
Backrooms in Japan
A survey of Backrooms-like spaces in Japan, where ordinary infrastructure becomes strange through closure, inaccessibility and lost purpose.

A survey of Backrooms-like spaces in Japan, where ordinary infrastructure becomes strange through closure, inaccessibility and lost purpose.
AURALEE and New Balance have built a quiet partnership around texture, muted colour, and technical silhouettes.

Not quite props, not quite souvenirs. These A24 collectibles extend their films through objects made for shelves, tables, and hands.

The Oakley designs that still feel displaced in time.

A security guard’s temporary station signs became one of Tokyo’s most recognizable forms of handmade typography.

Protective garments that treated clothing as equipment before techwear became a familiar term.

Objects that entered circulation through the systems they reflect: auction, forgery, exhibition, scarcity, and belief.

Sculptural playgrounds across Japan built between the 1960s and 2000s.

European ritual costumes photographed through fur, bells, carved masks, and seasonal folklore.
PUMA Urban Mobility showed how movement, travel, storage, and utility could be translated into product form.