‘Faro’ Portable Fireplaces Bringing People Together
Posted 71 days ago by rachel
The hearth was once the heart of the home for many families, and with technology expanding at the rapid rate it is today– people have begun to lose connectivity. Straying more and more from face to face time with family and friends, people are opting for text messages and social media as a form of communication….
Miniature Row Home Modern Planters by Metaphys
Posted 117 days ago by rachel
Planters are great accessories of the home that get underestimated a large majority of the time. Whether it’s a lack of real plants in a home, or the hunt for the perfect potted plant solution– these contemporary pieces might be the perfect addition to your home. Metaphys‘ “Ienami” planters are miniature homes that can be purchased…
Rustic Farm Table Turned Contemporary Kitchen
Posted 162 days ago by rachel
The Japanese Kitchen Style brand and their products can sometimes be just as they describe. In this instance, “Putton” is one type of modular kitchen pieces that is exactly what you think it may be. With Putton, one can purchase varying components to put together the kitchen of your choice. Their show stopping example of a…
Vibrant 500 Colored Pencil Wall Holder
Posted 279 days ago by rachel
Artists can rejoice with a new way to display their tools of the trade. An expansive wall treatment that’s created to hold up to 500 colored pencils. Sitting neatly in the ‘Aurora’ acrylic casing, create your own colorful design in a studio space, bedroom– wherever your creativity usually sparks. Felissimo not only has this amazing display,…
Nana’s Green Tea Teahouse by Kamitopen Design
Posted 299 days ago by rachel
Green tea is a hugely popular drink; whether it is plain, blended in your favorite drinks and foods, served as a latte, iced or flavored. A little tea chain called “Nana’s Green Tea” is popping up all over Japan and China with a menu full of green tea items and interiors that are truly inspired by…
Put A Space Within A Space With The ‘Switch Box’
Posted 302 days ago by rachel
The Japanese have a knack for fitting all kinds of new and improved spaces within already existing spaces, making the most out of a tiny plot, or just being creative with things like boxes. Naf Architect & Design created the “Switch Box” in house concept in an already existing home which makes for an even more…
Rural Earth House Just Outside Of Tokyo Built Around A Funnel
Posted 315 days ago by rachel
Nobuhiro Tsukada Architects had outdone themselves with the “Earth House” located just outside of Tokyo, Japan. The structure incorporates something that we haven’t seen done successfully– and that’s a funnel type concrete structure through the middle that helps with water cycling, plant growth and remaining connected to the earth. One side of the building’s facade is…
Gorgeous Plant Life on Vertical Garden Building by Kengo Kuma and Associates
Posted 349 days ago by rachel
There’s really no arguing that people are trying to do their part to help clean up our planet a little bit. Even if that comes in the form of a new building, those who are sprucing up the architecture scene are looking to do so more economically and environmentally sound. Take Kengo Kuma and Associates’ “Green…
Japanese ‘Shell’ House by Kotaro Ide of ARTechnic
Posted 507 days ago by ian
Every now and again it’s nice to sit back and revisit some great architecture that the world’s innovators have created. One of those happens to be the beautifully undulating structure by ARTechnic dubbed “Shell” house in Karuizawa, Nagaro Japan. The home is all constructed out of reinforced concrete and it spans over 3,500 square feet in…
