2016/ makes contemporary porcelain using the specialist skills found in the pottery town of Arita, Japan. Local artistry is combined with international design talent in the making of desirable, everyday…
The Marimekko appartement, in Rossana Orlandi’s during the design week, is based on the autumn/winter 2015 collection and it was inspired by city architecture and the rhythm we live in…
I wish we all had “lifesavers coins” like, to be able to use the Lucky piggy bank designed by Seiji Fujimoto. “I’ve always wanted to keep one 5-yen coin in my…
By Daisuke Enomoto and Orie Yokoyama. “Taste can be affected by sight as well as taste buds. By mixing in Japanese patterns in the grill marks, I hope people will…
By: Tsuyoshi Takagi and Hitomi Hashimura “We tend to apologize with a telephone call or an e-mail and get away with it easily. We don’t feel like apologizing in person…
Designed by Nika Zupanc for Sé, the Olympia collection from wich we see here below a series of mirrors and a dressing table, is inspired by the theme of the Olympic games and sports…
This tray produced by Syouryu and designed by: Andreu Carulla is handmade in Japan of laminated tin, and it’s surprisingly flexible. It can be folded and thus “transformed” into various objects with different uses:…
By Massahiko Yoshihara: “A person’s outer appearance, words, reputation and position gives us preconceptions, and we often fail to see the essence of a person. This shape-transforming figure expresses that situation….
By Hiroyasu Tsuchiya “Add a small surprise to cuisine.For the lunch boxes of children working on exams or club activities. For traditional New Year’s foods. For birthday parties. A single…
In Rossana Orlandi’s space Roos Gomperts had on show Foam & Glass, a collections of glass containers with a top/base made of foam. The contrasts between the materials and colours…