Japan Art, architecture and travel
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Japan - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Japan.
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Ori Gersht reflects on Kyoto’s Zen gardens and their secret floating worlds
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Junya Ishigami’s architecture aims high and digs deep at Fondation Cartier in Paris
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Charting the unique make-up of Japanese architecture
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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The space of change: charting the peculiarity of Japanese houses
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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The unlikely synchronicity between Italian radicalism and Japanese metabolism
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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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.
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Celebrating Japanese art and culture for National Foundation Day
To mark Japan’s National Foundation Day (11 February 2022) we revisit recent art features that illustrate the breadth and depth of contemporary Japanese art
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Hublot’s Tokyo watch boutique plays on glass and crystal
The flagship boutique in Ginza is Hublot’s largest retail space to date
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Chiharu Shiota’s ‘labyrinth within a labyrinth’ at Copenhagen’s Cisternerne
Chiharu Shiota has become the latest artist to take over the arched depths of Copenhagen’s Cisternerne. Titled Multiple Realities, her installation is a poetic landscape of web-like yarn, both serene and unsettling
By Minako Norimatsu Last updated
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Nanamica’s NYC store nods to a Japanese beach house
Japanese menswear brand Nanamica has collaborated with New York-based architect Taichi Kuma on its Soho boutique
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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A warm welcome: Japanese beauty brand Shiro opens London store
By Adam Chapman Last updated
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The things that define you: an exhibition of zakka at 21_21 Design Sight Tokyo
By Tom Howells Last updated
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Margaret Howell's new film is a tribute to Japanese culture
Affinities – 50 Years of Design marks the 50th anniversary of the Margaret Howell clothing brand
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Prototype prefab: Muji unveils the no-clutter Window House
By Noor Dasmesh Singh Last updated
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The Millennials is a modern, updated version of Japan’s famed capsule hotel concept
By Danielle Demetriou Last updated
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Tsumamigui — Tokyo, Japan
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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Architect Jun Aoki designs fabric-like façade for Loro Piana's new Tokyo flagship
The storied Italian brand makes a subtle architectural statement with its new Tokyo outpost
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Koichi Futatsumata gives an old business hotel a stylish minimal makeover
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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The Marriott group launches diffusion brand Moxy in Osaka
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Renowned architects design sculptural beauty packaging
Architects Kengo Kuma, Oskar Leo Kaufmann, and Tokujin Yoshioka are designing a new landscape in the world of beauty packaging
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Project Japan: Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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A contemporary tea room and shop opens in Tokyo
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura faces off with Old Masters in New York
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Worthy winner: Jun'ya Ishigami scoops top international architecture award
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Found Muji
By Nick Compton Last updated
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The Café by Aman — Tokyo, Japan
By Jens H Jensen Last updated
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A new collection of furniture combines Italian and Japanese craftsmanship
Italian furniture company De Padova and Japanese brand Time & Style join forces on a collection of furniture that marries the two countries' aesthetics and craftsmanship traditions
By Alice Morby Last updated