Japanese home interiors icon IDÉE introduces the newest campaign in its New Direction series, a celebration of life, creativity, nature and the juxtaposition of nostalgia and modernity

The theme of ‘chance’ inspired this year’s DESIGNART, Tokyo’s annual design and art festival, with more than 80 events across in neighbourhoods across the capital. We round up our highlights of the inspiring roll call of emerging talent

Showcasing an all-inclusive interior design concept for home renovations, I IN’s THELIFE Shibuya showroom marries open-planning and bespoke furniture with Japanese craft

The fourth home by Japanese furniture brand Karimoku Case Study, The Azabu Residence is once again the result of a close collaboration between Norm Architects and Keiji Ashizawa Design

Californian coffee brand Blue Bottle has added a new Japan location — a Shibuya cafe designed by Keiji Ashizawa, packed with crafted details, modern textures and bespoke furniture

Japanese architecture office UNEMORI ARCHITECTS designed House Tokyo on a small site in central Tokyo as an experiment in maximising living space and the clients’ experience of home. Here, principal Hiroyuki Unemori tells us more about the building’s unique form

Designed by Klein Dytham architecture (KDa), Tokyo’s toggle hotel suidobashi is a colour lover’s dream amid a quintessentially Tokyo cityscape

Fun. Relaxation. Friendship. Family. These words were the inspiration behind Keiji Ashizawa’s minimalist lines and warm tones of Grillno, a new restaurant that recently opened just outside of Tokyo

The newly opened Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon — the brand’s first Japan outpost — has all the trappings for which founder Ian Schrager has come to be known, combined with the minimal and contemplative touches of renowned architect Kengo Kuma

Stable COVID-19 rates and a scattered format convinced the Designart organisers to go ahead with this year’s event, placing Tokyo in the creative spotlight. Dozens of exhibitions and product launches (many originally scheduled for Milan) took place across 70 sites — here we round up some of the highlights

Conceived by founder and architect Daisuke Motogi, DDAA/DDAA LAB’s Artek stool hacks highlight the design and architecture firm’s belief that everything has the potential to evolve

Leading architects and designers, including Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma and Marc Newson, have joined the Tokyo Toilet Project to redesign 17 of Shibuya’s public toilet facilities, turning them into beautiful public/private spaces