365 Charming Everyday Things
365 Charming Everyday Things is a project for introducing everyday items that have accompanied the lives of Japanese people. These items represent Japanese wisdom, skills and aesthetic sense, offer practical usefulness in everyday life, and provide a sense of comfort, fun and small happiness to us. A total of 365 charming items have been selected to...
Kanda – Shintoist simplicity, extreme quality and no fuss
The back streets of Roppongi hide a culinary gem, crowned by three Michelin stars and named after Hiroyuki Kanda, its founder and owner. The interior is as minimal as the seats at the bar, where all guests get a chance to stare at the genius at work. Luxury materializes with the charming waiter and the...
Lomography loves Japan
Still the world is struck dumb with horror looking back on the tragedy that hit Japan last month and people around the world are standing in awe of the strength of our Japanese friends. Before the disaster struck, Lomography was working on a special edition dedicated to the Golden Week in Japan. After what happened,...
Please help Japan
Dearest our friends in the world, As you may already have known, Japan was hit by the largest earthquake ever recorded on Friday, March 11th. The huge quake and devastating tsunami has left the overwhelming damage to the country and we are still facing this terrifying conditions. As I have received the message from all...
Sfera’s Uchiwa
Japanese design brand Sfera started the original Uchiwa collection in the summer of 2009, as an example of adopting Japanese traditional craft into our daily life. Uchiwa is a flat, non-folding Japanese fan which have been a familiar part of daily life since centuries. Sfera’s Uchiwa is redefined to fit contemporary lifestyle, simply showing its...
Drainspotting – another wholly distinct aspect of contemporary Japanese visual culture
As Remo Camerota was photographing his book ‘Graffiti Japan’ he came across various drain designs in different prefectures. Camerota started documenting these manholes and eventually collected enough to get a book together. “I noticed there was an otaku culture based around these manhole covers, as well as a huge internet following. People actually have website museums...
Mixing Japanese aesthetics with Western lifestyle trends: bamboo and tatami seating
Ecodecor’s Tatami Flight Chair and Tatami Bench Sofa – designed by Chris Gurney – combine traditional Japanese materials, methods and craftsmanship with the Western style of sitting. Ecodecor is the furniture label by Brandarchitecture whose consistent design theme is ‘healing space for the next generation’. Brandarchitecture’s design process is defined by its collaborative artistic practice...
Mixing Japanese aesthetics with Western lifestyle trends: bamboo tableware for kids
FunFam – short for Fun In The Family – is a new style Japanese tableware brand for kids that mixes Japanese aesthetics with Western lifestyle trends. Designed with bamboo, it takes a unique approach to the concept of ‘fun in the family’. With many parents now spending less time having dinner with their children, FunFam’s...
Tokyo Design Week 2008
Breathing life into antiques. The design week activities just came to a close in Tokyo and amidst the background blur of networking, parties and the traipsing back and forth to venues, what stood out as a highlight? For me it was the Lloyd’s Antiques store in Aoyama, who in collaboration with Ito Masaru took the theme...
The best of Japanese design on display in NYC
If you can’t first hand experience the array of novel and ingenious Japanese products on display at NY Felissimo Design House, you can still ‘see’ them online here. This high design showcase is part of Japan C, an 11-week celebration of contemporary Japanese design and culture. Over 70 Japanese designers and firms have come together...
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