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Aspiring to be air.
Air here and air there. Delicate and rotund this concept takes the shape of small tables and multipurpose stools.
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
“kuuki” Le Bain gallery / Tokyo
2009
“ghost stories” Friedman Benda gallery / New York
“ghost stories” Museum of Arts and Design / New York
2010
“chair garden” Antonia Jannone gallery / Milan
“thin black lines” Phillips de Pury at Saatchi gallery / London
“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
GAN Is Craftmanship And Design