Kazuhide Takahama, a graduate of the Industrial University of Tokyo, created influential furniture designs blending Modernist functionality with Japanese aesthetics throughout his career in Italy.Read More →
The arrangements of flowers offer far more than a pattern employing flowers and foliage neatly distributed in an appropriate container.
Not only is it a form of relaxation, but flower arrangement reawakens an awareness of nature upon which a philosophy – that of restraint and simplicity — is based.Read More →
Hello Kitty, launched by Sanrio in 1974, has evolved from a children’s greeting card to a global icon, transcending cultural boundaries and generating over $9 billion annually.Read More →
Isamu Noguchi designed the first of his lamps to be produced by traditional construction methods in Gifu, Japan, known for its manufacture of lanterns and parasols made from mulberry bark paper and bamboo. Akari is handcrafted with washi paper from the inside bark of the mulberry tree and bamboo ribbing stretched across sculptural moulded wood shapes.Read More →
Fujina pottery is made at Matsue, Shimane. 19th-century products include bluish-green tea bowls and white, yellow, or bluish-green domestic pottery. Later urban work promotes folk art.Read More →
Junichi Arai, a visionary textile designer, harmonized tradition and technology, founding Nuno Corporation and inspiring both artists and fashion luminaries worldwide.Read More →
Oki Sato, born in 1977 in Toronto, is a highly respected Canadian-born Japanese designer, recognized for his Nendo studio’s unique and innovative designs.Read More →
Arata Isozaki is a Japanese architect, urban designer, and theorist from Ōita. He was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 1986 and the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2019.Read More →
Featuring the same oblique form and lacquered finish as the sideboard, the bar cabinet sports cannete-effect doors, a mirrored interior that gives greater depth to the space, a glass shelf for bar accessories, and two drawers and two side compartments, which are perfect for storing cocktail paraphernalia.Read More →
The 19th Century Japanese Kimono Rack features vertical and horizontal poles for hanging clothing, with metal fittings and heavy wooden feet for stability.Read More →