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Nendo Exhibit Celebrates Visual Deception

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 09-16-2011 | 8:29 AM | TROMPE L'OEIL

More news from Nendo (do these guys ever sleep?): The Japanese designers recently concluded a solo show at the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute in which they turned part of the place into a giant trompe ... READ MORE›

Nendo Introduces A Collection Of Electronics Accessories

BY Belinda Lanks | 09-14-2011 | 8:54 AM | SLIDESHOWS

Oki Sato, the low-profile principal of the Japanese firm Nendo, is the design world's James Franco, a man who can seemingly do just about anything. We’ve covered a sliver of the architect’s body of work at Co.Design: material ... READ MORE›

Nendo's Wondrous Shelf Is A Kaleidoscope That Holds Books

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 08-29-2011 | 1:43 PM | NENDO

The master illusionists over at Nendo are up with a new furniture concept that could turn even the dullest living room into a giant work of op art. Scatter Shelf is a towering bookshelf (yes, bookshelves can look like art!) with thin ... READ MORE›

Nendo's Newest Lamps Are Glowing Maki Sushi Rolls (But Classy!)

BY Belinda Lanks | 07-15-2011 | 8:08 AM | MAKI

Perhaps no other design studio can deliver both disarming cuteness and poetic minimalism with more mastery than Nendo. A couple of days ago, we brought you the Japanese firm's computer mouse with a detachable USB “tail”; ... READ MORE›

Nendo's Crushingly Cute Mouse Has Detachable USB Tail

BY Alissa Walker | 07-13-2011 | 11:35 AM | OPPOPET

God bless the Japanese, who have succeeded in making nearly everything on the planet more adorable. And now they've really done it. They've managed to make a mouse -- yes, that little white utilitarian computer mouse you're clutching ... READ MORE›

Nendo Creates A Floating White Wonderland, For A Show Of Hats

BY Belinda Lanks | 06-29-2011 | 1:03 PM | AKIO HIRATA

Many fashionable women have become famous for their hats -- from Jackie O. and her demure pillboxes to the style icon Isabella Blow and her outrageous concoctions. And yet few, if any, designers have become household names for their ... READ MORE›

Milan Preview: Nendo Invents "Transparent Wood"

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 04-06-2011 | 4:15 PM | MILAN FURNITURE FAIR 2011

Nendo, one of the most talented Japanese design firms working today, has sent us images of a table that'll debut at the Milan furniture fair in a couple weeks, and it's a stunner -- a triumph of optical illusion. It looks like wood ... READ MORE›

Nendo's New Issey Miyake Store: Skewering Fashion

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 05-25-2010 | 7:56 AM | DESIGN

Ultra-thin, steel-rod displays are part menacing, part "prairie grass."READ MORE›

Kartell's CEO Claudio Luti on the Design Giant's 2010 Collection

BY Jill Singer | 04-20-2010 | 10:24 AM | DESIGN

How do you keep a 60-year-old furniture firm on the cutting edge of design?READ MORE›

Swarovski Opens Its Crystal Vault to Designers in Milan

BY Alissa Walker | 04-13-2010 | 5:28 PM | TOMOKO AZUMI; GITTA SCHWENDTNER

Ten leading international designers were paired with nine industrial design and furniture producers and handed the equivalent of the crystal company's Bedazzler. READ MORE›

The Tokyo Baby Cafe Is a Mommy-Baby Wonderland

BY Addy Dugdale | 04-06-2010 | 10:02 AM | DESIGN

Tokyo Baby Cafe--a mother-and-baby shop set to open in Japan--is somewhat redolent of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, with its pale blue-and-gray color scheme. Add the fact that it caters for both adults and children, and all ...READ MORE›

Nendo Brings Minimalist Magic to New Issey Miyake Shop

BY Cliff Kuang | 11-20-2009 | 1:26 PM | DESIGN

The shops furniture evokes shopping carts, in a beautifully funky way.READ MORE›

A Japanese Design Master's Disappearing Act

BY Cliff Kuang | 11-09-2009 | 5:22 PM | DESIGN

Oki Sato, who heads the firm Nendo, is one brightest talents in a new generation of Japanese minimalist designers. His designs have seldom been seen in the U.S.--but that changes with "Ghost Stories: New Works from Nendo," a new show at New York's Museum of Art and design which runs through January 10.READ MORE›

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