Japanese designer

Oki Sato

on his playful approach to design

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By Oksana Semenova

Oki Sato

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By Oksana Semenova

• Famous and prolific

• Can work on 400 projects at a time

• Simplicity is the Key

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• A designer is close to a chef

• or a mom opening a fridge

Oki Sato

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• less is better

• less is more

• function = fun

• talkative objects

Oki Sato

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By Oksana Semenova

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• walking the same route can bring ideas

• has a dog

• technology is dangerous because it allows you to create things beyond your imagination

• sushi and sashimi = fresh, you just cut the raw fish and then you serve

Oki Sato

​ He met and had close working relationships with the famous fashion designer -Issey Miyake

By Oksana Semenova

Oki Sato

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• Paper Chair

By Oksana Semenova

​Oki Sato created Cabbage Chair in response to Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake’s request that he design a furniture piece out of the pleated paper produced in mass quantities during the process of making pleated fabric and usually abandoned as an unwanted by-product. Finding a new use for this waste material, Sato, with his design company, Nendo, transformed a roll of pleated paper into a small chair that appears naturally when peeled back one layer at a time. This simple design exploits the inherent qualities of the medium; resins added during the paper production process add strength and memory to the forms, and the pleats themselves give the chair elasticity and resilience. Sato’s design also incorporates the user in the design process; the chair is shipped as one compact roll for the user to cut open and peel back.

Oki Sato

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By Oksana Semenova

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• Perfection is boring

• Advice to young designers - always pick up the first idea!

• Making things better is design!