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Japanese handcraft exhibition, Sfera, Kyoto
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Man at work: rigour, neurochemicals and 24/7 assistants at Takashi Murakami’s studio
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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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The space of change: charting the peculiarity of Japanese houses
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The unlikely synchronicity between Italian radicalism and Japanese metabolism
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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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A warm welcome: Japanese beauty brand Shiro opens London store
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The Melbourne restaurants and bars that deliver straight to your door
As the Melbourne dining out culture shifts to eating at home, residents are still craving the comfort of their favourite local restaurants and bars. Here, we present our pick of the Melbourne restaurants and bars offering takeaway and delivery
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The things that define you: an exhibition of zakka at 21_21 Design Sight Tokyo
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Margaret Howell's new film is a tribute to Japanese culture
Affinities – 50 Years of Design marks the 50th anniversary of the Margaret Howell clothing brand
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Prototype prefab: Muji unveils the no-clutter Window House
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The Millennials is a modern, updated version of Japan’s famed capsule hotel concept
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Tsumamigui — Tokyo, Japan
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Architect Jun Aoki designs fabric-like façade for Loro Piana's new Tokyo flagship
The storied Italian brand makes a subtle architectural statement with its new Tokyo outpost
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Koichi Futatsumata gives an old business hotel a stylish minimal makeover
