CEO / Chief Designer
Oki Sato
| 1977 | Born in Toronto, Canada |
| 2002 | M.A. in Architecture, Waseda University, Tokyo Established “nendo” Tokyo office |
| 2005 | Established “nendo” Milan office |
| 2006 | “The 100 Most Respected Japanese” (Newsweek magazine) |
| 2007 | “The Top 100 Small Japanese Companies” (Newsweek magazine) |
| 2010 | A jury member of iF award |
| 2012 | Lecturer for Waseda University, Tokyo “Designer of the Year” (Wallpaper* magazine) “Designer of the Year” (ELLE DECO International Design Awards) |
| 2013 | Toronto Interior Design Show 「Guest of Honor」（加） Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 「Guest of Honor」 |
| 2015 | “Designer of the Year” (Maison & Objet) “Interior Designers of the Year” (Iconic Awards) “CHANGE MAKER OF THE YEAR 2015” (Nikkei Online) |
| 2016 | “Designers Hot List” Number one (dezeen) A producer of World Design Capital Taipei Jury Chair for the Golden Pin Design Award |
| 2017 | “Store Design of the Year Award” (WORLD RETAIL AWARD 2017) |
| 2018 | “2018 Blueprint Award for Design” (Blueprint Awards 2018) |
| 2019 | “Designer of the Year 2019” (AW Architektur & Wohnen magazine) “Industrial Designer” (Design Anthology Awards 2019) |