Tag: Japan
Yukinori Dehara
Hand painted -paper clay or vinyl- sculptures by Japanese character illustrator and artist Yukinori Dehara
gallery images courtesy of Giantrobot
Voice of Coffee / Yusuke Seki
The interior of a former barber shop turned into “Voice of Coffee” shop in Kobe, Japan by design studio Yusuke Seki
Almost all of the structural elements were left as they were found during the demolition process. As studio’s Mamie Nishida says: “We are not interested in using 100 per cent new materials…Our focus is on the coexistence of past and future in contemporary projects.”
Via Frame
Photos by Takumi Ota
Yoh Nagao
Humpbackwhale, collage, acrylic, marker, ballpoint
Collages made of fashion magazine and paint by Berlin-based Japanese artist Yoh Nagao
Hop, Step and Cat, collage, acrylic, marker, ballpoint
Hanamichi, collage, acrylic, marker, ballpoint
Lost and Found, collage, acrylic, marker, ballpoint
Untitled, collage, acrylic, marker, ballpoint
Heat Rumble, collage, acrylic, marker, ballpoint
Stranger than Mine 5, collage, acrylic, marker, ballpoint
Their days till today 2, collage, acrylic, marker, ballpoint
” Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard. ”
Reborn / Masaya Kushino
Images from Reborn, an art piece created by Kyoto based shoe designer Masaya Kushino, for the NIPPON ZINE charity event in Tokyo, 2011.
Equip / Sides Core
Equip, a minimal hair and beauty salon designed to accommodate one client at a time, by Osaka-based design studio Sides Core, led by Sohei and Sumiko Arao.
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Images by Yoshiro Masuda
Light / YOY
Aluminum LED light fixture, available as floor or table lamp, by Tokyo based YOY studio, aka designers Naoki Ono and Yuki Yamamoto.
Photographs by Yasuko Furukawa
Previously: Peel light from YOY