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Art Stage - Dancing Squares - Oki Sato

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A booklet for Art Stage exhibition held in Singapore. Focusing on the exhibition Dancing Square by Okit Sato in specific.

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Giving people a small “ ! “ moment.There are so many small “ ! “ moments hidden in our everyday.

But we don’t recognize them.and even when we do recognize them,we tend to unconsciously reset our minds and forget what we’ve seen.

these small “ ! “ moments are what make our days so interesting, so rich.

But we

That’s why we want to reconstitute the everyday,

them into something that’s easy to understand.

We’d like the people who’ve encountered nendo’s designs to feel these small “ ! “ moments intuitively.

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Born in Toronto, Canada

M.A. in Architecture, Waseda University, TokyoEstablished “nendo” Tokyo office

Established “nendo” Milan office

Lecturer for Showa Women’s University, Tokyo“The 100 Most Respected Japanese” (Newsweek magazine)

Sketches by Nendo

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Published “nendo ghost stories” (Art Design Publishing)A jury member of iF award

Published “kaminendo” (Art Design Publishing)

“The Top 100 Small Japanese Companies” (Newsweek magazine)

Published “nendo” (daab)

Lecturer for Kuwasawa Design School, Tokyo

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is the solo show of japanese designer nendo at art stage at marina bay sands in singapore.The series of furniture inspired by the name itself consits of a bookshelf, stool, table and lamp.

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roll about, but are stable thanks to their planes, casting light in different directions.

Lamps

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The table leans as though falling away, but maintains its function as a table, and makes objects placed on it seem to sink into its folds and sways.

Tables

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The stool’s twist endows it with visual play.

Stools

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The different

and unbalance

as though

the planes

we are watching

“movements”

themselves

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Dancing squares by Nendo will be presented at Art Stage Singapore together with an exhibition of contemporary design works by: da+h, p.c.ee, tithi kuchamuch, nendo, jason ong, anon pairot, hans tan, david trubridge, hunn wai + lanzavecchia+wai.