Nendo designs Fusion furniture and homeware collection for BoConcept
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of furniture and homeware for Danish brand BoConcept, which includes a seat that appears to hug itself and accessories with patterns based on origami.
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The thirteen-piece Fusion range was designed by Nendo to blend elements of Japanese and Danish design.
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"Like the collection's name suggests, we wanted to create new functions and visual effects by fusing together two different elements," said Nendo.
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Accessories in the range for BoConcept are patterned with geometric forms based on the Japanese paper-folding art of origami.
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"Our first idea was to use origami, the traditional Japanese art of bending a two-dimensional sheet of paper to make a three-dimensional object," said the designers.
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These shapes wrap around the outside of a series of cups, echoed by similar patterns inside that are designed to look like various animals.
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Nendo also applied the patterns to cushions, rugs, plates and trays, in a range of colours.
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On the plates, the folds are made into two-way symmetrical patterns to create kaleidoscopic effects.
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A flat day bed has four loose block-shaped cushions in different sizes that can be arranged to accommodate different seating positions.
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An armchair appears to be bent into shape from a flat section, the back curling up to hug the folded arms.
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There's also a footstool that has rounded wooden legs that match the supports for the chair. All of these furniture pieces come upholstered in leather or fabric.
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White tables are modelled on pairs of spectacles, with two circular surfaces that look like lenses and legs that echo the frames.
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Each table consists of two pairs of "glasses", sharing a leg that acts as a pivot point so the shorter element can rotate beneath the other.
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Shelving units are offset from their backboards so they slot together side by side to form a wall system.
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The collection also features wooden accessories including a wall clock with scissors for hands, a reversible holder for candles and tea lights, and ornaments shaped like abstract birds with tiny cones for beaks.
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Nendo is one of today's most prolific design studios, working on everything from furniture and interiors to sunglasses and shoes in the last few months.
Photography is by BoConcept.