Category Design

Strange futures once imagined in plastic and glass, now resting quietly in the archives of Japanese design.

An overview of the unusual figures and object forms that reveal another side of Undercover’s design.

Design meets craftsmanship in watches created by Issey Miyake and produced by Seiko.

Inventor Kenji Kawakami created Chindōgu, a series of almost-useful inventions that question the idea of practicality itself.

Not every mascot in Japan was built to soothe. Some were built to disturb.

What Comme des Garçons followed to build its unconventional pop-up shops.

Hiroshi Fujiwara projects that turn retail into a curated, thematic experience.

A concise look at the collaborations between Brain Dead and Tokyo-based art duo magma.

From Tokyo to Texas, five experimental buildings that explored modular living, futurism, and design ambition.

Five Super Present clocks by Shohei Mihara and Wakita that captured the spirit of 1980s Japanese postmodern design.