Friedman Benda and nendo are pleased to present ‘nendo sees Kyoto’. Initially presented across historic, World Cultural Heritage sites in Kyoto, Japan, ‘nendo sees Kyoto’ saw the design practice, led by Oki Sato, collaborate for the first time with six local master artisans, each steeped in ancient Japanese craft methodologies. The resultant far-reaching body of work sees traditional Japanese materials, techniques and cultural objects recast through nendo’s pioneering lens. Marking their US debut, the select pieces displayed in this iteration of the exhibition hybridize temporalities; at once honoring the past while integrating it with forward-looking material technologies and visual choices. #nendo fuu-raijin [Pair], 2021 by @nendo_official Photography by Takumi Ota, Hiroshi Iwasaki. nendo sees kyoto / Friedman Benda / September 22 - October 15, 2022.