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KOJIMA: The Jeans Bus
Jeans aficionados visiting Japan’s denim heartland, Kojima, can now take a bus tour that details how the town has raised denim production to a fine art, while delivering them to shops and factories...
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NIKE Pop-up Store – TOKYO
In keeping with a global vantage point, the Active Team is excited to share new images from the Nike Pop-up store in Tokyo, aptly named “The Pivot Point” to celebrate the 30th Anniversary for its...
View ArticleA Thousand Reasons: Anti-Nuclear Origami Cranes
We’re very much taken by this new campaign from the WMD Awareness Programme; an organization dedicated to creating awareness about the nuclear weapons crisis. The video short has been created with...
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Translucent Living: Memu Meadows House in Japan
The experimental and beautiful Memu Meadows house in Japan synchronizes with nature’s rhythms to test the limits of architecture in cold climates. Looking completely translucent, the structure derives...
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Beauty Buzz | Nail of the Day
If there’s something we can count on, its Japanese trendsetters and their fashion forward nail art. Nail art designs have been a bit quiet as of late, with trend swinging towards neutrals and elegant....
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Douglas Coupland for SwitzerCultCreative
Acclaimed Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland has turned his hand to furniture design, creating a range inspired by the process of writing. Working with Vancouver-based, design firm SwitzerCultCreative,...
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2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Sou Fujimoto
The Serpentine Gallery in London has announced that award-winning architect Sou Fujimoto will design the 2013 edition of its annual Pavilion. At 41, Fujimoto is the youngest architect to accept the...
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Brand to Watch: Koromo Kyoto
As we blogged about the other day, the recent Rin Tinaka Inspiration show was its usual hotbed of denim talent; both emerging and established. Takana’s show attracts some amazing international brands...
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Toyo Ito awarded 2013 Pritzker Prize
Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation which sponsors the prize, announced last week that the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Japanese architect, Toyo Ito. Toyo Ito...
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Kapital S/S 13 “Diamonds in the Rough” Catalogue
Enduringly eclectic, the S/S 13 Kapital catalogue “Diamonds in the Rough” presents the perfect combination of traditional Japanese fabrics, Americana classics and the eccentric layering the Japanese...
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Quietude: Cloudscapes in Tokyo
Japanese practice, Tetsuo Kondo Architects recently created an indoor cloud at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo. Housed inside a transparent cube structure, visitors were invited to enter...
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The New Uncanny Valley: Empathetic Robots
We have become increasingly intrigued by the growing relationship between humans and robots lately, as explored in our recent In The Air report, Robots: The New Uncanny Valley. The latest robot on the...
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Luxury Car: Thom Browne for Infiniti Q50 and Gilt
American fashion designer Thom Browne has turned his hand to automotive design, recently custom designing the Q50 model for Japanese car brand, Infiniti. The collaboration is in partnership with online...
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Big John x Opening Ceremony Collaboration
While over in Tokyo, the denim team uncovered a new collaboration between Japan’s Big John and US Opening Ceremony on an exclusive collection of denim goods. Long standing denim purveyor and original...
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What’s On: Tokyo Designers Week
During an inspiring trip to Tokyo this week, our Editor’s managed to stop by Tokyo Designers Week – Japan’s largest design and interiors event, held each year in Meiji Jingu Gaien Gardens, in the...
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Stylesight Denim: Okayama & Kojima Travel Guide Just Released!
The Stylesight Denim Team is pretty excited to announce a brand new, first-of-its-kind, exclusive travel guide that went live on the site yesterday. It’s been over two years since we first set off for...
View ArticleWe love… Made in England for Vauxhall
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, British car manufacturer, Vauxhall has enlisted super-stylist Katy England to create a short film exploring the influence of British youth culture and style on the...
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Friday love… Infinite Renew by Mariko Mori
Currently showing at Louis Vuitton’s Espace gallery in Tokyo, Japanese artist Mariko Mori’s “Infinite Renew” installation explores themes of spirituality and existence through a series of beguiling and...
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Contemporary Craft: Japanese Folk Art at the Pace Gallery in London
A fascinating exhibition, currently showing at the Pace Gallery in London, explores the historical Japanese folk craft movement, Mingei through a series of sculpture, painting, ceramic and textile...
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Our 5 Favorite Japanese Street Style Tumblrs
When it comes to dressing up and embracing fashion trends with dizzying youthful abandon, Japanese kids seem to take it to a competitive level in their own pattern clashing, mix-and-matching, culture...
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