Nendo’s Border Table Collection Utilises Corners of Rooms as its Structure.Japanese studio Nendo have designed a minimalist table collection that looks like it has been drawn onto surfaces at the Eye of Gyre gallery in...
Stories On Design // Room With a View.Room With a View talks about spaces that embrace their context wholeheartedly - the site, the location, the climate, vernacular architecture and more. What I love about all these examples is the demonstration of many different ways in...
Pillar Grove Architects’ Office by Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio.Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio have designed their own workspace, located in a suburb of Nagoya City, Japan on a site facing a major road. This engaging and quirky space and explores the possibilities of a timber structure. Internally and...
Ekouin Nenbutsudo: Tokyo Temple Veiled in Trees by Yutaka Kawahara.Forming a refuge of tranquility in the heart of Tokyo, local practice Yutaka Kawahara Design Studio has created the magical ‘Ekouin Nenbutsudo Temple’ veiled in trees. This intimate and reflective building enables congregation and...
Wall Cloud in Tokyo by Ryuichi Sasaki.Sections of wall appear to hang from the ceiling in this transformed attic of an old discotheque in Tokyo, now converted into offices by Sasaki Architecture....
Stories On Design // Architecture for Children.As adults, and especially as architects and designers - whether we are parents or not - we have a collective responsibility to teach our Young Jedis about the importance and the value of good design. They say it's best to start them young,...
Stories On Design // Sheds, Cabins & Retreats.Although humble in stature, these mini-structures speak of the ultimate luxury - the luxury of stillness and more time, and rare pleasures of direct connection with nature. There is no denying the fact that the concept of a minimal,...
Maruhiro Flagship Store by Yusuke Seki Features a Floor Made of 25,000 Pieces of Ceramic.Tokyo based designer Yusuke Seki shared with us his latest project - a flagship store for Maruhiro, leading producer of Hasami ceramics, pottery and porcelain in Japan. The store's conceptual and experiential focus is an arresting stacked...
Beauty Library & Cafe by Nendo in Tokyo’s Aoyama.Nendo’s last project is dedicated to beauty and food - a store where you can buy cosmetics, and also drink coffee in a library-like retail...
