Isungulwe ngonyaka we-2002 yiqembu labaphothule iziqu zezakhiwo abasanda kuvakashela iMilan Design Fair, nendo selokhu laba yisitudiyo semiklamo eyahlukahlukene esaziwa umhlaba wonke esibhekele konke kusuka ekwakhiweni kwemakethi ye-Starbucks nokuklama okudayisa izicathulo zeCamper kuya kumakhekhe e-ayisikhilimu weHäagen-Dazs nemiklamo yefenisha yeCappellini. Eqanjwe ngegama lesiJapane elisho ubumba lwezingane, iNendo njengamanje isebenza ngabasunguli bayo u-Oki Sato no-Akihiro Ito nabasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-30 ekomkhulu labo eTokyo.

Muva nje, isitudiyo sihlanganyele ne-Alcantara SpA - umkhiqizi wase-Italy we I-Alcantara - futhi wethula umbukiso wephrojekthi owawubanjwe ngokuhlanganyela nowakamuva I-EXPO Milano 2015 ngoMeyi.

Kusetshenziswa izinto zokwenziwa kwendwangu yenkampani - esetshenziselwe ukumboza indawo namafomu ezinhlotsheni ezahlukahlukene zezicelo ezisukela ezindlini zezimoto nezama-yacht kuya ezindlini zokwakha kusukela ngawo-1970s - izingqimba zikaNendo zagoqeka, zagoqwa futhi zanamathela izingcezu eziningi ukudala okungachazwa njenge 'Igoli le-Alcantrara'. Igogi elivelile, elenziwa kusetshenziswa imibala eminingi yalolo daba, labe selicutshungulwa njengelogi lendabuko lokhuni ukudala izingcezu zamapulangwe ezaveza lokho uNendo akubiza ngokuthi “izindandatho zezihlahla ze-Alcantara”.

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Ngokuqondene nokuthi impahla ingasetshenziselwa ini, inkampani iveze ukuthi ingasetshenziselwa yonke into kusuka kuphansi kuya kumiklamo yefenisha, njengoba ihlolwe ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa kwempahla.

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Thola okuningi ngokukhomba ku nendo.

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