First Tokyo, then Kyoto, now it’s Osaka’s turn to get the Wallpaper City Guide treatment. As I wrote when I covered the Kyoto volume’....
4 Nov 1:19 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The winners of the inaugural Tokyo Midtown Award 2009 — part of Midtown’s Design Touch event — were announced this past Friday, with ....
4 Nov 12:43 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Built back in 2006, I’m liking the tower-like Rokushomaki House, designed by Masuda Atelier and located up in Saitama. Via MoCo Loco. ....
4 Nov 12:10 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Designboom takes a look at the DMN Design Workshop Exhibition (Vol. 10) held during this past week’s design festivities, with the theme o....
4 Nov 12:03 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Uniqlo has yet another web widget for you to put on your blog, this time Uniqlo Tunes, a music player to promote the retailer’s HEAT TECH....
3 Nov 11:57 pm  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Wanted to update everyone on what’s happening with PauseTalk Vol. 35. It is not happening tonight (first Monday of the month) because I di....
2 Nov 11:25 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I’m very happy to note that the PROTOTYPE exhibition series — originally conceived by Keiji Ashizawa — is back this year for a third ....
1 Nov 7:36 pm  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I’m a bit surprised I missed this, but Keiji Ashizawa this year developed a drawer/shelf combo unit appropriately called Drawer Shelf. It....
1 Nov 7:02 pm  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

You may recall that earlier this year I posted something about Carl Randall’s portraits work, and now’s the time to see the result. Car....
1 Nov 6:49 pm  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

A new planned design at OPEN Skateboards, an homage to designer Kiyoshi Awazu, by Ian Lynam. ....
25 Oct 5:50 pm  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Some nice minimalist packaging for bottled coffee. Via FFFFOUND! ....
25 Oct 5:42 pm  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The Japan Times has an article that takes a good look at the arrival of the Kindle in Japan, and the challenges it will face in getting Jap....
25 Oct 11:55 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Plastic Moon is a new house in Tokyo that combines a private residence with the owner’s dental practice, and includes a swimming pool on ....
25 Oct 11:36 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Isolution Unit teams with furniture manufacturer Karimoku for a new collection, to be previewed at next week’s 100% Design Tokyo (October....
25 Oct 11:30 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Matt Alt highlights a few bits on the recent state of the Japanese anime industry from a report in Cyzo magazine on the Japan Anime Collabor....
20 Oct 11:07 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Ian Lynam collaborates with Lesque for a new round of board designs. ....
20 Oct 10:48 am  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent]