Retail giant Muji and its minimalist design-for-living ethos have long been a Wallpaper* favourite, so we’re very jealous of the 152 design-conscious homebuyers moving into the world’s first Muji Village – a nine-story, three-building complex installed with oodles of Muji furniture, a library and two landscaped gardens, currently being constructed in Tsudanuma, Chiba, a half hour east of Tokyo.
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While its first occupants will only arrive in February 2010, other Muji fans are holding out for the firm’s next project, the appropriately named Style House. Sited in Tokyo’s snazzy Meguro district, the three-storey, 19-apartment Style House is being overseen by architect Taro Ashihara, and scheduled to complete in February 2011.
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JW Anderson and Pleasing design a balloon-inspired collection of nail polishes and moreJW Anderson and Pleasing launch an uplifting new capsule collection featuring balloon-inspired metallic nail polishes and a take on the viral rainbow cardigan
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Bottega Veneta drafts Venetian artisans for its unique ‘Bottega for Bottegas’ project, a gift list of local craftItalian fashion house Bottega Veneta has sought out six craftspeople from in and around Venice to create precious objects – from playing cards to jigsaw puzzles – which arrive just in time for festive gift-giving
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Agnès Varda, Luca Guadagnino and Wim Wenders: why Aesop’s love affair with cinema is more than skin-deepAesop’s new 2024 Christmas campaign celebrates its long love affair with cinema. Laura Havlin speaks with the brand’s head of global store design Marianne Lardilleux to discover why film is inherent to its DNA
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Minimal curves and skilled lines are the focal point of Kengo Kuma's Christmas treesKengo Kuma unveiled his two Christmas trees, each carefully designed to harmonise with their settings in two hotels he also designed: The Tokyo Edition, Toranomon and The Tokyo Edition, Ginza
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Claesson Koivisto Rune on 30 years of their often Japan-inspired designs, charted in a new book‘Claesson Koivisto Rune: In Transit’ is a ‘round-the-world journey’ into the Swedish studio's projects. Here, the founders tell Wallpaper* about their fascination with Japan, and the concept of aimai
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Teruhiro Yanagihara's new textile for Kvadrat boasts a rhythmic design reimagining Japanese handsewing techniques‘Ame’ designed by Teruhiro Yanagihara for Danish brand Kvadrat is its first ‘textile-to-textile’ product, made entirely of polyester recycled from fabric waste. The Japanese designer tells us more
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Craft x Tech elevates Japanese craftsmanship with progressive technologyThe inaugural edition of Craft x Tech was presented in Tokyo this week, before making its first international stop at Design Miami Basel (11-16 June 2024)
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Ikea meets Japan in this new pattern-filled collectionNew Ikea Sötrönn collection by Japanese artist Hiroko Takahashi brings Japan and Scandinavia together in a pattern-filled, joyful range for the home
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Junya Ishigami designs at Maniera Gallery are as ethereal as his architectureJunya Ishigami presents new furniture at Maniera Gallery in Belgium (until 31 August 2024), following the series' launch during Milan Design Week
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Nao Tamura's ‘Origata’ bench for Porro is inspired by kimonos‘Origata’ bench, by Nao Tamura, for Porro is among our Salone del Mobile 2024 highlights, featured in May Wallpaper*, on sale 11 April
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Newly-opened Audo in Tokyo brings Copenhagen aesthetic to JapanDenmark meets Japan: Audo Tokyo opens with a serene series of scenescapes that offers a sensory immersion in the brand's aesthetics
