One of the latest projects by architect Kengo Kuma is the Tamagawa Takashimaya S+C Marronier Court commercial facility.
The complex is located in Tokyo’s Setagaya district, and its main attraction is a garden roof (as pictured). Designboom posts a gallery of photos.
Kengo Kuma: Tamagawa Takashimaya, Tokyo [Designboom]
When it comes to artistic contribution and innovation, Shugo Tokumaru remains the most important member of Japan’s indie music scene.
Suppose Design Office has designed House in Minamimachi 03 in Hiroshima.
The 21_21 Design Sight museum — part of the Tokyo Midtown complex in Roppongi — has just released a new free iPhone app.
SNOW Magazine is very happy to announce that it is teaming up with Tokyo-based design t-shirt label Graniph to not only give away a few t-shirts, but to also enlist your help in future design collaborations.
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“When I moved to Montreal in 1998, I was surprised to see how many sushi takeouts there were around the Plateau area, most of them run by non-Japanese; it was a bit of culture-shock for me within the same city. Then in 2008 I documented twenty-seven sushi shops all within a thirty-minute walking distance from my apartment. This was sort of the core inspiration of this Montreal-specific project,” so tells us Shie Kasai as she takes a break to talk more about her Survival Cooking Project.
SNOW contributor Hiyoko Imai contributes two new illustrations to Poolga, to set as wallpapers on your iPhone, iPod, or iPad.
Organizers for this year’s edition of Tokyo Designers Week are set to hold a press briefing this Thursday (July 29) to talk more about what to expect from TDW this year — as it celebrates its 25th anniversary — and also to reveal the show’s new look, which this year is courtesy of Gwenaël Nicolas (Curiosity).
Artist unit Paramodel — aka Yusuke Nakano and Yasuhiko Hayashi — has a new show at the Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya entitled “The World According to Paramodel.”
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Architect and product designer Masayuki Kurokawa has launched “design-proposal,” a website that aims to bring manufacturers and designers together in developing new creative ideas.
I actually walked by this one the other day, and the first thing I said was: “Oh, thats a wierd looking defensive exterior. Its like the building is prepared for a zombie rat invasion.”
Hahaha… Now that you describe it that way, it does have a “defensive” feel to it.