Japanese studio Nendo has created a series of multi-functional kitchenware lids, which are designed to imitate hand movements like pinching and pushing. More about Nendo creates kitchenware lids that imitate hand movements
Japanese studio Nendo used "puzzle-like" joinery when designing this all-wooden chair for Fritz Hansen, which will launch at this year's Milan design week. More about Nendo designs Fritz Hansen's first entirely wooden chair for 61 years
Japanese studio Nendo has created a series of four unconventionally shaped hourglasses, carved from blocks of transparent acrylic. More about Nendo attempts to "design time" with set of unconventional hourglasses
Nendo has designed a group of mini cheesecakes to look like trees within a snowy landscape for the Japanese confectionary company Flanders. More about Nendo designs cheesecake in the style of a snowy Japanese landscape
Paper light sculptures by renowned Japanese artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi served as the inspiration for this range of table lamps by Nendo. More about Nendo creates acrylic light sculptures in tribute to Isamu Noguchi
Nendo has designed a wireless speaker for Japanese brand Bunaco, using a thin strip of coiled beech wood trapped inside a transparent casing. More about Nendo exploits acoustic properties of beech wood for transparent Bunaco speaker
Japanese studio Nendo has created a collection of furniture and accessories in its trademark minimalist style for Chinese lifestyle brand Zens. More about Nendo creates Kanji-inspired furniture and stone-shaped tableware for Zens
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 about Competition: win an Aram stool designed by Nendo for GAN
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 about Nendo designs transportable toilet for natural disaster victims
Tasked with reinventing the zipper, Nendo has come up with five different fastenings, each designed to suit a different function. More about Nendo designs five alternatives to the standard zipper
Nendo has used brush strokes in soft, pastel hues for a range of minimal packaging for an organic cosmetics company. More about Nendo creates minimal, painterly branding for cosmetics brand Naturaglacé
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 about Nendo creates torch rolled from a single sheet of paper
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 about "Technology should look like something in your grandmother's room" says Oki Sato
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 about Nendo designs soy seasoning dispenser to rival iconic Kikkoman bottle
Stacked soil walls resemble layers of cake in this chocolate and ice cream shop in Kichijoji, Tokyo, designed by Japanese studio Nendo. More about Nendo designs Tokyo store interior to look like "melted ice cream cake"
Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has now moved into urban design, unveiling its massive CoFuFun plaza near Kyoto. More about Nendo looks to ancient Japanese tombs for first landscape architecture project
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 about Competition: win a Sag stool designed by Nendo for MDF Italia
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 about Nendo scatters mirrors across flower-arranging school for Kaleidoscopic Ivy installation
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 about Nendo turns cups and plant pots into mini versions of Kartell's Componibili storage unit
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 about Nendo creates calm white sanctuary at Milan design week with Invisible Outlines exhibition