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Cabbage Chairs, 2008 Pleated paper Each: 28 x 26 x 30 inches 71.1 x 66 x 76.2 cm

Friedman Benda EXHIBITION nendo: ghost stories

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Friedman Benda is pleased to present Ghost Stories, the first New York exhibition by the Tokyo-based architecture and design group, nendo. With Ghost Stories, nendo will show a constellation of forty sculptural works known as Cabbage Chairs, in a dreamlike interior landscape of his own design. The Cabbage Chair was initially shown in the groundbreaking exhibition "XXIst Century Man," staged and directed by Mr. Miyake at 21_21 Design Site in Tokyo in June 2008.

The exhibition's Cabbage Chairs are nendo's answer to the challenge posed by fashion designer Issey Miyake to create a futuristic object that would convey "how man will live in the 21st century." Miyake's concern for environmental and sociological crises facing the contemporary world propelled him to seek innovative living solutions from basic human creativity.