Giant Robot Store and GR2 News

Cool piece about Nendo Design in the NY Times. From high design to standard form and function, the “small” design group that began in 2002 always makes a splash at design and furniture fairs. Their early works were of a different scale and budget but their works are usually fun. The article is inspiring and it makes you wish you were doing this too – and maybe you can. (NY Times – Nendo) The early Bubble Wrap Calendar is one to remember. Imagining popping a bubble each time… Affordable and cool. That’s how a lot of design companies need to start. Today, it’s off to the races. With Porter they make bags.   Furniture? Of course!  
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  You’d think that a Baby Cafe in Japan would be more perv. You, dressed up in a bib, baby clothing your size, a big breasted mamma serving up some different concoction of milk, a bonnet, a giant stroller, a huge crib, yes, you’re a perv if you thought this. Not us. But this is something more regular, it’s a cafe for the little ones that is designed for the little ones. It’s “legit” but not “legit” Akihabara. This one is in high rent area, Aoyama, where luxury stores live next to one another. It’s designed by Nendo and has a Tom Petty music video feel going on.. (Wired – Baby Cafe / Designboom – Baby Cafe)        
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