Master Ceramist Yoko Ozawa’s ‘Awaken’ Exhibition at MARS Gallery Explores Seasonal Transitions.In a captivating solo exhibition at MARS Gallery, Japanese-born master ceramist Yoko Ozawa presents 'Awaken', a collection of intricate stoneware pieces that capture the subtle transformation from winter to spring. Drawing on the Japanese...
A Floor Lamp Inside a Pizza Box by Kazuhiro Yamanaka.Japanese designer Kazuhiro Yamanaka has designed Pizza Box Lamp, a polyester floor lamp that nods to Ingo Maurer’s 1980 Lampampe. Made out of 100% recycled polyester fibre, each layer is crinkled to create a unique pattern and add...
Futurism and Footwear: Ura Tokyo by Insideout.An innate sense of tranquillity comes to the fore at Ura Tokyo. A veil of fluorescent lighting, pierced by a mirrored obelisk-like mass breaks the boundary between inside and out. Insideout’s key consideration was playing with extreme...
Yuma Kano Transforms Forrest Debris into a Sustainable New Material.Tokyo-based designer Yuma Kano has developed ForestBank, a unique and innovative material that looks to find new value in our forests. Yuma repurposes twigs, leaves, and branches, bound by a water-based acrylic resin, transforming them...
A Masterclass in Subtleties and Intention: Sando Burger Bar by Sapid Studio.In this Japanese inspired burger bar in Geneva, Switzerland, Sapid Studio reference the Japanese concept of “boro boro'', a process of utilising materials that have been repaired or stitched back together to create a multi-layered...
Less, Light, Local: ITA NORI Seaweed Installation by We+.Japanese design studio We+ has completed a research project that offers new value to discarded and non-edible nori seaweed, highlights two overlooked qualities in the food source as a material—its lightness and...
Kyoto Wand Café by Coil Kazuteru Matsumura Architects.Take a pause on your Kyoto journey at Kazuteru Matsumura Architects’ Kyoto Wand Café, set within a renovated townhouse. The unravelling of multiple building layers paved the way for an interior that embraces traditional structure of...
Opus Arisugawa Terrace & Residence in Tokyo by OEO Studio.OEO Studio has completed a renovation of a luxury apartment at the Opus Arisugawa Terrace & Residence in central Tokyo, Japan. The interiors reflect a cross-pollination of Japanese and Scandinavian design, drawing on inspiration from both...
Restaurang ÄNG in Sweden by Norm Architects.Sitting as a solitary diamond in the fields of Ästad Vingård—one of Sweden’s largest vineyards—Restaurang ÄNG is a partly underground restaurant that stands as a modern and refined interpretation of a greenhouse turned inside out....
