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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 days ago
Renovation

kengo kuma sculpts radiating hinoki louvres throughout new library in chikujo, japan

Kengo Kuma and Associates transformed a former public hall into a timber-filled library in rural Fukuoka, enhancing its scale and atmosphere.
fromColossal
10 hours ago

Misato Sano's Charming Wooden Dogs Are Carved With Personality

Visualizing my inner self through expressions and gestures full of charm and humor has also become an opportunity to deepen my self-love.
Pets
Arts
fromColossal
1 day ago

Yamamoto Masao's Otherworldly Portraits Introduce Us to Expressive Owls

Yamamoto Masao's photographs evoke emotional connections between image and memory, focusing on owls and their diminishing habitats.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
4 days ago

I thought this Tokyo museum would be a major tourist trap. It ended up being a highlight of my first trip to Japan.

TeamLab Planets quickly made a name for itself after opening its doors in 2018. It holds the Guinness World Record for the most-visited museum dedicated to a single group or artist, bringing in more than 2.5 million visitors from April 2023 to March 2024.
Digital life
London music
fromElite Traveler
5 days ago

How Japan's Listening Bar Culture Conquered the World

Listening bars are immersive spaces that enhance music appreciation, originating from Japan and gaining global popularity in the 2010s.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 week ago

Your Carry-On Isn't Ready for Cherry Blossom Season in Japan - These 9 Designs Are - Yanko Design

Camera (1) is a compact, metal-bodied camera designed for ease of use, featuring a single-edge control layout that allows for quick adjustments without navigating a touchscreen. This design is particularly beneficial during cherry blossom season when moments are fleeting and require immediate capture.
Photography
Arts
fromArtnet News
5 days ago

Labubu Gets a Star Turn on the Big Screen-Plus a Rundown of the Latest in Asia's Art World | Artnet News

Asia's art markets are experiencing significant developments with major sales and new art fairs emerging amidst cautious buyer sentiment.
#isamu-noguchi
SOMA, SF
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 weeks ago

reflective lights and moire pattern adorn hajime sorayama and matt copson's AFEELA art cars

Sony Honda Mobility collaborates with artists Hajime Sorayama and Matt Copson to transform the AFEELA 1 electric car into unique art vehicles, with installations in Los Angeles and Tokyo.
Berlin
fromTravel + Leisure
3 weeks ago

The 9 Best Museums in Tokyo-With Ancient History, Stunning Architecture, and Dazzling Immersive Exhibits

Tokyo contains nine exceptional museums ranging from prestigious national institutions to specialized collections, with the National Art Center standing out for its architectural design and diverse rotating exhibitions.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 week ago

British artist Simon Fujiwara tackles Guernica, syphilis and the death of a Japanese pornstar in Luxembourg survey exhibition

This depicts Guernica after the battle. The figures are no longer fighting. They're in a giant pile. They're exhausted and there's a sunrise on a new day behind them. The title of the work is A Whole New World (for Who?). It's asking what's going to happen after the conflicts that we have. Who's going to be taken into that new world?
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#residential-architecture
Graphic design
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Issey Miyake's trippy new sunglasses are inspired by pottery

Issey Miyake's Uroko sunglasses blend pottery-inspired design with eight curved lenses, combining 3D printing technology and Japanese craftsmanship to create unique, textured eyewear.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 weeks ago

8 Best Japanese Spring Home Upgrades That Make Tiny Rooms Feel Like a Wabi-Sabi Sanctuary - Yanko Design

Japanese design philosophy emphasizes deliberate minimalism where less means intentional rather than empty, achieved through functional objects rooted in craft traditions and spatial intelligence.
fromColossal
2 weeks ago

Restrained Emotions Simmer in Shinsuke Inoue's Tender Wood Sculptures

I have virtually no idea what the finished piece will look like until I actually begin working with the wood. As a result, the form often emerges as I carve, and I frequently change my plans midway through the process. Naturally, I keep the many failures a secret.
Arts
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 weeks ago

Monologue Cafe / SOSOKKI ANAC

Monologue A Walker in Time's Soliloquy originates from a speculative narrative imagining that the Earth has undergone a reset. The project begins with a simple question: if an ancient civilization once existed before this reset, and a monastery had been built within that forgotten world, what architectural form might it have taken?
Renovation
#takashi-murakami
fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago
Arts

