nendo: pyggy bank at tokyo designers week 2010
the unconventional 'pyggy bank' offers money savers a pig-snouted bottle and jar in which to collect their hard-earned coins.
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‘pyggy bank’ by nendo / design concept is designed for isetan departmant store‘s ‘piggy bank collection’ exhibition which is being held as part of tokyo designers week. unravelling the history of the piggy bank, nendo learned that the name for the money collecting objects, dates back to medieval europe, when unused coins were saved in household jars made of unglazed reddish clay, or ‘pygg’. a play on words from ‘pygg’ to ‘pigg’ led to the piggy bank, as we know it today.
nendo’s ‘pyggy bank’ takes this history into consideration as its design concept. its form offers money savers a pig-snouted bottle and jar, existing somewhere between ‘pygg’ and ‘pig’, made from unglazed fired clay, in which individuals can place their hard-earned coins.
piggy bank collection isetan department store in shinjuku 5F / 1F show window on now until november 9th. 2010
pig-snouted jar and bottle for collecting money
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