megane by nendo is a a pair of glasses that have a very simple construction. Designed for ELECOM, they’re unfolded for use, and folded up when not. Realizing that this construction would work well for a smartphone stand, nendo replaced the two lenses with transparent suction cups, making these ‘glasses’ (‘megane’ in Japanese) into a smartphone stand.
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This is the new iphone + ipad stand for ELECOM. Designed by nendo, the stand seems to cast a shadow like a single flower in a vase. A design that plays with the illusion of presence and absence by abstractly imitating the shadows created by light shone on an object.
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