The big hitters
It seems that every year, Nendo impresses the most when it comes to Japanese contributions to Italy's Salone del Mobile Milano — and the 2017 event was no exception. Nendo's "Invisible Outlines" exhibition — 16 projects that explore our perception of objects — included patterned fabrics derived from 3-D visualizations and installations that delineated movement with metalwork lines. The most talked-about work, however, was the "Jellyfish Vase," an illuminated aquarium housing diaphanous vases made from ultra-thin transparent silicone that drifted and swayed to the controlled movements of water.
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