Posted on 5/27/2016
A unique installation that spans the fields of art, furniture and graphic design, “50 Manga Chairs” is the creation of Japanese design studio Nendo, in collaboration with New York gallery Friedman Benda, which has made its debut in this year’s Milan design week at the Basilica Minore di San Simpliciano.
Inspired by the iconography of manga comics, Nendo has created a series of 50 polished stainless steel chairs that while adhering to a minimal, modernist aesthetic nonetheless come alive in expressionistic bravado. For those that missed the exhibition in Milan, it will be re-staged at the Friedman Benda gallery in New York on September 8 until October 15.
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