![]() ![]() Moreover the pair, N + N, have given all the products born of their cooperative design process original names: “Shelves in a comic”, “Paper Ice Cream” or “Fish skin on the roof”, to name just a few. And so it went back and forth in just a few days the result not only being a great many exciting sketches, but seven different products, and a friendship. And Luca sent his to Oki, who got to work developing them. So, Oki sent his draft ideas to Luca, who continued work on them. For there is a method in Japanese poetry whereby one person begins and writes the first few lines – kami no ku – while the other then finishes the poem – shimo no ku. Japanese poetry even played its part here. Oki Sato came up with an idea of how to make it work without the two being in the same place. Then they started trying it out themselves. First the two designers met for a coffee and had a chat about design and collaborations between designers such as Sottsass and Kuramata. But it also stands for a highly productive dialog between Luca and Oki, Nichetto and Sato, Italy and Japan, Venice and Tokyo. ![]()
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