Desalto Softer Than Steel Coat Stand
SOFTER THAN STEEL COAT STAND
SOFTER THAN STEEL COAT STAND
Designed By Nendo, 2014
“A section of the bench has flipped up and turned into the backrest. Poles wrap around each other to become a coat stand. By adding flipped, bent and wrapped details to metal sheets and rods, the ordinarily hard metal gain new functionality and a light, flexible feel, as though the metal has become paper or cloth”.
Nendo
DESIGNER
NENDO
Oki Sato is Chief Designer and Founder of nendo. Born in 1977 in Toronto, Canada, he received his M.Arch. from Waseda University, Tokyo in 2002. He established the design studio “nendo” in the same year.
His activity in the design world has not been limited to only one area but is rather multifarious, spanning from graphic and product design to designing furniture, installations, windows and interiors, and even reaches into the realm of architecture.
He has been chosen by the Neewsweek magazine as one of “The 100 Most Respected Japanese” and won many “Designer of the Year” mention by Wallpaper and Elle Decor magazines.
Nendo can be found in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and Centre Pompidou in Paris.
INFORMATION
BACKREST
A section of the bench has flipped up and turned into the backrest.
PRODUCTION
Made In Italy
PRODUCT TYPE
Coat Stand
WRAP
Poles wrap around each other to become a coat stand.
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2014
ITEM NAME
Softer-than-steel
BRAND
Desalto
DESIGNER
Nendo
MATERIAL
Coat stand in matt lacquered steel bar.
DIMENSIONS
- Height : 169 cm
- Width 30 x 32 cm
DETAILS
Steel rods softly twist, becoming acoat hanger that goes further the mere functionality and becomes a sculptural object.
FINISHES
Structure : Lacquers
