The Toru toaster highlights Nendo's ability to give objects their own essence. With just a few, but well-measured brush strokes, an object of elegant proportions is designed, which appears even more striking through the use of steel. "Toru" means "through" in Japanese, and in this toaster, a black, tubular element that seems to traverse the body of the objects becomes a pair of handles that solve a functional necessity in a formally original way.