Japanese-Influenced Ties by Kiriko: The Portland-based duo introduce a line of silk-lined ties inspired by a grandfather’s style

Japanese-Influenced Ties by Kiriko


As we’ve seen in previous products from the Portland-based project of co-founders Dawn Yanagihara and Katsu Tanaka, Kiriko holds a deeply personal connection to each of the pieces that they create. Take for example, the new…

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Cool Hunting Video: Takashi: The NYC Japanese-Korean barbecue restaurant cooks beef from nose to tail

Cool Hunting Video: Takashi


Manhattan’s West Village restaurant, Takashi, isn’t your average barbecue joint. To learn more, we spoke with Chef Takashi about preparing beef cuisine, quite literally, from nose to tail. Blending Korean and Japanese flavors and cooking…

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Ran Hwang Buttons Compositions

Utilisant des matériaux et éléments tirés de l’industrie de la mode, Ran Hwang propose des compositions d’une beauté incroyable, utilisant notamment des boutons pour imaginer des tableaux représentant des cerisiers en fleurs. Une série « Buttons Compositions » a découvrir dans la suite de l’article.

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Cool Hunting Video: John Daley of New York Sushi Ko: The passionate chef talks to us while preparing for the night’s omakase service

Cool Hunting Video: John Daley of New York Sushi Ko


John Daley—chef and co-owner of the newly opened New York Sushi Ko on the Lower East Side of New York City—spoke with us while prepping for a night’s omakase service. Daley, who cut his teeth…

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Mitsuko Nagone Photography

Focus sur le travail de Mitsuko Nagone, une photographe japonaise qui a essayé avec cette série « New Self, New to Self » de se créer elle-même artistiquement au lieu de se chercher une identité. Cachant son visage dans diverses situations, découvrez des clichés loufoques et réussis dans la suite de l’article

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Google Tokyo Office

Situés dans le quartier de Roppongi à Tokyo, les bureaux japonais de Google ont été pensés par les équipes de Klein Dytham. Mélangeant avec talent les influences occidentales à celles du pays du Soleil levant, des images de cet environnement aux multiples ambiances sont à découvrir dans la suite.

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Tokyo Banana Pie : Japan’s Twinkie-like cult treat

Tokyo Banana Pie


If you’ve ever had the good fortune to travel through Tokyo’s Narita Airport, you wouldn’t have missed the stacks of Tokyo Banana Pies in the shops, sitting among all the tasty treats for friends back home….

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Kiriko: Dawn Yanagihara and Katsu Tanaka’s handcrafted accessories, made with antique Japanese textiles

Kiriko


Since its inception in December 2012, Kiriko—a joint project between graphic designer Dawn Yanagihara and Compound Gallery owner Katsu Tanaka—has taken off. A mere four months after Yanagihara and…

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The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Chip Kidd discusses designing the first English-language collection from “the master of gay erotic manga”

The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame


In book design, provocation is the name of the game. Intrigue the reader enough to pick up the work and open it—this is a process that Chip Kidd has turned into an art. From David Sedaris’ “); return…

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Folk Fibers Indigo Wholecloth Collection: Hand-quilted and nature-dyed quilts from Austin’s Maura Ambrose

Folk Fibers Indigo Wholecloth Collection

Maura Grace Ambrose is known chiefly as a sage of 21st-century quilting. From her home in Austin, Texas, the young Savannah College of Art and Design graduate hand-sews gorgeous, oversized quilts from scraps and new materials, injecting the traditional domestic craft with fresh life. Ambrose has just added a…

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