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20 slides x 20 seconds. Tokyo’s Pecha Kucha Night

“Give an architect a mike and they’ll talk for hours,” explains Astrid Klein at Tokyo’s Pecha Kucha Night in the standing-room only space at Superdeluxe. Pecha-Kucha Night was started by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham as a place for architects, designers, and other creatives to publicly show their work. But rather than placing audiences at [...]

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Product design by Makoto Yamaguchi

Japanese architect Makoto Yamaguchi has recently been extending his practice to include sensitive and exquisitely crafted products.

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Tokyo Weekly: Design Tide

Written by Keiji Ashizawa
Translated by Hannah Hernandez
This is the third year for Design tide. Up till last year they were exhibiting in buildings under construction and vacant stadium spaces which served as a message in itself. This year they were exhibited at an event space located on the basement floor of a shopping mall in [...]

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Tokyo Weekly: 100% Design and Design Tide

Written by Keiji Ashizawa
Translated by Hannah Hernandez
Tokyo design week turned out to be a successful and very prosperous event. The two big events were 100% design Tokyo and Design Tide. Tokyo design week on 0ct 30th thru Nov. 3rd turned out to be a very successful week. Both events were blessed with many participants as [...]

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Tokyo Weekly: Tokyo Design Week Preview

Written by Keiji Ashizawa
Translated by Hannah Hernandez
Tokyo has many events lined up from October 30th to November 3rd, worthy of being called a design week. The biggest events are called 100% Design Tokyo and Design tide. This year, they are opening a prototype display. It is actually the second time it’s been on exhibition. Last [...]

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Tokyo Weekly: TNA Architects and Vinta Design

Photo by Daici Ano
Written by Keiji Ashizawa
Translated by Hannah Hernandez
Multi-complex house by Makoto Takei / Chie Nabeshima of TNA Architects

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Tokyo Weekly: AN Architects and Luft design

Written by Keiji Ashizawa
Translated by Hannah Hernandez
Hiroshi Araki & Koji Nagasawa
AN Architects is an architectural design office which was formed by two architects who studied at Tadao Ando’s office. It was formed in Osaka in 2005.

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Tokyo Weekly: Nakae Architects & Musvi Point Design

Written by Keiji Ashizawa
Translated by Hannah Hernandez
NE apartment
Nakae Architects

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Tokyo Weekly: Drill Design & Minority Rev

Written by Keiji Ashizawa
Translated by Hannah Hernandez
DRILL DESIGN
Yusuke Hayashi & Yoko Yasunishi
Each part of the design such as graphic design, package design, and spatial arrangement are done in tune with product design.
They are rarely featured in overseas media but their work is of high quality. They are easy to use and have great ideas [...]

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Tokyo Weekly: Torafu Design

Written by Keiji Ashizawa
Translated by Hannah Hernandez
Tofaru design is a team made up of Koichi Suzuno and Shinya Kamuro.

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