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.
Latest articles by Jens H Jensen
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At Kyotographie, photographers are looking onwards and upwardsBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Setouchi Aonagi is architect Tadao Ando’s new seven-room retreatBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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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 SeaBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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A new café in Kyoto designed by Thomas Lykke of Copenhagen studio OeOBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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MMA crafts Japanese home around a series of boxesWallpaper* 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 2022We 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 MuseumBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Explore Junya Ishigami's cave-like house and restaurant designJapanese 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 livingA 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 AlexandraBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Tobeyaki blues: a new Shiro Ao pottery line, from Japan’s Shikoku islandBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Craft work: Mikkeller’s Tokyo beer bar merges Scandinavian and Japanese tastesBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Pass the Baton: Third machiya townhouse ’recycle store’ opens, in KyotoBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Tune in Tokyo: Diesel celebrates 30 years in JapanBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Hot sheets: paper turns over a new leaf in TokyoBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Artist and designer Ramdane Touhami on judging the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2017By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Ken Okuyama makes train travel a true pleasure with Hokuriku ShinkansenBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Naked glory: TNA’s town house is a revealing experiment in transparencyBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Waterworld: Hiroshi Sambuichi goes underground in FrederiksbergBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Sou Fujimoto’s brutalist concrete hotel revival transforms MaebashiThe revival of the brutalist concrete Shiroiya Hotel by architect Sou Fujimoto is part of Hitoshi Tanaka's desire to turn an unassuming Japanese city into a design destination
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Immerse yourself in Danish design at the world's first Finn Juhl hotel in JapanBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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New Light Pottery’s HQ in Nara, Japan, merges old and newBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
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London designer Max Lamb takes a shine to the Japanese art of lacquerwareBy Jens H Jensen Last updated
