Designer
Nendo
Year
2014
Aram
“This collection of ARAM stools and coffee tables is based on a traditional Indian furniture technique of weaving metal wires around a metal frame. The spacing between the wires is gradually widened, creating a gradation effect. A design created through a small change to an existing technique.”
Products in the collection
The collection
About Nendo
Biography
1977 Born in Toronto, Canada
2002 M.A. in Architecture, Waseda University, Tokyo
Established "nendo" Tokyo office
2005 Established "nendo" Milan office
2006 Lecturer for Showa Women's University, Tokyo
"The 100 Most Respected Japanese" (Newsweek magazine)
2007 "The Top 100 Small Japanese Companies" (Newsweek magazine)
2008 Published "nendo" (daab)
2009 Lecturer for Kuwasawa Design School, Tokyo
2010 Published "nendo ghost stories" (Art Design Publishing)
A jury member of iF award
Private Exhibitions
2005 "bloomroom" Milan Design Week / Milan
2008 "elastic diamond" Milan Design Week / Milan
2008 "kuuki" Le Bain gallery / Tokyo
2009 "ghost stories" Friedman Benda gallery / New York
2009 "ghost stories" Museum of Arts and Design / New York
2010 "chair garden" Antonia Jannone gallery / Milan
2010 "thin black lines" Phillips de Pury at Saatchi gallery / London
2010 "blurry white surfaces" Phillips de Pury / London
Collections
The Museum of Modern Art / New York
Musee des Arts decoratifs / Paris
Museum of Arts and Design / New York
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum / New York
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Montreal
Design Museum Holon / Holon
The Israel Museum / Jerusalem
High Museum of Art / Atlanta