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Japan-inspired · 10 stories, +10 vs last week

Japan-inspired: 10 stories in seven days, +10 on the week before.

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TypewolfDaylight

10.22

TypewolfHeart & Soil

10.22

TypewolfDirty Vine

10.22

DesigningJapanひと揃いに、宿る個体差 — Artek スツール 60 建築・編集の視点を土台に、国内外のさまざまなプロダクトを見渡し独自の視点・美意識のもとセレクトする岡田 和路による連載『WHY THIS MATTER?』——氏の愛用品からモノの物語を紡いでもらう。 — 岡田 和路|Kazuyuki Okada 編集者/デザイナー、多摩美術大学大学院 統合デザイン専攻(SID)1期生。

10.22

Yanko DesignMeet Draco, the 90mm smart telescope that wakes itself up to shoot the night while you sleep About 4,500 years ago, while the Egyptians were busy stacking pyramids, the North Star was a completely different star called Thuban.

10.22

AdGangJapan機体ラッピングから機内や空港まで接点を拡大 ちいかわ×ANAのコラボ展開 全日空商事株式会社は、特別デザイン機「ちいかわジェット」の就航を記念し、キャラクターがANAの制服をまとったオリジナルグッズ第1弾を2026年10月23日(金)より順次発売します。(特設サイトは こちら ) 機体の特別装飾にとどまらず、機内販売や空港店舗、ECなど多岐にわたる販売網を活用した取り組みです。

10.22

Yanko DesignThe 5 Best Home Office Upgrades of October 2026 That Don’t Look Like Office Equipment A laptop stand can be useful all day and still feel like an unwelcome guest at dinner. That’s the problem with building a home office on a dining table or in the corner of a bedroom.

10.21

Yanko DesignHouston’s Proposed O27 Skyscraper Turns Triangular Glass Into a Rippling Facade A grid of triangular glass panels follows O27’s swelling, pinched silhouette, making the proposed Houston skyscraper look almost elastic.

10.21

Design MilkInfiniti Carries Kyoto’s Bamboo Forests Into the Design of the 2027 QX80 The bamboo groves of Kyoto are built on repetition, with segmented stalks rising in close-set ranks as filtered light falls through the canopy overhead.

10.21

YellowtraceBetyle Mixes a Century of Design in Marseille Without Freezing Any of It in Time. Nostalgia in interiors usually goes one of two ways. Either a home gets frozen in a single decade, every surface dutifully matched to the same year, or the past is treated as a mood board to be…

10.21

ColossalDozens of Sculptures Dot Bondi Beach in the 2026 Sculpture by the Sea Exhibition Bondi Beach, a neighborhood east of central Sydney, is about as iconic a surf spot as they come. Its eponymous crescent beach glows with golden sand, and its cliffs frame stunning scenery.

10.21

MonocleThe second edition of our ‘Design Directory’ is a reminder that there is more to the sector than meets the eye They say a musician’s sophomore album is always the hardest: after the critical acclaim of a breakout debut, expectation weighs heavy on an artist and production team.

10.21