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Tokyo’s Second EDITION Hotel Brings Understated Charm to Ginza

The EDITION brand’s second Tokyo property opens in the heart of high-end retail hub Ginza, delivering a standout offering to a neighbourhood short on luxury hotels

TravelJeremy SmartTokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s Second EDITION Hotel Brings Understated Charm to Ginza

A New Horizon

A New Horizon — a Showcase of Contemporary Design from East Asia excavated the trends, philosophies, ideas and materials that underpin modern lifestyles through works by designer from Japan, South Korea, mainland China and Taiwan

A New Horizon

What to See at DESIGNART TOKYO 2023

We round up some of the highlights of DESIGNART TOKYO, which runs from 20 to 29 October and is the biggest edition of the festival to date, with more than 100 exhibitions scheduled across the city

What to See at DESIGNART TOKYO 2023

DESIGNART Takes a Chance on New Talent

The theme of ‘chance’ inspired this year’s DESIGNART, Tokyo’s annual design and art festival, with more than 80 events across in neighbourhoods across the capital. We round up our highlights of the inspiring roll call of emerging talent

DESIGNART Takes a Chance on New Talent

An Experiment in Living Small

Japanese architecture office UNEMORI ARCHITECTS designed House Tokyo on a small site in central Tokyo as an experiment in maximising living space and the clients’ experience of home. Here, principal Hiroyuki Unemori tells us more about the building’s unique form

An Experiment in Living Small

Designart Tokyo 2020 in Review

Stable COVID-19 rates and a scattered format convinced the Designart organisers to go ahead with this year’s event, placing Tokyo in the creative spotlight. Dozens of exhibitions and product launches (many originally scheduled for Milan) took place across 70 sites — here we round up some of the highlights

Designart Tokyo 2020 in Review

Tokyo’s Toilets Get a Makeover

Leading architects and designers, including Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma and Marc Newson, have joined the Tokyo Toilet Project to redesign 17 of Shibuya’s public toilet facilities, turning them into beautiful public/private spaces

Tokyo’s Toilets Get a Makeover