•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Manu Sharma May 23, 2023
Kit Brooks, Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Smithsonian Museum, talks to STIR about the museum’s first show reflecting on Ay-Ō’s brilliant, rainbow-themed work.
by Shivangi Buch May 22, 2023
Designed by Tokyo-based CUBO Design Architect, the whimsical Japanese vacation home resembles a circus tent, fostering seamless interaction between humans and vehicles.
by Vatsala Sethi May 21, 2023
Investigating Tokyo Gendai 2023, a contemporary art event at Pacifico Yokohama, featuring a lineup of 79 galleries from Japan, the Asia Pacific region, and around the world.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar May 09, 2023
In association with IKEA Foundation and Impact Hub Amsterdam, What Design Can Do selects 13 examples of innovative excellence in sustainable design, promoting a circular economy.
by Dilpreet Bhullar May 03, 2023
The Tokyo-born London-based artist navigates the discipline of art, design and music in an effort to activate human relationships with the surrounding environment.
by Sunena V Maju May 02, 2023
The Heatherwick Studio’s first solo exhibition in Japan features the firm's most iconic creations presented in the form of models, drawings, sketches and design processes.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Apr 21, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky reviews Deyan Sudjic’s new book John Pawson: Making Life Simpler tracing the designer’s career in creating architecture of almost nothing.
by Zeynep Rekkali Jensen Apr 20, 2023
Alexis André's algorithms take incarnate form through French loom-woven tapestries.
by Amarjeet Singh Tomar Apr 19, 2023
Tokyo-based Schemata Architects interpolates two new buildings into a hill on the coast of Seto Inland Sea in Japan.
by Daria Kravchuk Mar 28, 2023
Art Fair Tokyo 2023, the largest art fair in Japan and the oldest in Asia, showcased the state of art in Japan, from antiques to modern and contemporary art.
by Anushka Sharma Mar 14, 2023
The London-based designer renovates a public restroom in Tokyo's Shibuya district, infusing the simple and trustworthy structure with tenets of accessibility and inclusivity.
by Samiksha Chaudhary Feb 02, 2023
In a narrow plot in Tokyo, 'A Japanese Manga Artist’s House,' with a sloping facade, elements of constructivism and deconstructivism, ties tangible daily life to a sense of fiction.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Jan 26, 2023
Japanese design firm Nendo uses glass and greenery to create Sumu Fumu Terrace, a communication lounge catered to the new age of home marketing for home builder Sekisui House.
by STIRworld Jan 20, 2023
A decade after the brand’s first venture with the Japanese artist, this new collaboration is being promoted by storefront transformations in Paris, London, New York, and Tokyo.
by Jerry Elengical Dec 29, 2022
Best of 2022: STIR curates the most innovative developments in sports architecture featured over the past year, from landmark stadiums to innovative multi-use venues.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Dec 07, 2022
Vladimir Belogolovsky recalls interviewing Japanese architect Paul Tange, Danish architect Kim Utzon, and Mexican architect Victor Legorreta, the sons of three great architects.
by Shraddha Nair Nov 12, 2022
Kondo Kenichi, Senior Curator at Mori Art Museum, talks to STIR about navigating post pandemic life through the lens of art showcased at Roppongi Crossing 2022.
by STIRworld Nov 04, 2022
Art Week Tokyo 2022 sees the capital city transformed into an art destination with retrospective exhibitions, immersive conversations, and interactive art.
by Dhwani Shanghvi Oct 27, 2022
The Ideareve-Ikegami is a mixed-use complex in a dense context, that is not just historical but also one that typifies the Japanese logical mess.
by Vatsala Sethi Sep 21, 2022
As the iconic photographer passes away, we reflect on his recent work at ICP, NY - William Klein: YES - his life as an artist, his career as a photographer, and the impact he made.
by Shraddha Nair Sep 19, 2022
German artist Diemut Strebe tells us about the inspiration and process behind El Turco, an AI powered experiment in language, on display at Aichi Triennale 2022 in Japan.
by Sunena V Maju Sep 07, 2022
Japanese botanical sculptor Azuma Makoto warps the architecture of the SFER IK Museion at Uh May, Mexico in the immersive, site-specific installation Mexx.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 03, 2022
In an interview with STIR, the Berlin-based curator sheds light on his book Anime Architecture and its accompanying exhibition AKIRA - The Architecture of Neo-Tokyo.
by Sohil Soni Sep 01, 2022
The Japanese urban home designed by Kiyoaki Takeda Architects in Tokyo, Japan, structurally utilises concrete and timber to create intimate living enclosures.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 29, 2022
On a pentagonal corner plot in the Ōta Ward of Japan’s capital, this two-storey home maintains the privacy of its users while offering abundant natural light and insulation.
by Sunena V Maju Aug 02, 2022
In conversation with STIR, Switzerland-based Get It Studio delves into emotions, senses and storytelling in the digital realm and the exhibition Nakagin Capsule Memories in Tokyo.
by Manu Sharma Aug 01, 2022
Canadian-Korean Metaverse artist Krista Kim explores her meditative arts practice and sheds light on tech art's potential for mental wellness.
by Shraddha Nair Jun 06, 2022
Marina Bay Sands in Singapore is presenting the overseas debut of Attack on Titan, based on the popular Japanese manga series by Hajime Isayama.
by Jerry Elengical May 30, 2022
Situated in the university’s Honjo campus, Waseda University Honjo Senior High School Gymnasium is an inward-looking structure that exhibits a reverence for natural light.
by Zohra Khan May 28, 2022
The Japanese firm’s design of a two-storey ryokan in Kusatsu Onsen hot spring is an exercise in using contradictions to create a space for its place.
by STIRworld May 14, 2022
This May 2022, Taipei Dangdai will host a variety of innovative art from globally renowned galleries
by STIRworld Feb 24, 2022
British contemporary artist Damien Hirst’s major solo exhibition with 24 large scale paintings opens at the National Art Center, Tokyo, in Spring 2022.
by Nadezna Siganporia Feb 03, 2022
Japanese firm Kiyoaki Takeda Architects crafts a plant-covered house that seeks to surpass the role of architecture for only humans.
by Shraddha Nair Jan 23, 2022
Supported by Superblue, the immersive installation by Studio Swine takes viewers through aromas of fresh foliage, woody bark, tree sap, earth and pine.
by Anmol Ahuja Jan 10, 2022
Developed by Tokyo-based Studio Playfool, Forest Crayons reveal the vast spectrum of hues that exist in the forest with a set of naturally coloured crayons crafted from wood.
by Jerry Elengical Dec 01, 2021
The Japanese design studio headed by Oki Sato has collaborated with the reputed Danish silverware brand to create three nature-inspired pieces with slender, delicate forms.
by Jincy Iype Oct 25, 2021
Conceived as “a wooden vessel floating in the Bay Area,” the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics arena is set for permanent use as an exhibition hall.
by Rahul Kumar Aug 24, 2021
As part of the Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13, Jason Bruges Studio celebrates the athletics through an immersive installation using Japanese cultural heritage of the Zen garden.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Aug 21, 2021
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Toyo Ito about the house he grew up in, how it influenced him, and his desire to design forest-like spaces and unconfined buildings.
by Devanshi Shah Aug 19, 2021
The pavilions look to re-modulate how we read cities, through nine interventions designed and conceptualised by some of the most renowned Japanese architects and artists.
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