Latest articles by Danielle Demetriou
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Kyoto soba confectioner launches store in wooden machiya townhouseA celebrated Kyoto soba confectioner and restaurant, Honke Owariya, offers a custom-built outlet for its sweet treats courtesy of Osaka-based designer Teruhiro Yanagihara
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The elegant simplicity of Arts & Science's Aoyama flagshipDesigned by Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects (ATTA), Arts & Sciene's new Aoyama flagship in Tokyo, offers a play between curves and lines
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Plan Do See and Tadao Ando reimagine former Nintendo HQ as Kyoto hotelPlan Do See and Tadao Ando balance past and future as they transform Nintendo’s former HQ in Kyoto into a boutique hotel, Marufukuro
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Perrier-Jouët and Analogia Project explore nature and colour in champagneAnalogia Project has unveiled Metamorphosis with Maison Perrier-Jouët – six champagne glasses that create a dialogue between design, champagne and nature
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How Tokyo’s creative universe is evolving at Designart’s second edition -
Tokyo’s design hotel scene steps up a notch with the arrival of Trunk -
Finland meets Japan at Kyoto's Maja Hotel by Harri Koskinen -
Kyoto’s landmark Kyocera Museum unveils its contemporary renovationOne of Japan's key cultural landmarks, the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art, originally built in the 1930s in the Imperial Crown Style architecture known as teikan, is preparing to reopen to the public following a contemporary, yet respectful renovation by architects Jun Aoki and Tezzo Nishizawa
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Japanese clothing brand Minotaur launches its first accessories-only concept store in Tokyo -
Designed by Kengo Kuma, Tokyo’s newest hotel is inspired by an immersive art exhibit -
Tokyo's Nohga Hotel Ueno champions local design -
Tokyo’s Shibuya gets a new hotel -
Danish floral artist Nicolai Bergmann launches new jewellery line in OEO Studio-designed space -
Copenhagen's OEO Studio designs Tokyo's Nordic-influenced Inua restaurant -
Tokyo's Hamacho Hotel champions all things handcrafted -
BnA Studio group unveils its largest art-led property to date in Tokyo -
New design brand Mino Soil unearths the creative potential of Japanese clayThe first in a series of exhibitions, ‘Archeology of Mino: in collaboration with Studio Mumbai’ explores the creative potential and ‘brutal beauty’ of clay from the Mino region and marks the debut of ceramics brand Mino Soil
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Artist Sohei Nishino maps his Everest journey in epic photographic detailAhead of his solo show at Michael Hoppen Gallery, the artist discusses his intricate new cartographic work conceived at high altitude
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Nendo’s Oki Sato on challenges, new talent, and ‘taking the difficult way’Oki Sato, founder of prolific Japanese studio Nendo, reflects on past and present challenges – including designing Tokyo’s Olympic cauldron – and, for Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project, selects five young talents ready to pick up the torch
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Japanese architecture and the Olympics: pavilions pop upA family of architectural pavilions by Japanese architects and artists has appeared in the urban cityscape ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, courtesy of Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo and the Watari-um art museum
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Kengo Kuma’s Ace Hotel Kyoto opens in a converted telephone officeDiscover the design details of Asia's first Ace Hotel, as realised by architect Kengo Kuma and Commune Design
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Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune designs K5, a new hotel in TokyoStep inside Claesson Koivisto Rune’s design as a 1920s bank turns hotel