Juxtapoz Magazine - Takashi Murakami: Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme's Genesis @ Perrotin, Los Angeles

fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago
Arts

Juxtapoz Magazine - Takashi Murakami: Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme's Genesis @ Perrotin, Los Angeles

Toronto Raptors
fromDefector
1 month ago

New Japan Makes, The World Takes | Defector

Tomohiro Ishii, a 50-year-old New Japan Pro Wrestling mid-card wrestler, maintains authenticity through his unwavering commitment to a consistent wrestling formula despite being past his prime.
#japanese-architecture
fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Kumamoto Exhibition Explores Shoei Yoh's Pioneering Timber Structures and Computational Design

fromArchDaily
2 months ago
Design

"Built Environment: An Alternative Guide to Japan" Exhibition in Montreal Examines Resilient Japanese Architecture

fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

Kumamoto Exhibition Explores Shoei Yoh's Pioneering Timber Structures and Computational Design

fromArchDaily
2 months ago
Design

"Built Environment: An Alternative Guide to Japan" Exhibition in Montreal Examines Resilient Japanese Architecture

Renovation
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 weeks ago

This Crumbling Kyoto Home Was Rebuilt as a Wabi-Sabi Sanctuary - and Every Detail Is Intentional - Yanko Design

A Kyoto renovation restores a traditional Sukiya residence by removing decades of alterations, creating livable spaces that honor historical principles while serving contemporary needs.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Remembering Axel Burrough, Kazumasa Nagai, and Eliane Radigue

The art world recently lost pioneering figures including an electronic music innovator, architects, sculptors, muralists, and illustrators who shaped cultural institutions and public spaces globally.
Graphic design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

issey miyake crafts sunglasses with eight concave lenses inspired by japanese ceramic works

Issey Miyake Eyes releases UROKO sunglasses featuring eight concave lenses inspired by Japanese potter Shoji Kamoda's ceramic works, combining 3D printing with traditional craftsmanship aesthetics.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Do what you really want to do while you're still alive': Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese guitar hero surfing a second wave in his 70s

Masayoshi Takanaka, a 72-year-old Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, is experiencing a career resurgence with his first UK solo performances in 50 years, including two nights at Brixton Academy and a summer festival headline.
Miscellaneous
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 weeks ago

curved twin volumes shape the risonare shimonoseki hotel along japan's kanmon strait

RISONARE Shimonoseki is a 187-room waterfront hotel designed by Nihon Sekkei and Klein Dytham Architecture that interprets Shimonoseki's coastal landscape through curved architectural forms and integrates local ecology, culture, and maritime identity into spatial experiences.
Design
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

When Architects Design Time: Tadao Ando and the Meaning of Youth

Tadao Ando designed a green apple-shaped watch for Cauny's Architects of Time Series, symbolizing youth as a lifelong attitude rather than a life stage, inspired by Samuel Ullman's poem.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 weeks ago

sculptural steel ladder imitates the flowing geometries of brass musical instruments

SO KOIZUMI DESIGN has developed Resonique, a ladder that explores the relationship between functional structure and sculptural form. The project draws on the structural logic of ladders while referencing the flowing geometries associated with brass musical instruments. Through this combination, the object shifts from a purely utilitarian tool toward a design piece that engages both function and spatial presence.
Design
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
3 weeks ago

5 Floating Designs That Look Like Photoshop (But They're Real) - Yanko Design

Floating design lifts architectural elements from the ground to create visual lightness, spatial clarity, and refined interventions that balance engineering precision with aesthetic intent.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
4 weeks ago

A Light Addition / Office MI-JI

A renovation adds a second story with bedrooms, bathroom, and garden above an existing single-story house, utilizing existing steel structure to maximize space and light on a tight site.
fromTime Out London
1 month ago

Japanese jazz fusion legend Masayoshi Takanaka headlining a London city pop music festival this summer

Masayoshi Takanaka, the Japanese king of spangly, summery jazz fusion, is headlining a massive festival in London this summer. The legendary Tokyo-born guitarist, composer and producer is set to headline the London instalment of a global festival series called City Pop Waves at Crystal Palace Bowl in August.
London music
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

These Sculptural Japanese Lamps Come in 100 Colors for $150 - Yanko Design

Designed by Michael Kritzer, an industrial designer with Red Dot, iF, and Cannes Lions awards to his name, Dollights are inspired by creative Kokeshi dolls, those beautifully varied Japanese wooden figures that range from traditional to wildly expressive. The connection isn't literal. You won't mistake these for dolls on a shelf. But the DNA is there in the proportions, that satisfying relationship between a rounded head and a tapered body, the way each silhouette feels like it has its own quiet personality.
Design
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Japan's Art Market Registers Modest Growth: Report. Plus, a Rundown of the Latest in Asia's Art World | Artnet News

