Nendo exploits acoustic properties of beech wood for transparent Bunaco speaker
Nendo has designed a wireless speaker for Japanese brand Bunaco, using a thin strip of coiled beech wood trapped inside a transparent casing. More
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Nendo creates Kanji-inspired furniture and stone-shaped tableware for Zens
Japanese studio Nendo has created a collection of furniture and accessories in its trademark minimalist style for Chinese lifestyle brand Zens. More
Competition: win an Aram stool designed by Nendo for GAN
Dezeen has teamed up with New York design brand GAN to give away stools by Japanese studio Nendo, which are entwined in metal loops that increase in density towards the top. More
Nendo designs transportable toilet for natural disaster victims
Nendo has designed a temporary toilet for those affected by natural disasters, which can be assembled using found materials and completely dismantled for easy transportation. More
Nendo designs five alternatives to the standard zipper
Tasked with reinventing the zipper, Nendo has come up with five different fastenings, each designed to suit a different function. More
Nendo creates minimal, painterly branding for cosmetics brand Naturaglacé
Nendo has used brush strokes in soft, pastel hues for a range of minimal packaging for an organic cosmetics company. More
Nendo creates torch rolled from a single sheet of paper
This flat-packed light by Nendo is made from a single piece of conductive paper, which can be rolled up to create a handheld torch in emergency situations. More
"Technology should look like something in your grandmother's room" says Oki Sato
Designers should rethink the high-tech look of gadgets according to Nendo founder Oki Sato, who has also called most of today's smart devices "useless". More
Nendo designs soy seasoning dispenser to rival iconic Kikkoman bottle
Japanese studio Nendo has created a ladle-inspired container for soy seasoning, which it hopes will one day become as popular as the red-topped Kikkoman sauce bottle. More
Nendo designs Tokyo store interior to look like "melted ice cream cake"
Stacked soil walls resemble layers of cake in this chocolate and ice cream shop in Kichijoji, Tokyo, designed by Japanese studio Nendo. More
Nendo looks to ancient Japanese tombs for first landscape architecture project
Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has now moved into urban design, unveiling its massive CoFuFun plaza near Kyoto. More
Competition: win a Sag stool designed by Nendo for MDF Italia
Dezeen has teamed up with Aram Store in London to offer two readers the chance to win a Sag stool designed by Japanese studio Nendo. More
Nendo scatters mirrors across flower-arranging school for Kaleidoscopic Ivy installation
Over 40,000 shards of polished steel make up this installation by Nendo, which is designed as an "ivy of mirrors" spreading across a Japanese flower-arranging school. More
Nendo turns cups and plant pots into mini versions of Kartell's Componibili storage unit
Japanese studio Nendo has transformed cups, wine bottles and books into small versions of Kartell's iconic Componibili, a cylindrical storage unit created by Italian designer Anna Castelli Ferrieri in the 1960s. More
Nendo creates calm white sanctuary at Milan design week with Invisible Outlines exhibition
A cut-out mountainscape, wobbly jellyfish vases and tables that melt into bowls are among the items shown by Japanese brand Nendo at its Milan design week exhibition. More
Nendo designs patterns for Jil Sander by photographing layered shapes
Nendo's Objectextile collection for German fashion label Jil Sander features patterns made by photographing layers of objects suspended inside cubes and has been unveiled at Milan design week. More
Nendo's Flow furniture collection combines tables with giant bowls
Tabletops melt into bowls in Nendo's new furniture collection, which will make its debut at Milan design week. More
Nendo bases super-thin silicone vase on jellyfish
During this year's Milan design week, Nendo will submerge 30 of its new vases in an aquarium so that they gently move around like jellyfish. More
Nendo designs minimal branding for Bo-Bi pollution mask
Nendo has designed the branding for a dust mask widely used by people in Japan to protect themselves against pollution. More
Nendo launches timepiece inspired by air travel under new watch brand 10:10
Japanese studio Nendo has launched the inaugural collection from its new dedicated watch brand, which is now available to purchase from Dezeen Watch Store. More