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Loewe to open Crafted World exhibition in Tokyo

Loewe has announced the debut of its first major brand exhibition, Crafted World, which will open in Tokyo in spring 2025.

Luxury : Fashion : Design

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Shiseido celebrates Japanese craft in award-winning holiday display

Shiseido’s holiday window display, Beauty From Within, at the Shiseido Parlour in Ginza, Tokyo, has won Window Display of the Year at the Frame Awa...

Retail : Beauty : Design

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Perrier-Jouët’s latest campaign celebrates bubbles and blooms

Maison Perrier-Jouët’s latest campaign, Fill your World with Wonder, is an ode to flowers and the champagne producer’s close relationship with the ...

Food : Drink : Sustainability

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The Conran Shop opens ‘locally edited’ concept store in Tokyo

The Conran Shop has opened its new ‘locally edited’ concept store in Daikanyama, Tokyo, placing designers and artisans from Asia in the limelight.

Retail : Japan : Tokyo

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This timber department store only sells eco-products

In a bid to create a holistically sustainable retail experience, architectural firm Foster + Partners is planning a Tokyo-based retail development ...

Retail : Sustainability : Design

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hotel zen tokyo is a high-end capsule hotel

The hotel offers small rooms for single people, without scrimping on the quality of its features or services.

Hospitality : Interiors : Design

Micro Trends

Serene Hospitality

Silence is emerging as a new signifier of luxury in high-end hospitality.

Hospitality : Luxury : Travel

Big Ideas

Muji announces plans to open a hotel in 2019

Tokyo – The hotel will be situated above a new flagship Muji store.

Hospitality : Retail : Travel

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The Ontenna hair clip enables wearers to feel sound

Tokyo – Ontenna is designed to enable D/deaf and hard of hearing people to experience sound through light and vibrations.

Design : Technology : Product Design

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Acne Studios rebrands with a new streamlined collection

Tokyo – Acne Studios has relaunched its denim line as a minimalist collection.

Sweden : Anti-choice Architecture : Denim

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Immersive seasoning

Tokyo – TeamLab has created an immersive dining experience that responds to diners’ movements.

TeamLab : Tokyo : Hospitality

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Urban running

Tokyo – The Green Light Run gamified marathon experience has helped runners to navigate the city.

Adidas : Tokyo : Run Stations

Viewpoints

Could Facebook launch a Line store?

Social media platforms need to become playful and experimental to win over the next generation of users in Asia.

Asia : Social Media : Line

Micro Trends

Telepresence Tech

The Skype generation is coming of age as people across the world connect via telepresence technology.

Technology : Neo-Kinship : Family

Big Ideas

Gold for tech

Tokyo – The Olympic organising committee is encouraging people to donate their old gadgets to be recycled into medals.

Olympic Games : Whole-systems Thinking : Sustainability

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Special tea

Tokyo – Tokyo Saryo is the world’s first hand-drip green tea store, offering a variety of single origin teas from across Japan.

Tokyo Saryo : Matcha : Lucy Alter Design

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A personal approach

Global – Audi has released a new video campaign focused on individuality.

Audi : The E-motional Economy : Advertising

Markets

Modest Wear Market

The modest wear market is growing, with Muslim influencers, brand collaborations and lifestyle-led thinking all playing a part.

Modest Wear : Muslim : Influencers

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It's all Gucci

Tokyo – Gucci has collaborated with four artists on an experience that celebrates the new direction of the house.

Gucci : Alessandro Michele : Explorium Retail

Big Ideas

House Vision 2016

A series of cross-industry collaborations and talks at Tokyo’s second House Vision exhibition examined the future of the home and the nature of the...

House Vision : Tokyo : Urbanism

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Over the counter

Tokyo – Supplements store Fast Food Aid is helping lovers of junk food to understand the effects of their consumption.

Kaibutsu : Dohtonbori : Fast Food Aid

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Tokyo nights

Tokyo – Bunka Hostel’s grown-up aesthetic seeks to attract budget travellers with an appreciation for design.

Tokyo : Designer Bunks : Hostels

Design Directions

Schemata Architects/Jo Nagasaka: Interiors and product

Tokyo-based studio Schemata Architects imbues interiors with a sense of movement and transience.

Schemata Architects : Jo Nagasaka : Interiors

Communities

The IM Crowd

Email and phone calls are outdated forms of communication in the eyes of the IM Crowd, which prefers to keep in touch through instant messaging (...

Teenagers : Instant Messaging : Consumer Tribe

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Cabin fever

Tokyo – Japanese lifestyle brand Muji has unveiled three self-contained huts for Tokyo Design Week that provide an escape from the hustle and...

Muji : Jasper Morrison : Konstantin Grcic