Stories On Design // Wrapped Buildings.Wrapped Buildings are awesome. Why? Because they are just like giant Christmas presents, except way cooler because you get to keep them forever. It's not that often one sees buildings that challenge the conventional to this extent. I mean,...
Radical Pottery by Takuro Kuwata.Japanese artist Takuro Kuwata is one of the most intriguing young artists who's transforming the world of ceramics today. Kuwata creates strangely alluring clay objects that break many rules of his chosen medium. Takuro Kuwata's radical...
Where They Create, Japan by Photographer Paul Barbera + BOOK GIVEAWAY!Win 1 of 3 copies of 'Where They Create, Japan' in which photographer Paul Barbera explores the workspaces of 32 high-profile creatives in...
Stories On Design // Swimming Pools.Swimming Pools are like pom-poms. Everybody loves them. Ok, that may not be true (about pom-poms at least - that's probably just me), although you have to admit that Swimmings Pools feel like opening a can of instant happiness. Yay! For...
Bake Cheese Tart Store in Kyoto by Yusuke Seki.Bake Cheese Tart Store in Kyoto by Yusuke Seki bridges the gap between tradition & innovation, featuring display counters constructed from Lego blocks....
nendo’s ‘Un-Printed Material’ Exhibition in Tokyo.Nendo's 'Un-Printed Material' Exhibition in Tokyo plays homage to the universally used medium in design - a humble sheet of...
Stories On Design // Circles in Architecture.The Circle is a universal symbol with extensive meaning. It represents the notions of totality, wholeness, focus, infinity, unity, timelessness, the Sun, the Moon, the entire Universe. I suspect the reason most of us are drawn to it is...
Meacham Nockles McQualter Designs Bills Restaurant in Tokyo’s Ginza.Bill Granger’s latest Tokyo restaurant has been designed to reflect the luxurious spirit of the thriving Ginza...
Airbnb HQ in Tokyo by Suppose Design Office.Japanese architecture is perhaps one of the most profoundly beautiful, vulnerable and considered of the modern design ethics. Not unlike the cherry blossoms so revered and admired by the Japanese, there is a delicacy to the way the...
