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Pablo Coppola on Bally’s 100-year archive exhibition at its new Ginza flagship
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Minä Perhonen’s Tokyo show explores the emotive power of material
A new solo exhibition by Japanese fashion and textile brand Minä Perhonen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), explores the meaning of craftsmanship and the role of design in society
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Isamu Noguchi and Robert Stadler share a fascinating kinship, despite having never met
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Transforming traditions: a new exhibition in London showcases the mind-blowing skill of four Japanese artists
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The school of things: Simon Lee's Five Decades exhibition addresses Japanese post-modernity
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The Palais de Tokyo's latest exhibition 'Inside' has us all wrapped up
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This new rug release from Floor Story is causing a cosmic eclipse
Kangan Arora and Floor Story have designed ten otherworldly illusions of form and tone – the ‘Cosmic Check’ and ‘Falling Shadows’ rug collections
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Fondazione Bisazza sheds new light on Nobuyoshi Araki’s sensual photo works
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Japanese handcraft exhibition, Sfera, Kyoto
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Masako Miki’s shapeshifting spirits draw on Japanese folklore
In San Francisco, Osaka-born artist Masako Miki explores human identity, transformation and the Japanese Shinto concept in a new series of playful candy-coloured bronze sculptures
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Nerima House combines the best of Swedish and Japanese architecture
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Wes Anderson’s set design for the Isle of Dogs goes on show in London
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MoMA's 'A Japanese Constellation' profiles Japan's most recognised architects
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Ori Gersht reflects on Kyoto’s Zen gardens and their secret floating worlds
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Junya Ishigami’s architecture aims high and digs deep at Fondation Cartier in Paris
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US architect David Montalba invites us into his family home in Los Angeles
Designed for himself and his family, Montalba's LA home blends interior and exterior landscapes with Japanese architecture influences and a crisp, contemporary aesthetic
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Charting the unique make-up of Japanese architecture
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The space of change: charting the peculiarity of Japanese houses
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Through the lens of Chieska Fortune Smith
Through the lens is our monthly series that shines a light on a photographer and Wallpaper* contributor
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Architectural pavilion lands on the small island of Naoshima
The Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; yet always championing the best and most exciting young studios and showcasing inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm. To mark the occasion, in the next months, we will be looking back at some of our over-500 alumni, to catch up about life and work since their participation and exclusively launch some of their latest completions. Hiroshi Sambuichi, a 2004 Architects Directory alumnus, introduces The Water pavilion, the latest addition to the Naoshima Plan, the island campus in the Seto Inland Sea.
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Celebrating Japanese art and culture for National Foundation Day
To mark Japan’s National Foundation Day (11 February 2022) we revisit recent art features that illustrate the breadth and depth of contemporary Japanese art
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King Houndekpinkou: space-age meets tradition in ceramic art
Paris-based artist King Houndekpinkou’s other-worldly ceramic art creations fuse ancestral pottery traditions with space-age video games.
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Hublot’s Tokyo watch boutique plays on glass and crystal
The flagship boutique in Ginza is Hublot’s largest retail space to date
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Chiharu Shiota’s ‘labyrinth within a labyrinth’ at Copenhagen’s Cisternerne
Chiharu Shiota has become the latest artist to take over the arched depths of Copenhagen’s Cisternerne. Titled Multiple Realities, her installation is a poetic landscape of web-like yarn, both serene and unsettling
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Yayoi Kusama documentary charts her turbulent rise to art icon
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Nanamica’s NYC store nods to a Japanese beach house
Japanese menswear brand Nanamica has collaborated with New York-based architect Taichi Kuma on its Soho boutique
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A warm welcome: Japanese beauty brand Shiro opens London store
