{"id":46074,"date":"2018-10-22T04:57:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T11:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webdesignledger.com\/?p=46074"},"modified":"2018-11-29T05:44:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T12:44:01","slug":"water-color-inspired-furniture-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdesignledger.com\/water-color-inspired-furniture-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Color Inspired Furniture Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nendo.jp\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nendo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a Japanese design studio, has announced that they will be releasing a new collection of steel furniture. The sturdy 18-piece set has unique designs scattered across each item. The design has been inspired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/webdesignledger.com\/graphics\/\">haze-like affect water colors have on paper.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46078 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/webdesignledger.pub.network\/WDL\/50969ba0-nendo4-970x647.jpg\" alt=\"water color design\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 970px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 970\/647;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46078\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/webdesignledger.pub.network\/WDL\/50969ba0-nendo4-970x647.jpg\" alt=\"water color design\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All of the pieces are solid white with a gradient blue \u201cwatercolor\u201d design, unique to each piece.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The furniture collection itself consists of end tables, chairs, benches, and even combinations never before seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;This combination of function and a seemingly handcrafted technique has brought about eighteen new shapes that also offer new ways of use,&#8221; said Oki Sato, founder of Nendo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;A single object has a single function, but by combining the furniture in different variations, we can create new relationships and interesting stories,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46077 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/webdesignledger.pub.network\/WDL\/71dc9845-nendo3-970x546.jpg\" alt=\"water color\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 970px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 970\/546;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46077\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/webdesignledger.pub.network\/WDL\/71dc9845-nendo3-970x546.jpg\" alt=\"water color\" width=\"970\" height=\"546\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shapes of the furniture are rounded and smooth, which gives a very modern tone to the otherwise industrial looking steel. Before painting, the steel went through multiple stages of hand sanding to get that seamless finish. This also allows them to pull of the hand-made steel furniture look.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;This production process allowed us the opportunity to play with animated colour effects: colour blends where there are meeting points, and stains and colour run down in a waterfall effect on overlapping parts of multi-layered objects,&#8221; Nendo explains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The detail doesn\u2019t stop there. Nendo wanted to mimic the effect watercolors have on paper, hince the white base layer. The white isn\u2019t a normal gloss white. Instead, Nendo went with a matte finish in order to portray the paper properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46076 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/webdesignledger.pub.network\/WDL\/9254926f-nendo2-970x647.jpg\" alt=\"water color\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 970px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 970\/647;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46076\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/webdesignledger.pub.network\/WDL\/9254926f-nendo2-970x647.jpg\" alt=\"water color\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the designs are simple enough, but you can really see Nendo\u2019s creativity blossom with many of their unique pieces. For some of the more simple steel furniture designs, they merely folded a sheet of steel over to create a sitting surface. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, on the opposite end of the spectrum, you have tables like the one pictured above. Each surface is connected by the legs of another table. You can also see holes in various places to allow the legs to pass through. All this, described by Nendo, as an \u201cintersection of ellipses.\u201d Each surface is only about two millimeters thick, and each support rod an astonishing 20, creating an \u201cairy\u201d appearance and \u201cethereal and transcendent\u201d affect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46075 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/webdesignledger.pub.network\/WDL\/026413ce-nendo1-970x647.jpg\" alt=\"water color design\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 970px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 970\/647;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46075\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/webdesignledger.pub.network\/WDL\/026413ce-nendo1-970x647.jpg\" alt=\"water color design\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This new collection will be presented by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friedmanbenda.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friedman Benda<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Miami Design\/Basel in Switzerland from June 11-17 this year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think? Could you see any of these pieces being a success? Furthermore, can you see yourself using any of them? We hope big things will come out of this simplistic yet eye-catching collection.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nendo, a Japanese design studio, has announced that they will be releasing a new collection of steel furniture. The sturdy 18-piece set has unique designs scattered across each item. The design has been inspired by the haze-like affect water colors have on paper. 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