Giving people a small “ ! “ moment. There are so many small “ ! “ moments hidden in our everyday. But we don’t recognize them. and even when we do recognize them,we tend to unconsciously reset our minds and forget what we’ve seen. But we these small “ ! “ moments are what make our days so interesting, so rich. That’s why we want to reconstitute the everyday, them into something that’s easy to understand. We’d like the people who’ve encountered nendo’s designs to feel these small “ ! “ moments intuitively.
Sketches by Nendo
Born in Toronto, Canada
M.A. in Architecture, Waseda University, Tokyo Established “nendo” Tokyo office
Established “nendo” Milan office
Lecturer for Showa Women’s University, Tokyo “The 100 Most Respected Japanese” (Newsweek magazine)
“The Top 100 Small Japanese Companies” (Newsweek magazine)
Published “nendo” (daab)
Lecturer for Kuwasawa Design School, Tokyo
Published “nendo ghost stories” (Art Design Publishing) A jury member of iF award
Published “kaminendo” (Art Design Publishing)
is the solo show of japanese designer nendo at art stage at marina bay sands in singapore. The series of furniture inspired by the name itself consits of a bookshelf, stool, table and lamp.
Lamps
roll about, but are stable thanks to their planes, casting light in different directions.
Tables
The table leans as though falling away, but maintains its function as a table, and makes objects placed on it seem to sink into its folds and sways.
Stools
The stool’s twist endows it with visual play.
The different “movements� and unbalance as though we are watching themselves the planes
Dancing squares by Nendo will be presented at Art Stage Singapore together with an exhibition of contemporary design works by: da+h, p.c.ee, tithi kuchamuch, nendo, jason ong, anon pairot, hans tan, david trubridge, hunn wai + lanzavecchia+wai.