Thursday Pics

Some pics from DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2008 Continue Reading…

Tadao Ando Architecture @ GALLERY・MA

Samo, samo…

Kiwi magic

This “Split Ruler” makes me want to own… say, a white Nelson Swag Leg Rectangular Work Table. And, of course Continue Reading…

オリヴィエ・ポルジュの「嘉永六年」

日本の香水のマーケットについて調べているうちに、江戸の鎖国政策をふと連想した Continue Reading…

Δ , 2006

Cuteness in Japanese culture is well known, and the word “kawaii” is even known outside the country. “Kakkoii” is another word that is equally important when Continue Reading…

A House Moving Project, 2000

The bones of a rundown 150-year-old rice warehouse in Shimane Prefecture were carefully extracted and reconstructed 500 miles away in Tokyo’s fshionable Daikanyama district for designer Tokujin Yoshioka’s studio Continue Reading…

DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2008

Tokyo Bench by Frank Gehry

The 4th annual DESIGNTIDE TOKYO starts on October 30 and runs through November 3, 2008 Continue Reading…

FUDOMAE APARTMENT

Can you believe there are 9 units of apartements in this box? OK, each unit is Continue Reading…

Thursday Pics

photo: © Nacása & Partners Inc.

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House of Table

This 120-year-old “minka” (a Japanese private house) in Shiga Prefecture not far from Kyoto was Continue Reading…