Post World War II, architects like Kenzo Tange pioneered a new blend of tradition with modernism, sparking the influential Metabolist movement of the 1960s that imagined cities as organic, adaptable ...

If you are interested in learning more about how website design is implemented in different countries, you are sure to enjoy this look at Japanese website construction techniques by Phoebe Yu.

OVER THE PAST few years, the ubiquity of chilly digital screens in our lives—and the idea that you can tap, swipe and pinch-and-zoom your way to perfectly calibrated bliss—has led designers and their ...

Spread from ‘Logos from Japan,” published by Counter-Print (all images courtesy Counter-Print) A few years ago, the UK-based design store and publisher Counter-Print released a book that surveyed ...

Zelkova wood furniture. Underwater-inspired lighting. Tree-reflecting textiles. Minimalist iron chairs. Japanese taiko drum-like terrazzo tables. Modern expressions of ancient hemp. Vivid abstractions ...

Curated by designer and historian Ian Lynam, the exhibition is the result of 15 years of in-depth research into how visual design has changed across a century in Japan, particularly in how notions ...

The work of emerging designers shows a bold evolution in the national aesthetic. Dominic Lutyens finds out how and why change has come about. Coolly minimalist objects in muted hues made of natural ...