The Peg Bed is part of a collection designed by the Japanese studio, Nendo, with sculptural curves and a flexible modern appearance. For this piece, the distinctive character of the series is expressed through sinuous lines that enliven the headboard and by the legs in solid turned ash wood (available in a bleached, oak, wengé or black finish).
Nendo
Japanese designer born, however in Canada in 1977. Sato graduated in 2000 and specialised in 2002 in architecture at Waseda University of Tokyo. Led by architect Oki Sato, the collective of professionals who have come together under the name Nendo have been representing a cultured and refined alternative to self-celebrated and egoriferous design since 2002. The Japanese term "Nendo", indeed, means "clay" and the work of the studio, which ranges from interior architecture to the world of furniture and graphics, aims to restore this image of flexibility and pliability inherent in matter. In 2003 he took part in the Salone Satellite in Milan, obtaining a Special Mention in the German magazine Design Report, and also won the design prize at the Tokyo Design Week. Later, he participated in all the major international fairs (Paris, Cologne, Stockholm, Milan), obtained the Good Design Award, is widely published by the magazine Abitare and noticed by numerous international companies. The following year, indeed, he simultaneously presented products for Oluce, De Padova and Swedese at the Salone di Milano. In 2006 Nendo began his collaboration with Cappellini. The road was now marked and Oki Sato/Nendo, in just a few years, revealed himself as one of the most promising designers on the international scene. At the 2007 edition of Euroluce, his Switch lamp for Oluce is absolutely among the most admired products.
Cappellini is an Italian design company, founded in Carugo in 1946 by Enrico Cappellini. Synonymous with originality, contemporaneity and experimentation, the brand produces quality furnishing elements for every type of space, residential and working. Born as an artisan company, the collections are characterized by simplicity and personality. Designed by the great names of international design, often discovered by the talent scout and corporate designer Giulio Cappellini. Among them, there are Jasper Morrison, Tom Dixon, Marcel Wanders, the Bouroullec brothers and Nendo. Iconic are products such as Cloud, Knotted Chair, Embryo Chair, Pylon Chair and many more.
The latter are recognized and exhibited in the most important museums in the world such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the MoMA in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The collection consisting of three divisions, Collection, Systems and Object Design, to meet every contemporary furniture need. The company has entered the new millennium inextricably linked to the world of image, irony, exploration and research. The collections are convincing: balanced, refined, recognizable products with a background of experimentalism.
The "style" of the brand is the intention to give space for the user to give their own personal interpretation to the products. Everything is designed to be used and experienced, the emotions related to the product are important for Cappellini.
