Living Room meets Nightclub at Warp Studio Office for Mitsui Fudosan by I IN in Tokyo.Tokyo-based design studio I IN have unveiledĀ Warp Studio for Mitsui Fudosan, their concept for a new type of office space. The design marks a direct shift from a conventional office layout, where individual desks and separated cubicles...
K5 Tokyo Hotel by Claesson Koivisto Rune.Spread over 2,200square metres across 4 levels, K5 Tokyo is a mixed-use project comprising a hotel, restaurant, wine bar, coffee shop, cocktail bar & beer hall. Designed by Stockholm-based architects Claesson Koivisto Rune, the functions...
Stairway House in Tokyo by Nendo.From the outside, nendoās Stairway House in Tokyo sits like a clean white spaceship in the quiet residential area it landed in. The homeās regular, rectangular grid is intercepted with a monumental angled concrete staircase, the mere...
Changing Attitude Exhibition in Tokyo by ARKO, Takuya Hamajima, Ryosuke Harashima.Japanese artists ARKO, Takuya Hamajima, and Ryosuke Harashima all apply traditional materials and techniques to a contemporary lens. Shibuya design gallery Somewhere Tokyo displayes their trio exhibition āChanging Attitudeā. Using...
Tokyo Office Tower by nendo Veiled With a Timber Grid.Rather than allow another closed-off office building to populate the street, nendo created a space connected to the exterior environment with this Tokyo office building. Balconies have been placed sporadically on six floors, each of which...
Tree-ness House in Toshima, Tokyo by Akihisa Hirata.Designed around the physical structure of a tree, this complex house in Toshima-Ku, Tokyo, is the work of Japanese architect, Akihisa Hirata. The fact Akihisa Hirata has focused on a tree as the template for his design is no surprise....
Voice of Coffee in Kobe, Japan by Yusuke Seki.This hole-in-the-wall style espresso bar and mini roastery might feel at home down a Surry Hills alleyway, or tucked into an empty loading dock in the Melbourne CBD. It is, however, located in Kobe ā the Japanese city on Osaka Bay, best...
Rust Harvest: Experimental Materials Project by Yuma Kano.Rust Harvest by Japanese designer Yuma Kano is a fascinating experimental materials project that really caught my attention during our visit to Salone Satellite 2018. Young Japanese designer Yuma Kano highlights that the prevention of rust...
This House with Plants in Japan by KamakuraStudio Is Not What You’d Expect.Indoor plants have loads of health benefits. As well as looking pretty nice, theyāll reduce carbon dioxide levels, diminish levels of pollutants like nitrogen dioxide and benzene, and even keep air temperatures down on warmer days. The...
