More Trees Stool

Launching at Maison & Objet in Paris from September 8 to 12, the More Trees Stool is an easy to assemble knockdown that comes in three sizes.

SANWA

Sanwa is a Japanese company that for 35 years has been importing and marketing construction materials, as well as designing, developing, and marketing house equipment for the home, with a […]

Sensing glass - DAMN° Magazine

Sensing glass

Tokujin Yoshioka’s glass tea house that extends the sensual experience of tea prepares for global tour.

Shinkoji Temple - DAMN° Magazine

Shinkoji Temple

Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio, Minami-ku Nagoya city, Japan

Small Wonders - DAMN° Magazine

Small Wonders

A chat on the ideal Japanese home The knack for building small has been thoroughly mastered by the Japanese. Given the many constraints that serve to limit the size of […]

Into the Forest of Make-Believe - DAMN° Magazine

Into the Forest of Make-Believe

Canon on the scene Selected Japanese designers, on invitation of Canon, have created two installations that depict all the tenderness and subtleties of nature. They have done so using elements […]

Dark Obsessions - DAMN° Magazine

Dark Obsessions

On Chiharu Shiota Possessing an overtly Japanese essence, interwoven with the distinct influence of the artist marina abramović, Chiharu Shiota makes work that is at once profound and complex. Shiota […]

Beyond Western Convention - DAMN° Magazine

Beyond Western Convention

Deft and defiant: Japanese fashion Thirty years ago, issey miyake, rei kawakubo andYohji Yamamoto proved that there was an entirely new way to deal with fashion, landing in the international […]

Japan Dossier - DAMN° Magazine

Japan Dossier

Tokyo Stories Not to have known that Japan was about to experience a mammoth natural disaster, DAMn° spent time there discovering the enormous depth of creative talent. The Japanese approach […]

Doorstep Decay - DAMN° Magazine

Doorstep Decay

Japan’s abandoned Buildings Taking a pragmatic pose, photo sharing spawns amateur and professional collections that range from the good, bad, ugly and plenty of places in between. In Japan, picturing […]

Crossing Borders - DAMN° Magazine

Crossing Borders

Junya Ishigami At the risk of giving him a drum roll, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami is losing the tag of former SANAA protégé and in the last few months has […]

Concrete and Roses - DAMN° Magazine

Concrete and Roses

Crafting Memories of Japan Japan is the land of the perpetually rising modern, yet its traditional crafts are taking on contemporary guises to preserve the collective memories of the country’s culture. From the […]