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Nendo: Chocolatexture

In a limited-time-only chocolate lounge conceived for the awarding ceremony of “Designer of the Year Maison&Objet 2015”, Nendo presents its new chocolate concept.

Awarded “Designer of the Year” of Maison&Objet 2015, Nendo created 400 Chocolatexture chocolate sets, on sale for a limited time, in order to allow on-the-spot tasting.

Several pieces of furniture announced in the past by Nendo which had a “soft melting feel” were selected from across companies such as Cappellini, Desalto, Glas Italia, Emeco, Offecct, and Moroso which were custom-coloured to resemble chocolate and were placed inside the lounge.

The lounge area is surrounded by a forest of 2,000 8mm-thick aluminum pipes, each of which is carefully painted at the appropriate height in chocolate-coloured gradations, creating the feeling of one being surrounded by “a rippling large molten chocolate wave”.

The chocolatexture lounge is neither a café, nor an exhibition, nor an installation, but a place to experience and enjoy nendo through the five senses.

Cocoa’s country of origin, kind, percentage content, technique of the chocolatier’s, the flavours inside... There are many factors that determine a chocolate’s taste. In coming up with a new chocolate concept, Nendo turned its attention not to such factors, but to the chocolate’s “shape.” The nine different types of chocolate are made within the same size, 26 x 26 x 26 mm, featuring pointed tips, hollow interiors, smooth or rough surface textures and, while the raw materials are identical, the distinctive textures create different tastes.