On the occasion of Maison & Objet 2012, the Gallerie Pierre-Alain Challier and Specimen Editions
show for the first time in France a monographic exhibition and 14 new pieces of furniture signed by Japanese studio Nendo's designer Oki Sato, occupying the two floors of the gallery.
Titled "Object Dependency", the exhibit presents pieces of "weak furniture" that cannot stand independently until they are made structurally sound through the addition of an object. In addition to increasing stability, the accumulation of objects has other effects as well. It can change the angle of light emitted from a lamp, or expand a bookshelf. The collection is an exploration into new forms created by resetting the once-unquestioned relationship between furniture and objects.
On the first floor, the gallery shows a 2011 Nendo best-of: a serie of shelves and lamps from
exhibition "Dancing Squares", first presented at the Singapore Art Stage Fair 2011, and the transparent tables from from the exhibition "Textured Tansparancy", first presented at the Janone gallery in Milan, April 2011.
Nendo: Object Dependency
At Maison & Objet, the Japanese collective unveils a monographic exhibition and 14 new pieces.

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- 28 January 2012
- Paris
