Nendo: 10/10

“The curiosity evident in Nendo’s work is in how this studio combines materials that have been used before in separate contexts. Take the transparent chair, a wooden chair which appears to be floating in mid air as the legs seem to disappear as they reach the floor. Nendo used wood craftsmanship following a Japanese tradition. In addition, though, the studio used resin and epoxy, a material that’s been in use since the seventies, in a really startling way, juxtaposing the organic with the inorganic, the apparently immaterial. It’s the combination of the two elements in a way that’s very subtle, and clever.” Read more...

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“The curiosity evident in Nendo’s work is in how this studio combines materials that have been used before in separate contexts. Take the transparent chair, a wooden chair which appears to be floating in mid air as the legs seem to disappear as they reach the floor. Nendo used wood craftsmanship following a Japanese tradition. In addition, though, the studio used resin and epoxy, a material that’s been in use since the seventies, in a really startling way, juxtaposing the organic with the inorganic, the apparently immaterial. It’s the combination of the two elements in a way that’s very subtle, and clever.” Read more...

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