Japan's art market grew two percent to $692 million in 2024 despite global contraction, with dealers dominating sales and most transactions under $10,000.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

This Artist Creates Superhero and Comic Watercolors With Traditional Japanese Motifs

Justin Bieber for Calvin Klein Spring 2015 Ad Campaign In A Parallel Universe: Artist Exposes Sexism By Switching Up Gender Roles In Old-School Ads Russian Blogger Makes Parodies Out Of Celebrity Photos, And More Than 20,000 Followers On Instagram Approve 10 Famous Movie Titles Written Using Negative Space The World of Modern Graphic Design & Typography by Kyle Kemink Chinese Tech Companies Hiring 'Pretty' Girls to Motivate Male Employees by Chatting, Playing Ping Pong and Buying them Breakfast
Typography
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

What Do You Think of Asia's Biennials? We Want to Know | Artnet News

Asia hosts multiple concurrent biennials serving as cultural, economic, and political tools for cities and nations to promote themselves globally and develop local art markets.
fromBoard Game Quest
1 month ago

Sand Art Review

Sand Art is a game by Kory Jordan and published by 25th Century Games for two to four players ages 10 and up. It takes about an hour to play, and has you collecting resources and then coloring in a bottle, making art in a bottle out of sand, in case the name didn't give away the plot. Gameplay Overview: Sand Art has you gathering and mixing sand, which is used to fill your bottle.
Board games
fromOpen Culture
2 months ago

Discover Ichi-go Ichie, the Japanese Art of Savoring Every Moment

The Bud­dhis­ti­cal­ly inflect­ed " ichi-go ichi‑e" is just one in the vast library of yoji­juku­go, high­ly con­densed apho­ris­tic expres­sions writ­ten with just four char­ac­ters. (Oth­er coun­tries with Chi­nese-influ­enced lan­guages have their ver­sions, includ­ing sajaseon­geo in Korea and chéngyǔ in Chi­na itself.) It descends, as the sto­ry goes, from a slight­ly longer say­ing favored by the six­teenth-cen­tu­ry tea mas­ter Sen no Rikyū, " ichi-go ni ichi-do " (一期に一度).
Mindfulness
fromArchitectural Digest
5 months ago

9 Tokyo Airbnbs as Dynamic as the Capital City Itself

And while the convenience and amenities of a hotel stay may be tempting, renting an Airbnb just off the beaten path is an even better way to experience the city like a local. The bustling capital encompasses a dynamic mix of cultural sights, impressive culinary experiences, and globally-renowned shopping landmarks-from the vibrant Harajuku district to the Edo-era Senso-ji Temple-that make it one of the most bucket-listed travel destinations in the world.
Travel
Remodel
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Ki Residence / Studio Sanshou

A 360-degree turnstile functions as a rotating interior wall that conceals or reveals pink-hued surfaces and a maroon shelf, reshaping spatial experience.
#product-design
Photography
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Villa Boso / Kenichi Teramoto / office of Teramoto

A villa was designed and built entirely without concrete as a contemporary reinterpretation of vernacular architecture and critique of concrete-dependent construction.
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

Naoto Fukasawa on Poetic Observation and Designing the realme 16 Pro Urban Wild - Yanko Design

Urban Wild Design transforms smartphones into organic, jewelry-like objects through bio-based textures and polished frames, reflecting settled optimal size and everyday emotional attachment.
fromAnOther
1 month ago

Chiharu Shiota, the Artist Making Human Connection Tangible

Known most for her large-scale artworks created from vast, intricate networks of thread, she developed her unique practice to make tangible the endless speculative configurations of human connections - something to be experienced rather than defined. But by asking her to describe her new exhibition, Threads of Life at the Hayward Gallery, I'm dragging her back into a reductive world of language. "If I wanted to express myself in words, if I could explain in words, I'd rather write," she says. "So I want to build visually, and I want to create visually. What I want to describe is beyond words."
Arts
#contemporary-art
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Engawa in Ninotaira / HAMS and, Studio

A renovation transforms a 60-year-old Hakone house by integrating valley-scale topography through layers of enclosure into a continuous interior spatial experience.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

