Japenese Tableware by Hayon
Presented at Tokyo DesignTide 2010, Hayon’s latest tableware Japanese porcelain Collection for Kamide Choemon
Mountains and opening house
This building is a design room for a Japanese sneaker brand as well as a residential house. It is located in an exclusive residential district that commands an entire view of the Osaka Plain. The architecture is built on the slope of a hill with an elevation of 330 meters. The level difference of the site is 8 meters.
By architects Eastern Design Office.
Photographs by Koichi Torimura.
via archdaily
Siwa Paper Hats
« Designer Naoto Fukasawa has created a series of hats that are made entirely out of traditional
japanese washi-paper. The three pieces entitled ‘ivy cap’, ‘hat’, and ‘tyrolean hat’, are constructed
from a new type of paper called ‘naoron’ developed by washi-paper manufacturer Onao which
withstands both moisture and weight, resulting in a lightweight material that does not tear easily.
Resembling weathered leather in its crumpled texture, the colour and aesthetic treatment of the hats
do not lend themselves out to being made solely out of paper. Though the material is soft and flexible,
they are entirely durable and highly water-proof. »
Via Design Boom
