The American gallery Friedman Benda will present one author, Oka Sato, at the exhibition of collection design in Basel, Switzerland. Design Miami Basel will be held from 12 to 18 June.

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Japanese Oki Sato, studio Nendo, a productive and experienced designer of buildings, objects, accessories. Such masters are said to be practicing "from a spoon to a city." Collectible, short-run design - also in the field of long-standing interests of Sato.

Oki Sato, head of Nendo Studio.

The longstanding collaboration with Friedman Benda today led to the creation of an emotional and romantic furniture series. Tables and tables, consoles, benches - a whole family of 18 different items combined in color with blue watercolor gradient and cloud forms.

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Watercolor furniture collection is made of metal, but as if, like origami, a sheet of paper is made.

In order to better simulate a paper, pleasant to the touch surface, white matte paint is applied by hand in several layers. Metal frames and surfaces repeatedly, carefully polished and primed. At the last stage, blue stains are added, resembling abstract stains of water-based paint.

The paint is applied to the surface manually, in several layers.