The magazine of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Design
June 2019
Japan gardens win gold at Chelsea
Design
May 2016
Open, modern hubs for all
London expert reflects on Tokyo spaces
Design
June 2015
Edo-inspired creation gets gold
Japanese designer awarded at UK garden show
Design
August 2013
Interacting with Interiors
In the centre of Sou Fujimoto’s cluttered and constantly busy studio stood a sprawling scale model of his latest project. Although, at that stage of planning, it looked like thousands of matchsticks held together in an intricate geometrical lattice of cubes and right angles, already the concept of the finished design was apparent.
Design
June 2013
Creating Colourful, Festive Funerals
The Tokyo-based advertising agency I&S BBDO Inc. recently won a number of prestigious creative awards, including silver at the Clio Awards—major international creative honours—for their advert design for Japanese funeral home Nishinihon Tenrei.
Design
November 2012
Transplanted!
British garden designer James Basson won a gold medal and the Peace and Flowers Award at the Gardening World Cup Flower Show 2012 in Japan.
Design
October 2012
Branching Out
Takashi Kobayashi had always felt smothered by Japanese society but had no idea how to escape from its embrace. Walking through the Tokyo suburb of Harajuku one day, he saw a shop sign depicting a tree growing out of a rock face and, perched in the branches, a tree house.
Design
October 2012
With Dignity and Function
A British architectural firm played a key role in the interior renovation of one of Tokyo’s most important and historical landmarks.
Design
August 2012
Garden Made for Gold
Kazuyuki Ishihara won the gold medal in the Artisan Garden category at the Royal Horticultural Society’s annual Chelsea Flower Show in late May, bringing home his seventh award from the world’s most famous gardening event. And of that medal total, no fewer than four have now been gold.
Design
July 2012
Creating Space
In a city where apartments are notoriously small, badly lit and uninspiring in their design, Akira Koyama has devised an antidote. And so impressive is the Yotsuya Tenera complex that the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in late June awarded it one of the coveted RIBA International Awards.
Design
April 2012
Classic Meets Contemporary
The Tokyo office of advertising agency I&S BBDO recently won a Best of Show Design Lotus Award at Adfest in Pattaya, Thailand, with a creation for food retailer Umino Seaweed.
