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Fashion & style
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Nigerian artisans preserve handwoven fabric amid rising global demand

Nigerian artisans resist mechanisation to preserve the authenticity of aso-oke, a handwoven fabric gaining global fashion recognition.
Arts
fromwww.7x7.com
6 days ago

Chiharu Shiota's jaw-dropping yarnscapes take over the Asian Art Museum.

Chiharu Shiota's exhibition explores memory, trauma, and personal experience through immersive installations using red yarn and historical artifacts.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Old Folk House in Iwakura / td-Atelier

The project involves renovating a traditional farmhouse in Iwakura, Kyoto, originally built in the Meiji period and characterized by its Iwakura-type minka design.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
3 weeks ago

Your Carry-On Isn't Ready for Cherry Blossom Season in Japan - These 9 Designs Are - Yanko Design

Camera (1) is a compact, metal-bodied camera designed for ease of use, featuring a single-edge control layout that allows for quick adjustments without navigating a touchscreen. This design is particularly beneficial during cherry blossom season when moments are fleeting and require immediate capture.
Photography
fromColossal
4 weeks ago

Restrained Emotions Simmer in Shinsuke Inoue's Tender Wood Sculptures

I have virtually no idea what the finished piece will look like until I actually begin working with the wood. As a result, the form often emerges as I carve, and I frequently change my plans midway through the process. Naturally, I keep the many failures a secret.
Arts
Renovation
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

This Crumbling Kyoto Home Was Rebuilt as a Wabi-Sabi Sanctuary - and Every Detail Is Intentional - Yanko Design

A Kyoto renovation restores a traditional Sukiya residence by removing decades of alterations, creating livable spaces that honor historical principles while serving contemporary needs.
Miscellaneous
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Kumamoto Exhibition Explores Shoei Yoh's Pioneering Timber Structures and Computational Design

Shoei Yoh, a pioneering Japanese architect born in Kumamoto in 1940, revolutionized timber construction and computational design through rational methodology and elastic architecture principles.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

These Sculptural Japanese Lamps Come in 100 Colors for $150 - Yanko Design

Designed by Michael Kritzer, an industrial designer with Red Dot, iF, and Cannes Lions awards to his name, Dollights are inspired by creative Kokeshi dolls, those beautifully varied Japanese wooden figures that range from traditional to wildly expressive. The connection isn't literal. You won't mistake these for dolls on a shelf. But the DNA is there in the proportions, that satisfying relationship between a rounded head and a tapered body, the way each silhouette feels like it has its own quiet personality.
Design
Philosophy
fromAeon
2 months ago

A musical ode to Indian wool and life on the Deccan Plateau | Aeon Videos

Traditional Deccani sheep wool sustains livelihoods and culture but faces decline as economic shifts, land-use change, and imported wool cause waste and threaten pastoral life.
Travel
fromElite Traveler
1 month ago

Uncovering Japan's Road Less Traveled

Japan Heritage promotes regional cultural, artisanal, and spiritual traditions to guide tourists beyond crowded routes and reveal diverse local stories and experiences.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Kintsugi: The Japanese Art of Being Remade

Kintsugi 金継ぎ is known as the Japanese art of putting broken things back together, like broken pottery, using materials mixed with powdered gold and other elements. Instead of hiding damage, this technique celebrates the restoration of an object once viewed as broken, flawed, or imperfect. This same process can be seen as a metaphor for addiction recovery. Even for people with addiction who willingly choose recovery, there's an element of being remade that can't be ignored. Addicts often go through a period of denial.
Mental health
History
fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

The Ingenious Engineering of Silk: How the 2,000-Year-Old Pattern Loom Powered the Silk Road and the Wealth of Ancient China

The Silk Road was a vast trade network spanning from the second century BC to the fifteenth century AD, named over 400 years after its decline, with silk being the most glamorous and visible commodity despite not being the highest-volume item traded.
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Maki no Yado Miyakojima Riverside / Coil Kazuteru Matumura Architects

A private lodging facility in Miyakojima, Osaka was renovated to attract international travelers and increase occupancy rates through improved design and appeal.
Philosophy
fromBig Think
2 months ago

How a small shop in Kyoto connects mastery with meditation

A centuries-old family workshop preserves tea through meticulous, unchanging craftsmanship, modest growth, and a purposefully understated presence.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

This Artist Creates Superhero and Comic Watercolors With Traditional Japanese Motifs

Justin Bieber for Calvin Klein Spring 2015 Ad Campaign In A Parallel Universe: Artist Exposes Sexism By Switching Up Gender Roles In Old-School Ads Russian Blogger Makes Parodies Out Of Celebrity Photos, And More Than 20,000 Followers On Instagram Approve 10 Famous Movie Titles Written Using Negative Space The World of Modern Graphic Design & Typography by Kyle Kemink Chinese Tech Companies Hiring 'Pretty' Girls to Motivate Male Employees by Chatting, Playing Ping Pong and Buying them Breakfast
Typography
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

7 Best Japanese-Designed Valentine's Gifts That Look $1000+, But Cost Half That - Yanko Design

Japanese design has spent centuries perfecting the balance between restraint and richness. These seven gifts embody that philosophy, where every material choice and geometric decision carries intention. From transparent polycarbonate that frames music like sculpture to hand-planted bristles that honor century-old brush-making techniques, each piece reflects the considered craftsmanship that typically commands luxury prices. The precision is palpable, the materials exceptional, yet the cost remains accessible.
Design
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

A 400-Year-Old Japanese Candleholder, Upgraded Again - Yanko Design

Dai Furuwatari's Pendulum Candleholder thoughtfully updates the traditional Japanese teshoku by adding a hanging hook and adjustable pendulum mechanism, making it both portable and versatile for modern use.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Fabric of memory: the artists turning secondhand clothes into monumental art

These clothes are not secondhand, says Yin Xiuzhen, the Beijing-born artist known for creating large-scale installations out of found garments and keepsakes. I prefer to call them used' or worn', she explains. Clothes that have been worn' carry a lot of information like a second skin, imprinted with social meaning. In some of Yin's works the clothes are her own, telling a personal story. In others, the clothes are collected, stained and stretched across towering steel frames resembling planes, trains or organic forms.
Arts
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Studio In Gushichan / Studio Cochi Architects

An architectural firm built a combined office and woodworking shop to produce wooden sashes, preferring wood over aluminum to improve tactile and spatial quality.
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

Lamp-Tapestries Rooted in Basket-Weaving Traditions in Ghana

Recycled PET bottles are integrated into traditional Gurunsi basketry to create contemporary lamps that emphasize light, shadow, and local craft in northern Ghana.
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