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Shin Azumi for Fredericia

Japanese designer Shin Azumi designed chairs and tables for Danish brand Fredericia, and the products were exhibited at Milan design week 2 weeks ago. “Nara” is the name of the Japanese city, and the city is well known for free-roaming … Continue reading

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Tokujin Yoshioka SPECTRUM

Tokujin Yoshioka’s exhibition “Tokujin Yoshioka_SPECTRUM” will start in Seoul, South Korea on May 1st. This table is the largest optical glass table in the world. via: excite.co.jp

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The invisibles by Tokujin Yoshioka

Italian furniture producer Kartell will release “The invisibles” designed by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka. These are images of the shop installation “Snowflakes”, which promotes “The invisibles” chairs.

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Wire-chair by Nendo

  Japanese design studio Nendo will exhibit “wire-chair”  at Galleria Antonia Jannone during the Milan design week, starting on the 13th of April. Here is the text from their press release: “wire-chair” will be shown at the nendo’s private exhibition … Continue reading

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VERTU with Kazumi Murose

Kazumi Murose is called “Ningen Kokuho” in Japan. It means “Living national treasure”. This status has been giving to masters in different fields, who have extraordinary techniques. He is a master of “Shitsugei” or Japanese  lacquer art. Vertu is a … Continue reading

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KENZO POWER by Kenya Hara

Fashion Brand Kenzo’s cosmetic line “KENZO POWER” will release “COLOGNE” on the 1st of April.  “KENZO POWER”‘s metalic and cool design has been expressed with it’s transparent bottle this time. Via: excite.co.jp

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Wrist Watches by Naoto Fukasawa

Naoto Fukasawa has designed “Wrist watches” for “plus minus design”, where he works as a creative director.  The new watches looks very simple at a glance, but of course there is something different about these watches. What is different about … Continue reading

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Fire pot stand by NIMI

By putting a pot on “Fire pot stand”, it would look like a pot on fire. This product was designed by NIMI (Takuya Nimi, and Yuki Nimi).  They say that they saw “the close connection” between a pot and fire, … Continue reading

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Kutaniyaki

Kutaniyaki a porcelain technique developed in Ishikawa-ken, north of Tokyo, started by Saijiro Goto in the 17th centry. It is characterized by the colorful designs. These are the new generation of Kutaniyaki. The exhibition is at “Spiral Garden” in Minami … Continue reading

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Spinning top by Harman Miller

Harman Miller Japan released the limited editions of “spinning tops” 200 pieces are available until April 10th, 2009. This is a project which is inspired by Harman Miller’s design tradition.  This was designed by New York based design studio KleinReid.

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