Nendo x 2 in London

Japanese design studio Nendo shows its first UK solo exhibition in London. The show is split in two parts at different locations and will be open to the public until October 31st.

Part 1, "Thin Black Lines", features a new series of bent, solid, tubular steel works on view at the Saatchi Gallery. Nendo explains: "Outlines were the theme of this collection. Slight black lines like the traces of sketches drawn in the air made transparent surfaces and volumes appear, which we assigned practical functions. The outlines remained after simplifying paintings of plants and animals. They are condensed expressions of meaning, similar to Japanese calligraphy. The designs gently break the relationship of before and behind, and traverse at times the space between two and three dimensions. Multi-faceted and constantly morphing, they move alternately between the becoming and collapse of form."

Part 2, "Blurry White Surfaces", offers the UK audience a greater sense of Nendo’s design ethos with an installation of pieces from their recent repertoire, including works such as the "Cord" chair and the "Fade-out" chair. This part will be composed primarily of work shown in the "Ghost Stories" solo show that toured New York and Milan. The show brought together pieces that explored unusual techniques and materials and manipulated textures as a way of creating ambiguous objects with an eerily faint presence – objects that seem to appear, disappear, and reappear.

Nendo: Thin Black Lines

September 20th to October 31st, 2010

Phillips de Pury & Company at Saatchi Gallery, London

Nendo: Blurry White Surfaces

Exhibition from September 22nd to October 31st, 2010

Phillips de Pury & Company, London

www.phillipsdepury.com

Images: All Photos by Masayuki Hayashi

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