JAPANESE DESIGN

KOKUYO stationery series by Nendo

Posted on December 15, 2018 by admin

Japanese design studio Nendo has created a variety of adhesive products for Japanese stationery company KOKUYO.

News release: http://www.nendo.jp/en/works/gloo/?erelease

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YUNOEKI OYU by Kengo Kuma & Associates

Posted on November 19, 2018 by admin

Kengo Kuma & Associates designed “Yunoeki Oyu” in Kazuno, Akita.

Press release:
Oyu onsen is a famous hot spring in Kazuno, Akita. We designed a community center here incorporating a shop, café, open-air theater, park, footbath, and biotope under one large roof. In order to create a dynamic space which varies according to the diverse programs, we referred to mage wappa, a round lunch basket made of thin wood, a traditional craft in Akita’s. Cylinders of LVL (laminated veneer lumber) reference mage wappa and comprise the structure of the building. The assemblage of those rings then functions not only as a transparent structure but also as a partition or a shelf when needed.

https://yunoeki-oyu.jp/

(c)Photography by Kawasumi・Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office

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SUKI lighting collection by Baku Sakashita

Posted on November 13, 2018 by admin

Baku Sakashita’s SUKI lighting collection was exhibited at Designart Gallery at Francfranc Forestin Omotesando during Designart Tokyo. It is handmade using traditional skills, which make it look familiar but new at the same time. It is created by combining semi-translucent Japanese paper and thin stainless steel wire.

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Nendo aims to “design time” with collection of unconventional hourglasses

Posted on March 29, 2018 by admin

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SEBASTIAN CONRAN GIFU COLLECTION

Posted on January 26, 2018 by admin

The Sebastian Conran Gifu Collection is the result of a unique and ongoing collaboration between Sebastian Conran’s London design studio and 14 traditional makers based in the beautiful, natural surroundings of Gifu, Japan. It was showcased at Maison & Objet in Paris last week.

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Tokyo Signs – Products inspired by the streets of Tokyo

Posted on November 26, 2017 by admin

Tokyo Signs is a project run by members of Bento Graphics Inc., a Tokyo-based design and web development studio. They have released products inspired by the streets of Tokyo, and they are available here.

“Our aim is to capture everything we encounter in the Japanese streetscape: roadmarks, signage, advertising, traffic signs, storefronts, sign boards, neon lights, street art and everything in-between”

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Kengo Kuma’s V&A museum construction update

Posted on October 26, 2017 by admin

The full scale of the V&A museum of design, dundee has been revealed for the first time. The project started in March 2015, and it is expected to be completed by 2018.

(via designboom.com)

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Japanese eyewear brand JINS collaborated with Jasper Morrison

Posted on October 17, 2017 by admin

Japanese eyewear brand JINS collaborated with British designer Jasper Morrison. The project is titled “JINS BASIC”, and there are four types available. The concept is to create “the ultimate normal forms”. This is the first time that Jasper Morrison designed glass frames.

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Furniture exhibition by Rei Kawakubo

Posted on October 12, 2017 by admin

Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, founder of Comme des Garçons, designed pieces of furniture, and they have been exhibited at A1043, art gallery in Paris. The fifteen pieces of furniture will be exhibited at the gallery until December 22, 2017.

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Pop Up Animal by Yu Matsuda

Posted on September 19, 2017 by admin

Yu Matsuda designed “Pop Up Animal” for Japanese stationery brand +d. What is special about this product is the material. It is called “cALoth” combined with cloth and aluminum. It was invented by Matsuda. You can create your own “art work” by folding the material as you wish.