Nendo works with Japanese artisans to create bent-wire baskets
Japanese design studio Nendo has collaborated with Kyoto wire netting firm Kanaami-Tsuji to create a set of minimal basket containers (+ slideshow).
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Nendo's powder-coated Container baskets are composed of individually hand-bent wires and held in frames, turning them into slim stands for tight spaces.
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Japanese kana-ami wire netting cooking utensils, used to dip foods like tofu into boiling water, have been made by artisans in Kyoto for over a thousand years.
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"We created this basket in collaboration with Kanaami-Tsuji, a Kyoto-based wire netting firm that preserves the craft's traditions and develops it for contemporary living and future generations," said a spokesperson for the studio, which is headed up by Japanese designer Oki Sato.
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The stands come in three heights and two shapes, rectangular and oval, which hold the baskets or support a flat surface. The legs are slim enough to slot through the gaps in the netting, allowing the tables to be stacked.
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The collection is available exclusively through Seibu department stores in Japan, as part of the studio's by|n range.
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Nendo has also designed a wire lighting series using the same technique, launched earlier this year for the same collection.
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Other recent projects by the studio include 3D-moulded light shades made from washi paper and a collection of contemporary chopsticks made in collaboration with a traditional manufacturer from the town of Obama in Japan's Fukui Prefecture.
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Photography is by Akihiro Yoshida.