5 Sushi-Inspired Designs For Japanese Product Fans That Look So Realistic You'll Want to Eat Them - Yanko Design

Sushi exemplifies minimalist design—clarity, precision, and restraint guide creators to prioritize essential elements and function for lasting, purposeful aesthetics.
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Naoto Nakagawa 2026 Is on View at KAPOW

Naoto Nakagawa's current show at KAPOW brings together a significant group of new acrylic paintings and intimate watercolors, situating his recent practice within both the Japanese shunga tradition of erotic art and his own six-decade exploration of perception, material culture, and the natural world. On view at KAPOW in Manhattan's Lower East Side through February 22, works across the exhibition resonate with themes that have defined Nakagawa's career since the 1960s - most notably his persistent pairing of man-made objects with organic life.
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months ago

continuous steel rail traces shanghai showroom's sculptural interior, like a freehand drawing

The project is structured around a single continuous hanging rail that extends for nearly 100 meters, serving as both the primary display system and the organizing element of the space. In response to the constraints of the site, the design reconsiders the hanging rail as a spatial device rather than a fixed retail fixture. The rail adapts to existing walls, columns, and building services, bending, rising, and shifting in section as needed to navigate obstacles.
Design
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Christian Rex van Minnen "Metanoia" @ Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo

Christian Rex van Minnen presents 15 new paintings blending Baroque technique, Surrealism, grotesque black humor, and a new sincere still-life series reflecting personal metanoia.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Urban Sparkle for Hokkaido Sachi Restaurant Thao Dien / Takashi Niwa Architects

An origami-inspired steel roof transforms a Ho Chi Minh City restaurant into a luminous urban beacon visible from street, trains, and tower windows.
Design
fromArchitectural Digest
2 months ago

What to Hang When Even A Noguchi Lantern Isn't Big Enough

Isamu Noguchi's Akari lights remain timeless design staples, yet large double-height spaces can call for bespoke, oversized paper-and-bamboo lanterns that reinterpret the same light quality.
Arts
fromBOOOOOOOM!
1 month ago

Artist Spotlight: Su A Chae

Su A Chae's paintings examine identity and belonging through paradoxical spatial propositions, cultural memory, information asymmetry, and balance framed as active resistance.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

YEARLY PLAN Shanghai Showroom / SHISUO design office

A single continuous hanging rail adapts to an irregular site, weaving around walls, columns, and pipes to create dynamic display and spatial vitality.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Uchida Shoten New Head Office / Schemata Architects + Jo Nagasaka

We planned the new head office for Uchida Shoten, a hardware manufacturer established 160 years ago in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Design
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

This Japanese Tiny House Just Solved the Minimalist Living Dream - Yanko Design

A 21-foot Mizuho tiny home blends Japanese minimalist aesthetics, authentic craftsmanship, and efficient multifunctional design for mindful, eco-friendly living for a single person or couple.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

7 Best Japanese-Designed Valentine's Gifts That Look $1000+, But Cost Half That - Yanko Design

Japanese design has spent centuries perfecting the balance between restraint and richness. These seven gifts embody that philosophy, where every material choice and geometric decision carries intention. From transparent polycarbonate that frames music like sculpture to hand-planted bristles that honor century-old brush-making techniques, each piece reflects the considered craftsmanship that typically commands luxury prices. The precision is palpable, the materials exceptional, yet the cost remains accessible.
Design
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Seventeen TeaHouse / Modum Atelier

Seventeen Teahouse occupies a second-floor corner in Nanjing, designed to be 'present yet unseen,' facilitating contemporary social tea rituals that balance privacy and communal experience.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

House in Yokosuka 2nd / RID Co., Ltd.

A seaside family house in Yokosuka designed to respond to offshore winds, adjacent beach activity, and surrounding forest, accommodating urban coastal living.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Residence AV / YAMA architects

Residence AV is a courtyard house located in a dense residential neighborhood in Bruges, Belgium. Designed by YAMA architects, the project responds to a paradoxical brief: a strong desire for connection to the surrounding context combined with an equally strong need for privacy. The client, living alone, was attracted to the social presence and perceived safety of the neighborhood, yet sought a dwelling that could withdraw from direct views and support a more introspective way of living.
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Design
fromwww.cntraveler.com
2 months ago

I Traveled to Tokyo Just to Buy StationeryHere's How to Shop for It

An enduring passion for stationery transforms everyday office supplies into aesthetic discoveries, culminating in immersive shopping pilgrimages to global stationery hubs like Tokyo's Ito-ya.
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