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    Minako Norimatsu

    Minako Norimatsu is a Japanese journalist and consultant based in Paris. Extremely curious about everything creative, her field ranges from fashion to art, dance, hospitality and travel. She has interviewed many Japanese fashion designers and artists for Wallpaper*, as well as non-Japanese creatives whose inspirations are drawn from Japan.

    Latest articles by Minako Norimatsu

    Works in progress at Kawai’s studio in Kasama, Japan

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    Ahead of a show at Steve Turner Gallery, LA, Japanese ceramic artist Kazuhito Kawai discusses the origins of his deliberately deformed kaleidoscopic creations

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      Eileen Gray's iconic residence, E-1027, completes extensive renovation and throws open its doors in France's Côte d'Azur

      By Minako Norimatsu Last updated 13 September 22

    • Ateneum Silent Beauty 02

      A Helsinki exhibition explores the artistic synergy between the Nordics and East Asia

      Ateneum museum is marking the centenary of diplomatic relations between Finland and Japan with a quietly beautiful display of ceramics, paintings, sculptures and textiles

      By Minako Norimatsu Last updated 24 August 22

    • Portrait of Ryohei Kawanishi inside his Les Six concept store

      Remote Japanese concept store celebrates the future of craft

      Les Six, a new concept store in South Japan, sells crafted wares for a new world

      By Minako Norimatsu Last updated 12 August 22

    • Exhibition of A dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon

      Greek mythology inspires a Dries Van Noten-curated exhibition in Tokyo

      By Minako Norimatsu Last updated 13 July 22

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