Jens H Jensen
Originally from Denmark, Jens H. Jensen has been calling Japan his home for almost two decades. Since 2014 he has worked with Wallpaper* as the Japan Editor. His main interests are architecture, crafts and design. Besides writing and editing, he consults numerous business in Japan and beyond and designs and build retail, residential and moving (read: vans) interiors.
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Architectural pavilion lands on the small island of Naoshima
The Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; yet always championing the best and most exciting young studios and showcasing inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm. To mark the occasion, in the next months, we will be looking back at some of our over-500 alumni, to catch up about life and work since their participation and exclusively launch some of their latest completions. Hiroshi Sambuichi, a 2004 Architects Directory alumnus, introduces The Water pavilion, the latest addition to the Naoshima Plan, the island campus in the Seto Inland Sea.
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Tsumamigui — Tokyo, Japan
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Koichi Futatsumata gives an old business hotel a stylish minimal makeover
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‘Loewe Baskets’: two masters of bamboo take star turns at Milan Design Week
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Premium brew: Tokyo’s Koffee Mameya makes a perfect cup
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The Café by Aman — Tokyo, Japan
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Youbi’s new HQ in Honshu is a friendly local hub as well as a furniture factory
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Essential reading: the single book Morioka Shoten bookstore opens in Ginza, Tokyo
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Muji is bringing its masterfully minimalist aesthetic to hotels
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Muji opens its largest standalone store topped with its newest hotel in Ginza, Tokyo
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At Kyotographie, photographers are looking onwards and upwards
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Setouchi Aonagi is architect Tadao Ando’s new seven-room retreat
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Can design help us better understand the future?
Yosuke Ushigome, the self-styled ‘creative technologist’ and director at design studio Takram on the power of speculative design to make ideas tangible, humanise big data, and encourage healthier behaviours
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Treasure island: two new buildings alight on an art paradise in the Seto Inland Sea
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A new café in Kyoto designed by Thomas Lykke of Copenhagen studio OeO
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The Trip: explore the ancient and modern worlds of Nara, Japan
Weekly at Wallpaper*, ‘The Trip' takes you on a detailed tour of an under-explored town, city or territory, direct from your living room. This week, we journey to the revered Japanese capital, Nara, which has been experiencing a cultural renaissance, led by a savvy herd of young creatives
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MMA crafts Japanese home around a series of boxes
Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory is our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios. Today, we welcome Japan's MMA Inc to our 2022 list
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Sou Fujimoto judges Wallpaper* Design Awards 2022
We chat with Wallpaper* Design Awards 2022 judge Sou Fujimoto about his work in Japan and abroad, and our shortlisted designs and winners
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Yoshio Taniguchi’s new Heisei Chishinkan wing is a minimalist counterpoint to the Kyoto National Museum
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Explore Junya Ishigami's cave-like house and restaurant design
Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has completed his impressive, cave-like Home/Restaurant project in his home country's Yamaguchi
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This Hayama house offers a twist on Japanese seaside living
A new house in Hayama by architects Case-Real offers a new take on living in the Japanese seaside town
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It’s a hyggelig affair in the Jens Risom room at Copenhagen’s Hotel Alexandra
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Tobeyaki blues: a new Shiro Ao pottery line, from Japan’s Shikoku island
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Craft work: Mikkeller’s Tokyo beer bar merges Scandinavian and Japanese tastes
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