolates are a journey into shape, taste and texture
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Food Design
Nendo, the Japanese design firm, took on something that a number of people consider perfect in its design: chocolate.
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22 Feb 16
Nendo’s MINIM+AID brings design thinking to disaster preparedness
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Product Design
The Japanese studio’s emergency preparedness kit is a compact and smart product designed for national necessity.
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13 Nov 15
The twig chair: Nendo’s most recent design
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Product Design
Japanese studio Nendo creates a minimalist seat with a changeable backrest for designer furniture brand Alias.
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3 Aug 15
Architects will love Nendo’s new bag for Tod’s
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Architecture & Interiors
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Product Design
The acclaimed Japanese studio designs a multi-purpose bag with architects’ needs in mind for Italian brand Tod’s.
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22 Jun 15
Mark Kaigwa: Tracking digital trends in East Africa
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African Design
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Information Design
The Nairobi-based social media strategist and blogger tells us where digital technology is heading in Kenya.
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8 Oct 14
Gathered together
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Industrial Design
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Lidewij Edelkoort's latest exhibition at the Design Museum Holon in Israel explores the seam of craft and design.
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11 Jul 14
Japanese-Danish fusion
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Product Design
Japanese design studio Nendo takes inspiration from origami patterns for the design of a furniture and homeware collection for BoConcept.
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30 May 14
Shaded from the sun
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
Nendo and Camper have once again collaborated, this time for a stylish sunglasses range.
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30 Apr 14
Double take
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Product Design
Nendo has designed a simplistic and one-of-a-kind wooden chair for their solo exhibition at Salone del Mobile 2014.
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29 Mar 14
European style
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Architecture & Interiors
Nendo redesigns the interior of Seibu department store in Tokyo with inspiration from European parks and squares.
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15 Feb 14
Celebrating silhouettes
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Product Design
Nendo pays homage to one of Kartell's best selling table lamps, the Bourgie.
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28 Jan 14
Wooden kitchenware
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Craft
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Product Design
Nendo has designed a collection of kitchenware for Urushi Kobo Oshima that showcases the beauty in natural wood.
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19 Jan 14
Go with the flow
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Architecture & Interiors
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Nendo takes inspiration from city streets and movement patterns for the design of interiors for the retail spaces of fashion label Theory.
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12 Jan 14
Pick-up sticks
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Japan-based Nendo redesigns an ancient traditional eating utensil, the chopstick, transforming people’s interaction with this everyday object.
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5 Jan 14
Deceptive chocolates
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Food Design
Nendo has created a limited-edition set of chocolates that resemble a variety of oil paint tubes.
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28 Nov 13
Natural curves
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Urban & Landscape Design
A new outdoor pavilion follows the curvature of the landscape on the campus of the Kyoto University of Art and Design.
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13 Nov 13
Warped cutlery
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Product Design
A fork, a knife, a spoon - just desserts, Japanese style.
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4 Nov 13
Transformable accessories
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Product Design
Nendo has designed a three-piece accessory collection for dogs.
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21 Oct 13
Slicing time
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Product Design
A device that "cuts away" time as it passes, here's Nendo's elegant Slice watch.
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10 Oct 13
Buried treasure
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Product Design
Nendo's "Oke" collection of drinking vessels are made using 2 000-year-old wood.
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6 Oct 13
Ceramic flowers
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Product Design
Nendo's new range of ceramic kitchenware is an unorthodox re-edit of the famous patterns issued by Gen-emon, a 260-year-old porcelain kiln in Japan.
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29 Sep 13
Ten out of ten
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Design Thinking
Ten projects. Ten years. Ten out of ten for Nendo and their new monograph "Nendo 10/10".
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24 Sep 13
Pebble purpose
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Product Design
Nendo's new set of Pebble bowls, available in different colours and sizes, are versatile and hard working, with the smooth silhouette of a river pebble.
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22 Sep 13
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