Nendo (design firm)
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Nendo is a Japanese design firm founded in 2002 by Oki Sato, that works on design projects globally. The first office was situated in Tokyo. In 2005, the second office was established in Milan. The company works with numerous brands and have won multiple awards over the course of 17 years of establishment. Nendo is known for its simple and minimalist design with subtle influences from Japanese, and Scandinavian aesthetics.{{cn|date=May 2020}} Currently the positions for CEO, COO and CFO are occupied by Sato Oki, Ito Akihiro, and Hama Takaaki, respectively.File:Sato oki.jpg
The founder of ‘Nendo’ is a Japanese designer named Oki Sato. He was born in Toronto Canada, 1977.{{Cite book|title=Nendo: in the box|last=Nendo (Firm)|others=Sato, Oki, 1977-, 佐藤オオキ, 1977-|isbn=9784903348414|location=Tōkyō|oclc=879560053|date = 2014-04-16}} In 2002 when he was 25 years old, he graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo with a ‘Masters of Arts’ in architecture and in the same year founded ‘Nendo’ company in Tokyo. Sato also reveals in several interviews that the encounter with Issey Miyake was a large influence in his and Nendo's work.{{Cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/Japan-design-guru-Oki-Sato-keeps-it-simple|title=Japan design guru Oki Sato keeps it simple|website=Nikkei Asian Review|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/1983064/japanese-designer-oki-sato-finds-inspiration-across|title=Japanese designer Oki Sato finds inspiration across different industries and projects|date=2016-07-07|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-10-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2015/04/28/interview-nendo-founder-oki-sato-addicted-to-design-milan-2015/|title="I am addicted to design" says Nendo's Oki Sato|date=2015-04-28|website=Dezeen|language=en|access-date=2019-10-10}}
History
Oki Sato established Nendo Tokyo office in 2002. The Milan office was later established in 2005. Nendo is Japanese for playdoh or clay. It is this shape-shifting nature of the enjoyable toy which reflects the values of the company. By 2015, the company had 30 designers and interns of whom produced over 100 products for 19 brands in a year. Currently, they have over 50 employees working in the company. Nendo's first exhibition was held in Milan and Tokyo in 2003, called "streeterior".
Notable projects
- Nendo's first large retrospective exhibition was in the museum of Holon, Israel{{Cite web|url=https://www.elledecor.com/it/best-of/a20694131/nendo-exhibition-design-museum-holon-eng/|title=Nendo's exhibition at Design Museum Holon|last=Rosso|first=Di Annalisa|date=2016-06-09|website=ELLE Decor|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Designed Siam Discovery{{Cite web|url=https://www.siamdiscovery.co.th/explore/Blow-Up-the-Essence-of-Thai-Designer/214|title=Blow Up the Essence of Thai-Designer|website=siamdiscovery.co.th|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Museum of Modern Art in New York{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/|title=MoMA|website=MoMA|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Musee des Arts decoratifs in Paris{{Cite web|url=https://madparis.fr/|title=MAD Paris - Site officiel|website=MAD Paris - Site officiel|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Museum of Arts and Design in New York{{Cite web|url=https://madmuseum.org/|title=The Museum of Arts and Design|website=madmuseum.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York{{Cite web|url=https://www.cooperhewitt.org/|title=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum|website=Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal{{Cite web|url=https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/|title=The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts|website=The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Israel Museum in Jerusalem{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/israelmuseumjeru00muze|title=The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.|last=Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)|date=2005|publisher=H.N. Abrams|isbn=0810959305|oclc=59818005|url-access=registration}}
- High Museum of Art in Atlanta{{Cite web|url=https://high.org/|title=High Museum of Art|website=High Museum of Art|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Victoria and Albert Museum in London{{Cite web|url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/|title=V&A · The world's leading museum of art and design|website=Victoria and Albert Museum|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Centre Pompidou in Paris{{Cite web|url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en|title=Centre Pompidou|website=www.centrepompidou.fr|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago{{Cite web|url=https://www.artic.edu/|title=Downtown Chicago's #1 Museum|website=The Art Institute of Chicago|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Triennale Design Museum in Milan{{Cite web|url=https://www.triennale.org/en/|title=Welcome to Triennale Milano|website=www.triennale.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles{{Cite web|url=https://www.lacma.org/|title=LACMA {{!}} Los Angeles County Museum of Art|website=www.lacma.org|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Denver Art Museum in Denver{{Cite web|url=https://denverartmuseum.org/|title=Denver Art Museum {{!}}|website=Denver Art Museum|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Design Museum in London{{Cite web|url=https://designmuseum.org/|title=Home|last=Q42|first=Fabrique &|website=Design Museum|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia{{Cite web|url=https://philamuseum.org/|title=Philadelphia Museum of Art|website=philamuseum.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo{{Cite web|url=http://www.2121designsight.jp/en/|title=21_21 DESIGN SIGHT (en)|website=www.2121designsight.jp|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Indianapolis Museum of Arts in Indianapolis{{Cite web|url=https://discovernewfields.org/|title=Newfields: A Place for Nature & the Arts|website=discovernewfields.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- M + Museum in Hong Kong{{Cite web|url=http://10.0.4.58:3000/|title=M+ Museum|website=10.0.4.58|access-date=2019-11-01}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Mondrian Foundation in Netherlands{{Cite web|url=https://www.mondriaanfonds.nl/en/|title=Mondriaan Fund|website=www.mondriaanfonds.nl|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Museum of Fine Arts in Houston{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfah.org/|title=Home {{!}} The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston|website=www.mfah.org|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- St. Louis Art Museum in St. Louis{{Cite web|url=https://www.slam.org/|title=Saint Louis Art Museum|website=Saint Louis Art Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne{{Cite web|url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/|title=NGV|website=www.ngv.vic.gov.au|access-date=2019-11-01}}
- Luxury carpets designed for the collections of Nodus{{Cite web|url=https://www.nodusrug.it/en/designers/nendo-design/|title=Nodus|website=www.nodusrug.it/en|access-date=2022-10-09}}
- Furniture for Cappellini{{Cite web |title=Nendo |url=https://www.cappellini.com/it/it/designers/nendo.html |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=www.cappellini.com}}
- Su collection for Emeco
Recent projects
The N02 Recycle project was one of Nendo's recent work, completed in October 2019. Fritz Hansen, a Danish furniture company, was the client of the project and it was an attempt by Fritz Hansen to create a circular economy where some of the waste materials can be brought back as components for their new product line. The N02 recycle chair was made from recycled plastic (polypropylene) that can be recycled again once it becomes obsolete for its intended purpose. Nendo's founder Oki Sato claims that this design aims to build connection with every-day recycled plastic.
The chairs can be stacked on each other for storage and have an ergonomic design with curved surfaces reinforced to wrap around the user. These chairs are created from household wastes and available in 7 different colours.
Notable exhibition
'Between Two Worlds' was an exhibition held by Nendo with inspiration from Dutch artist M. C. Escher. The Escher X Nendo exhibition was opened at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. 157 prints of Escher's work, dated from 1916 to 1969, was displayed in the exhibition along with Nendo's monochromatic designs of geometry and space.
The exhibition was held in December 2018 and carried on for 4 months.
References
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External links
- [https://nendo.jp/ nendo]
- {{Instagram|nendo_official|nendo_official}}
Category:Design companies of Japan