Shigeru Ban designs transparent public toilets in Shibuya, Tokyo
The transparent public toilets by the Pritzker Prize winner are part of a larger project inviting to literally see through and leave behind the usual cliches of parks loos.
Studio Velocity designs a curved roof office building in Japan
There is a delicate balance of gravity and tension in the ‘Sannouno’ office building by Studio Velocity in Japan. The architecture features a white convivial curved roof and a randomly-disposed forest of wooden columns.
Fuorisalone 2020: 4 digital formats announced in the wake of Salone del Mobile 2020 cancelation due to COVID-19
Fuorisalone 2020: in April and from 15 to 21 June the Milan Design Week diffused festival extend its influence digitally with ‘Fuorisalone TV’ and ‘Fuorisalone Meets’ virtual platforms as well as special e-fairs dedicated to Chinese and Japanese design.
Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Japanese PM and International Olympic Committee announced that Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been postponed “no later than summer 2021” due to coronavirus.
Tokyo Olympics’ design: up-cycled medals and retro-style pictograms
Tokyo Olympics’ design: medals made from discarded smartphones, torches upcycling temporary constructions in the wake of the Fukushima calamity and pictograms inspired by the icons firstly introduced for Tokyo 1964 Games.
Cherry blossoms inspired Tokujin Yoshioka to design the Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ torch as a symbol of peace
Japanese Designer Tokujin Yoshioka unveils new images of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch which is made from recycled aluminium originally used in the construction of prefabricated housing units in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.
Toyota Woven City: BIG and Toyota unveil the prototype ‘city of the future’ in Japan
Toyota Woven City, the sustainable urban development and living laboratory at the foothills of Mount Fuji will bring together sharing-economy, self driving mobility and smart homes in a fully connected ecosystem powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
Junya Ishigami’s gravity defying hill made of rocks
Serpentine Pavilion 2019: a hill made of rocks informed by the natural world appears to emerge from the lawn of Kensington Gardens in London.
TAKT Project’s GLOW-GROW exhibition goes beyond natural and artificial
A line of light glimmers, grows and drips at Ventura Centrale. The GLOW-GROW installation by TAKT Projects combines natural and artificial processes.
Pinterest: discover the work of 2019 Pritzker Prize laureate Arata Isozaki
An inflatable mobile concert hall, a brutalist/metabolist library and a spiraling steel tower are among the prominent projects of Arata Isozaki, the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate. Discover more in our dedicated gallery.
Arata Isozaki wins 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize
2019 Pritzker Prize, the Nobel of architecture, goes to Japanese architect Arata Isozaki whose work connects East and West, global and local, raising questions that transcend eras and borders.
MELT glass furniture by Nendo for Wonderglass is formed from gravity
As a teaser of a Milan design week major exhibition, WonderGlass presents MELT, a furniture and table top collection by Nendo exploring the molten liquid nature of glass.
mui wood panel connects with your smart home with a humble and tech-healthy approach
New smart technologies are demanding and intrusive. What if we could manage them with just a hand swipe? mui is the connected humble wood panel empowering IoT and sponsoring intimacy at the same time.
THE FLOW OF TIME immersive installation captures the essence of time
Japanese luxury watch brand Grand Seiko debuted in Miami with THE FLOW OF TIME immersive exhibition revealing the transience of time.
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: Nendo dialogues with Escher’s iconic graphic artwork at Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria
The ESCHER x NENDO | BETWEEN TWO WORLDS exhibition brings together the intriguing and deceiving genius of MC. Escher with site-specific designs created by nendo.
Denqul: Nendo designs an emergency muscle-powered battery
Japanese design studio Nendo designed DENQUL, a mobile battery which can charge smartphones by swiveling it with one hand.
Mikiya Kobayashi designs a quirky doughnut-inspired stool for the pool
A doughnut-inspired stool by Mikiya Kobayashi brings a spark of humour and good fun by the swimming pool.
Nendo’s Watercolour collection looks like is made of painted paper
Nendo debuts at Design Basel 2018 with the poetic Watercolour collection: steel furniture were treated to look like they were cut our from a paper sheet with bleeding blue-hues.
Hiroto Yoshizoe’s indirect lighting design creates a floating constellation of moons
Japanese designer Hiroto Yoshizoe created a hanging constellation of moons: mirrored disks and cones reflect light re-creating a sidereal gravity-free and sparkling effect within the room.
AGC’s innovative sound-generating glass opens new paths for architecture and design
What if our furniture could play music or if stores windows were able to talk? The sound-generating glass presented by Asahi Glass Company in Milan with a poetic installation by Motosuke Mandai expands the potentials of the material.
Nendo’s out of the box hourglasses explore time passing
Fuorisalone 2018 – Contemporary hourglasses by Nendo feature clouds and puddles-looking chambers showing that time is moving more freely than ever.
5 verdant skyscrapers aiming to turn our cities’ skylines into forests
Suspended green oases, energy-consumption extensions and wooden high-rises. Sou Fujimoto, Stefano Boeri, Stephan Malka, Big and Carlo Ratti designed verdant skyscrapers for a greener urban future.
Tom Blachford captures Tokyo’s Blade Runner-style nightscapes
Australian photographer Tom Blachford explores Tokyo’s Blade Runner-style architecture portraying iconic buildings by Kenzo Tange, Kisho Kirosawa and more…
TAKT Project respectfully and digitally empowers Japanese lacquer crafts for KISHU+
Ancient Japanese lacquering techniques meet 3D Printing and rippling computer effects. TAKT Project merges centenary traditions with cutting edge technologies for design lacquerware brand KISHU+. Not a replacement, but a way to preserve and update, respectfully.
OK GO’s OBSESSION music video features 567 printers creating multicolour animated backdrops
567 printers create kaleidoscopic backgrounds in OK GO’s OBSESSION music video which was shot in one take and performed to the camera with 1 millimeter accuracy.
Hidemi Nishida’s Fragile chairs installation silently floats on a Japanese lake
Hidemi Nishida’s Fragile chairs installation features seats emerging from Lake Poroto’s rippling surface in Hokkaido, Japan. The installation pays homage to the Ainu local tribe and blends traditional everyday landscapes with wider and silent natural outdoor environments.
Cutting Edge Pharmacy by Tetsuya Matsumoto conceal high-tech minimalism with serene interiors
Tetsuya Matsumoto’s Cutting Edge Pharmacy in Japan reflects patients’ trust in advanced medicine with a welcoming and essential architecture and linear interiors.
TAKT PROJECT blurs the lines between product and material with vases and lightings made of resin, chips and wires
TAKT PROJECT created a collection of design appliances made from a conductive material merging used electronic components and a transparent resin.
Nendo teases ice-cream and chocolate lovers to walk into a cake-inspired patisserie
Nendo designed the cake-inspired interior design of a Tokyo icecream and chocolate shop with soft volumes providing a sense of softness.
2017 Venice Art Biennale celebrates art with 10 architecture-related pavilions
From Israel “molding” pavilion to US politically charged exhibition but also, floating shrines from Japan and a Bauhaus inspired recording studio. Archipanic picked up 10 architecture-related exhibitions at 2017 Venice Art Biennale.