The 63-year-old Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, the oldest son of a taxi driver and a homemaker, grew up in a one-room ...

The Digital World has produced many impressive Digimon with unique Digivolutions, yet this line reigns as the coolest ...

Motofumi Kogi, also known as POGGY, is collaborating with Porsche for a new capsule collection. POGGY is a famous Japanese ...

“Pictures of Belonging” traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. By Aruna D’Souza One ...

The color of one Kid's Crest product is shown changing to pink from blue as children brush. Fluoride helps prevent cavities when applied topically to the teeth, but when ingested can pose ...

The harvest festival is also marked by colourful art designs, known as Kolams, made at the front main door of the house, the courtyard, and/or the altar. Kolam is a type of rangoli, a famous folk ...

A European twist on furoshiki, Japanese wrapping cloth, is opening up a new world of wrapping as sustainability trends revive the traditional practice. Anna Papai-Vonderviszt, 40, a furoshiki designer ...

A slender-framed bamboo chair, electrolytically coloured steel furniture and tiles pigmented with micro-algae feature in this roundup of products exhibited at Designtide Tokyo. Designtide Tokyo, a ...

Come the end of the year in Japan, there’s a rush on cleaning services, straw decorations and boxed osechi ryōri (traditional New Year’s cuisine). But over the past few years, a new item has ...

The AI design features unusual and efficient, circuity patterns. Credit: Tori Repp/Fotobuddy Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing wireless chip design by drastically reducing costs and cutting ...

Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875-1975, by Ian Lynam. 447 pages, SET MARGINS, Nonfiction. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.