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Renowned Japanese designed and founder of nendo studio, Oki Sato, has unveiled the L door key, a revisitation of traditional key design. Standard door keys consist of the blade, which is inserted into the keyh...

Renowned Japanese studio nendo has unveiled a non-inflatable soccer ball created for impoverished communities of the world. The project came out from the need for a simplified soccer ball so children could hav...

Renowned Japanese studio Nendo has designed a sliding-phone concept that can be folded to the size of a credit card for smart device manufacturer OPPO. Among foldable smartphones with OLED panel monitors devel...

Renowned Japanese design studio Nendo has designed Tokyo's flagship store for new skincare brand Athletia. The new brand’s concept is to support a balanced lifestyle of active and vigorous movement as well a...

Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of handbags made from a single sheet of laser-cut leather. Created for Italian online platform Up To You Anthology, the bag can be distributed completely flat bef...

Located in a quiet residential area of Tokyo, Japan, the Stairway House is the latest project of Oki Sato for his friend and former business partner Akihiro Ito. The two met in school and have been friends eve...

Paris department store Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche has unveiled its latest exhibition, entitled “Ame Nochi Hana”, or “Rain Flowers”, created by Japanese designer Oki Sato’s nendo Studio. Le Bon March�...

Japanese studio nendo has designed a new home use capsule coffee machine for Coca-Cola Japan Company. After placing the capsule which contains coffee beans into the machine, with a single push of a button, user...

Renowned Japanese studio nendo has unveiled a clock that becomes a perfect cube twice a day. Designed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of luxury watch retailer The Hour Glass, the clock aims to "blur the lines...

Japanese design studio Nendo has unveiled a 3D-printed bonsai tree that owners can prune to their liking. Bonsai is a traditional Japanese art form that uses cultivation techniques to produce small plants in po...

Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of seven IoT home appliances, including a smart scale, humidifier, air purifier, light, thermometer, alarm, and sensor, all of which connect with mobile apps. Ko...

Renowned studio nendo - lead by Japanese designer Oki Sato - has unveiled the third product designed for TEN:TEN watch collection. Dubbed Buckle, this timepiece features only two elements, in comparison to a tr...

Calpico is a popular Japanese drink that was first manufactured in 1919. It is said that 99.7% of the population in Japan has tried it, therefore it can be considered as the country’s national beverage. Th...

Japanese studio Nendo has collaborated with air conditioning manufacturer Daikin to create an immersive installation with 17,000 flowers of the occasion of the Milan Design Week. Daikin is a manufacturer of air...

Nendo's founder Oki Sato has designed a six-piece glassware collection, consisting of wine glasses, tumblers, whiskey glasses, carafe, flute glasses and shot glasses for Czech glass brand Lasvit. In this new co...

Designer Oki Sato, founder of Japanese firm nendo, has recently completed the interior design for Arabica Coffee located in the eastern coast of Kuwait, a new branch for the original coffee shop from Higashiyam...

Be@rbrick by Medicom Toy is a block figure in the form of a bear, approximately 7 cm in size, and was introduced in 2001 on the 100th anniversary of the birth of teddy bear, under the concept to create a “dig...

Japanese designer Oki Sato, founder of studio nendo, has designed a crystal collection as part of the "Monster" project curated by Chzec company Lasvit. The aim of the project is to create forms in crystal glas...

Nendo has unveiled 'Soft Pond' and 'Tangent', two new home collections designed by Oki Sato for Atelier Swarovski. The Soft Pond series comprises of unique quality of flat-cut crystals. Used for chandeliers and...

Nendo's Oki Sato has unveiled a collection of gravity formed furniture and table top objects for Venetian brand WonderGlass. The collection will be presented in an exhibition celebrating Nendo as AW Architektur...

Renowned Japanese studio Nendo has designed a set of bowls that seems “as if one is growing out of the other” along with a “seemingly unbalanced” tea set that hides under its lid for Chinese lifestyle b...