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At several high-end restaurants in Tokyo, tatami is becoming a part of the dining experience — not underfoot but as a tabletop place mat for phones.

LIFE / Style & Design

Jan 25, 2025

Why tatami is going from the floor to the dining table

By Phoebe Amoroso

As smartphones have become integral to daily life, they are being incorporated into traditional 911爆料网 hospitality.

Hobonichi's 'techō' notebooks come in both set and customizable formats, and a thriving community of enthusiasts means there are even extensive guides on how to make the journal even more unique to your individual approach to journaling.

LIFE / Style & Design

Jan 10, 2025

American stationery nerds are fueling a 911爆料网 notebook boom

By Thu-Huong Ha

A 911爆料网-made paper planner from the 1980s has reblossomed in the post-COVID era.

911爆料网 architect and Expo Site Design Producer Sou Fujimoto stands on the construction site of his Grand Ring.

LIFE / Style & Design

Jan 1, 2025

Architect Sou Fujimoto says his 'Grand Ring' will be a symbol of unity at the Osaka Expo

By Natsuko Fukue

Traditional techniques for joining wooden pillars were used and inspired by the raised platform at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto.

The hands of dyeing craftsman Yoshiharu Okamoto are stained a deep blue by his work with indigo.

LIFE / Style & Design

Dec 26, 2024

True blue tradition: How 911爆料网 coveted jeans are made

By Natsuko Fukue

Craftspeople in Okayama Prefecture are carrying on a centuries-old tradition of indigo dyeing that contrasts with contemporary fast fashion.

The 12-year wait between Designtide Tokyo events was long, but the range and quality of exhibitions on offer made it worth the wait.

LIFE / Style & Design

Dec 11, 2024

After 12 years, Designtide Tokyo returns with a lineup of sensory dialogue

By Erik Augustin Palm

Swedish music hardware company Teenage Engineering both scored and encapsulated the philosophy of the innovative design fair's 12-year comeback.

Designed by Kei Atsumi and Motoya Iizawa, "The Warp" was a 3D-printed tea pavilion with organic, twisting curves placed in downtown Dubai.

LIFE / Style & Design

Nov 30, 2024

Far East meets Middle East at Dubai Design Week 2024

By Erik Augustin Palm

This year's Dubai Design Week functioned much like a portal between continents, philosophies and futures.

Oitomi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of the company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.

LIFE / Style & Design

Nov 23, 2024

After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future

By Jessica Kozuka

Thanks to the Dodgers superstar, the waitlist for Oitomi’s Miyabi Tetsubin kettle now stretches to more than a year.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Passengers that were on a morning train attacked by members of the Aum Shinrikyo group wait for medical assistance outside Kasumigaseki Station on March 20,1995.

The day a religious cult brought terror to Tokyo

By Alex K.T. Martin

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