Gallery Post // Minna no ie by Mamm Design.This two-and-a-half storey dwelling is situated on a 4.5m wide by 12m long plot, wedged between houses in every direction. The design seeks to provide a space that seemingly expands beyond it's borders by inserting a six meter-high garden...
WALL STITCH Project by YOY & K’s Design Lab.Japanese design studio YOY (previously featured here and here) have sent us their latest project WALL STITCH - a collaboration with K’s Design Lab. WALL STITCH is a proposal for a new sign design, which was presented at Tokyo Designers...
So Hot Right Now // Translucent Buildings Made of Glass.I don't know about you but the thought of living inside a glass house seems just a little bit daunting. A person's home is a sanctuary - a place where you can cut loose, be yourself, and... you know, walk around in your undies goddamit. On...
Daylight House by Takeshi Hosaka Architects // Yokohama, Tokyo.And so my obsession with all things Japanese continues. How's a girl to move on when Japan keeps smashing out so much boundary pushing and obscenely beautiful work? This particular one deviates so far from my Western understanding of...
Tama Art University Library by Toyo Ito // Tokyo, Japan.Toyo Ito's library at Tama Art University is comprised of a series of concrete arches. The arches, which are of varying span lengths, are arranged in an irregular patterns driven by the slope of the surrounding landscape. The arches...
Cloudscapes by Tetsuo Kondo Architects at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.Tetsuo Kondo Architects created a small bank of clouds in the Sunken Garden of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. The clouds billow softly in a compact, transparent container and can be seen from the entrance hall, exhibition...
Selected Projects by Tokyo-based Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects.Jo Nagasaka is a Osaka-born Tokyo-based architect who established Schemata Architects in 1998. In 2007, he started a collaborative office called HAPPA which combines a gallery and a shop with other facilities. Among his works are a series...
Video // Night Stroll Through Streets of Tokyo by Tao Tajima.Animated short film by Japanese filmmaker Tao Tajima was shot around the streets of Tokyo, and later animated with the aid of motion...
Acne Studios in New York, Tokyo & Copenhagen by BOZARTHFORNELL.There is a lot to love about these interiors. From the interior branding point of view, they are a study in perfection. Not only do they embody Acne's painfully stylish aesthetic, each store speaks a consistent visual language while...
