2012 Milan Salone Latest Report | nendo
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Feature: Milan Salone International Furniture Fair 2012
New Releases at Milan Salone
From April 17 (Tue) to 22 (Sun), design studio nendo will hold solo exhibitions at three locations in Milan, including Palazzo Visconti and Superstudio. Additionally, they will unveil a bathroom collection from Italian company Bisazza, for which they will also design the exhibition space.
Text by KAJII Makoto (OPENERS)
“trial & error” showcases five furniture collections simultaneously
Oki Sato, the principal of nendo, commented: "The structural, material, and visual experiments that nendo conducts daily in-house, separate from client work, are materialized in a gallery setting and subsequently influence future projects. Ideas conceived for chairs might be applied to spatial design, or conversely, condensed into small objects, with the evolution taking many forms. By presenting this continuous 'basic research' all at once, we aimed to subtly convey the slightly distant future that nendo envisions."
Exhibition Title |trial & error
This exhibition brings together five furniture collections: "thin black lines," first unveiled at the Saatchi Gallery in London under the auspices of Philips de Pury in September 2010; "visible structures," presented at the High Museum in Atlanta the following year; "scatter shelf," which toured the Friedman Benda Gallery in New York and the Carpenters' Workshop Gallery in London and Paris; and "farming-net objects" from Carpenters' Workshop Gallery and "object dependencies" from specimen edition, both held concurrently in Paris in January of this year. It also features new items from 1%products.
Location | Palazzo Visconti / via cino del duca 8 Nearest Station: MM1 San Babila
Exhibition Title |still & sparkling supported by LASVIT
With the collaboration of Lasvit, a company specializing in various glass processing techniques including blown glass, this exhibition explores five concepts designed to draw out the inherent charm of glass through distinct approaches. Developed through repeated visits to blown glass workshops in the suburbs of Nový Bor, Czech Republic, and through trial and error with artisans based on the small "surprises" and "discoveries" found there, these works are characterized by not being "overly controlled by the designer's hand."
Location | Superstudio piu / via tortona 27 Nearest Station: MM2 Porta Genova
Exhibition Title |black & black for K%
nendo has taken on the art direction for "K%," a new brand from Singapore, and will present its first collection during Milan Salone, where all items are unified in a single "black" color. This collection is born from a meticulous manipulation of the balance between "structure" and "function" necessary for an object's existence, stripping away elements such as new materials, technologies, and colors. Studio JuJu and Exit Design, design firms from Singapore, have each contributed one item to this collection.
Location | Carrozzeria / via tortona 32 Nearest Station: MM2 Porta Genova
Design office nendo, celebrating its 10th anniversary, has followed its "Design of the Year" award from the prominent British lifestyle magazine "Wallpaper* Magazine" in January with another "Design of the Year" accolade at the "Elle Deco International Design Awards (commonly known as EDIDA)." This award, decided by the votes of editors from 25 international editions of the design magazine "Elle Deco," is considered the Academy Awards of the design world.
The award ceremony will take place in Milan on April 19th during Milan Salone. NHK BS1 is scheduled to broadcast coverage on "Chikyu Terebi El Mundo" from 23:00 to 25:00 on April 20th. Principal Oki Sato is also slated to make a live appearance.
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