oki
sato
nendo is a japanese design firm founded in 2002 by oki sato, who was born in toronto, canada in 1977. sato studied architecture at waseda university in tokyo and founded nendo in the same year he graduated. the company is known for its minimalist design …
A portrait built from oki sato's own colours
Every 2 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
