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Squares by Nosigner
Tokyo 09: Japanese designer Nosigner presented a jewellery box with square drawers at Design Tide Tokyo earlier this week.
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Called Squares, the front of the piece is divided into squares of different sizes.
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The surface is pollished using a technique traditionally used for finishing mirror stands in the Tokushima prefecture of Japan.
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Drawers are only released if the central one is opened first.
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Nosigner also launched a collection of modular furniture called Unit at Design Tide Tokyo (see our previous story).
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Photographs are by HATTA.
Here's some text from Nosigner:
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SQUARES jewelry case
There are rectangles which could make different size of squares, called 'Perfect Rectangles'. SQUARES are accessory cases which were designed by these rectangle.
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The surface was polished by piano finish with sheepskin, which is a unique technique of making traditional mirror stand in Tokushima prefecture, Japan.
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Whole drawers of SQUARES are not open until the center drawer is open. This is a traditional trick used for Japanese drawer.
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(AWA : Kitatani x NOSIGNER)
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