DREAM TEAM

DREAM TEAM

Nendo and Maruni have teamed up to create this mimimalist beauty which looks to be available some time in February. "Shoe-Horn" looks like an art object at first glance, but when you pull the top, the practical object appears; shearing off like a conic section. As the name suggests, shoehorns were first made by carving animal horns; and the shearing motion of the shoe-horn pays homage to its origins. The shoehorn and stand, connected by an embedded neodymium magnet, are carved from a single block of wood for complete continuity…
29 Jan 10 | Products
WEAVE BOOKSHELF BY CHICAKO IBARAKI

WEAVE BOOKSHELF BY CHICAKO
IBARAKI

First launched at the Designersblock exhibition during this September's London Design Festival, we love this 'Weave' bookshelf by Japanese designer Chicako…
03 Nov 10 | Products
ARTWORKS BY KEITA SAGAKI

ARTWORKS BY KEITA SAGAKI

At a distance, a first glance at Keita Sagaki's drawings of classical statues shows nothing out of the ordinary; aside from some really, really gorgeous handiwork. But a second…
22 Nov 11 | Arts
GOING GLOBAL

GOING GLOBAL

More nice new things from Nendo! Hot on the heels of their super minimal shoehorn for Maruni, comes a stylish monochrome globe called Corona from the Japanese design team, made…
09 Feb 10 | Products
JAIME HAYON DESIGNS FOR CHOEMON

JAIME HAYON DESIGNS FOR KUTANI
CHOEMON

Jaime Hayón has recently produced this range of objects - each featuring a unique artwork by the designer - for Japanese ceramics company…
09 Nov 10 | Products
KANDENCHI BY NENDO

KANDENCHI MOUSE BY NENDO

Nendo have just released a series of computer accessories for Elecom, including this rather unusual mouse called 'Kandenchi'. The new wireless computer mouse has been designed…
29 Nov 11 | Products
SEAMLESS

SEAMLESS

Japanese furniture artisans Maruni have updated their collection recently with these new pieces. They've added a chair to their Hiroshima range, which follows the same rounded…
10 Mar 10 | Products
NENDO'S PACKAGING DESIGN FOR THREE COSMETICS

NENDO'S PACKAGING DESIGNS
FOR THREE COSMETICS

Nendo have just recently designed this new packaging for Japanese cosmetic brand, 'Three'. Three's (three) fundamental values: ‘natural, honest…
10 Nov 10 | Products
OTSUKI-SAMA FONT BY JULIEN MERCIER

OTSUKI-SAMA FONT BY JULIEN
MERCIER

Here's a quick bit of news from Swiss-born, Tokyo-based graphic designer Julien Mercier - he's just released a new font called 'Otsuki-Sama' Available…
07 Dec 11 | Graphics
RUN WITH IT

RUN WITH IT

Wonderwall were the design studio behind the concept for Nike’s first flagship store in Tokyo, which also happens to be the largest in Japan; totalling 946 square metres…
16 Mar 10 | Interiors