Masanori Umeda’s Unusual Furniture
Tatami floors, zigzag legs and velvet petals furnish Umeda’s domestic world.
Phones by Fashion Houses
An era when fashion houses extended their identities beyond clothing and into the phones we carried.
General Research’s Parasite Collection
General Research’s experiment in pocket excess.
Signature Pieces of Japanese Americana
American origins. Japanese signatures.
Hundertwasser’s Unexpected Commissions
Rubbish to burn and trains to catch, in settings shaped by Hundertwasser.
Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s Happy Victims
Happy victims whose designer collections have outgrown their wardrobes.
Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan
A Tokyo hotel commission connected Wright with educators, brewers and architects across Japan.
Brain Dead at the Movies
For Brain Dead, a film can be restored, rescreened and eventually worn.
Kusama’s Self-Obliteration
Behind Kusama’s familiar dots was a more unsettling idea: the disappearance of the self.
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu by Steve Nakamura
A pop identity built through colour, repetition and a measured amount of discomfort.