The simplicity of form and color on display at “Product Design Today: Creating ‘Made in Japan’ ” is undeniable. The ceramics are predominantly white, wooden items reveal natural grains, cast iron is kept jet black, contours are uncomplicated and there is not one single ...
Fashionably made up with Shiseido The “Tokyo Fashion Exhibition” at Shiseido is a celebration of Japanese creativity in both fashion and makeup. In a concentrated dose of fantasy and avant-garde-ism, 21 photos are being showcased, representing seven Japanese brands paired with seven of the ...
When I arrived at the workshop of Setsuko Oshiro in August, the sky was a clear blue and the heat like the inside of a kiln, but there were storm clouds gathering, dark thunderheads over the East China Sea. Sheltering from the blistering sun ...
What would our cities look like if they had been built with a different scale in mind? What if we considered building structures for creatures other than humans? “Architecture for Dogs” explores that idea with an exhibition of 13 architectural works made for specific ...
Uniqlo gives the fleece a makeover Fleece was once a fashion no-no — expensive, dull and pedestrian. But if anyone can get people excited about such a practical basic, it is retail giant Uniqlo, which has enlisted top creative director Nicola Formichetti to give ...
Let’s take the tube If you like practical, everyday furniture that still retains an unusual aesthetic, the Paper Tubes Bench by Rewire’s Akihiro Otsuka is ideal. As you’ve probably guessed, the main components are paper tubes, which are wrapped in fabric that’s available in ...
While contemporary art is still transfixed by its own reflection, veteran Japanese curator Yuko Hasegawa has focused her cultural microscope on something quite different. “Bunny Smash Design to touch the world,” the current group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, is a ...
Now that the celebrations surrounding the announcement that Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympics have died down, attention is turning to the physical transformations that this will bring the city, for better or for worse. Front and center is the scheme for the ...
Just as Tokyo is synonymous with manga, sushi and cute robotic playmates, so has fashion been a reigning symbol of the city's creative prowess.
Clothing that morphs into a person’s body shape at the flick of a wrist sounds like something straight out of a science-fiction film, but such innovations were on display at the wonderful Anrealage show at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo last week. Designer Kunihiko ...
The last day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo coincided with the Shibuya Fashion Festival, a platform for designers feeling constrained by the limitations of the official venue at Hikarie. As it was, the only condition placed on the participating designers’ means of presentation was ...
The menswear schedule looked somewhat lacking on paper this season at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo. The big names that would normally take the lead in international coverage — namely, Takeshi Osumi’s post-Phenomenon project, Mr.Gentleman, or the internationally friendly Whiz Limited — were both ...
