There’s a quiet grace and overall restraint to Japanese design. Every item has intention, carefully crafted with materials designed to endure. “Japanese style is defined by a way of thinking rather ...

It’s a long way from Canada to Japan, but for Oki Sato, the prolific head of Japanese design house Nendo, the journey from a sleepy Toronto suburb to one of the world’s most exhilarating cities was an ...

With a full-size recreation of the Moriyama House in Tokyo and more than 200 exhibits, visitors can explore the best of Japanese design and find out to achieve the look in their own homes. Simply ...

The work of emerging designers shows a bold evolution in the national aesthetic. Dominic Lutyens finds out how and why change has come about. Coolly minimalist objects in muted hues made of natural ...

"In Japan, craft is not limited to, or exclusively, handmade. It is as much a mindset as a physical act," says American architect and writer Naomi Pollock in the introduction to “Japanese Design Since ...