Earlier this month at Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center, the massive Interior Lifestyle show hosted more than 600 exhibitors, more than half of which were domestic companies. Having dug through the many products on display, this week I will spotlight the best Japanese designs you can expect to see on shelves in the coming year.
The products from Chiaki Murata's METAPHYS brand are always impressive. METAPHYS' booth, part of the show's "Design Click" showcase, included, among other things, the Mobius Ring from their new line of women's accessories. They also showed a stationery set that featured the Volca paper-clip holder, the Lago water-filled stamp moistener, and my favorite, the Soto card holder, which doubles as a game of rubber-band quoits. And, lastly, they introduced lively Falce partitions from their upcoming furniture line, which should pep up boring office cubicles.