nendo: lacquered paper objects for nilufar gallery
‘lacquered paper-objects’ by nendo for nilufar gallery, 2012
all images by masayuki hayashi and courtesy the designer

nendo has developed ‘lacquered paper-objects’, a collection of three-dimensionally printed paper-constructed series of containers
for nilfur gallery to be shown during milan design week 2012. the japanese design studio created each vessel by combining
sheets of paper, pasted together by a 3D printer and then carved by hand in their workshop. the final step to developing the
containers includes applying the piece’s exterior with a thick lacquer in order to adhere the edges of its accumulated paper shape.
the resulting object is a vessel carved from paper which greatly resembles the raw material from which the refined objects have been formed.

nendo: lacquered paper objects for nilufar gallery
the lacquered paper-objects collection in full

nendo: lacquered paper objects for nilufar gallery

nendo: lacquered paper objects for nilufar gallery

nendo: lacquered paper objects for nilufar gallery
the small containers have been shaped in various formations to hold objects of many dimensions

nendo: lacquered paper objects for nilufar gallery
the two components stay joined by means of the inner lip of the bottom piece

nendo: lacquered paper objects for nilufar gallery
a single lacquered paper object

nendo: lacquered paper objects for nilufar gallery
the small containers in the beginning stages of their formation

nendo: lacquered paper objects for nilufar gallery
to complete the paper-constructed three dimensional objects, a layer of lacquer is applied to solidify the surface