Setagaya Flat | Naruse Inokuma Architects.

So... what to do you think of this Tokyo apartment renovation by Naruse Inokuma? Personally, I am struggling to find the words to express how much I love it. It is a difficult one, as this apartment is quite unconventional. Yes, well......

Design Free Thursday | I am more than my face.

I don’t know about you, but I find this series of photographs absolutely hilarious. And really clever and sweet at the same time. Japanese photographer MitsukoNagone uses herself as the subject in her series ‘I am more than my...

Akio Hirata’s Exhibition of Hats by Nendo | Tokyo, Japan.

Ahhhh, Nendo, Nendo, Nendo... Is there ANYTHING you people cannot do? Seriously? Your talent it almost sickening. Except, I am completely in awe and too dazzled to feel sick right now. Anyway, back to the story. What you are looking at...

Balloon Bench | Satoshi Itasaka of h220430 Studio.

Holy smokes. This has to be one of the sweetest things I've seen in AGES. First of all - how friggin gorgeous is that first photo. *Squeal!* Balloon Bench is a sculpture created by Japanese designer Satoshi Itasaka from h220430 studio....

Q&A with Yuko Shimizu.

Hello everyone - it's Matt Huynh here again with my second post. Next up I would like to tell you about Yuko Shimizu. Yuko left an 11 year-long career in PR in Tokyo for life in New York as an artist for magazines, advertising, comic book...

Q&A with Akino Kondoh.

Hi guys, it's Matt Huynh here - some of you may remember me from an interview here on yellowtrace late last year. I would like to thank Dana for asking me to keep the blog warm whilst she is away. I had a lot of ideas for guest posts, but...

I Think I’m Turning Japanese…

So much could be said about Japanese design and their aesthetic. Japanese sense of style is much loved and copied the world over, often fused with other elements and styles. But nobody quite knows how to do Japanese design like the...

Ryuji Nakamura.

I am not really sure how to introduce the work of Japanese architect Ryuji Nakamura. 'Extreme love' is a bit thin. 'Genius' doesn't quite cut it. 'Mesmerising' gets us close, but doesn't really do it justice. There are very few people...

Curiosity | Gwenaël Nicolas.

I've been curious about Curiosity (boom-boom!) for quite some time now. So I decided to put an end to it and I looked them up... and - wah wah wee wah - what do you know - their work is totally awesome. Curiosity was established back in...