Frame - 17 February 2018

The purity of Studio Briand Berthereau’s work lies in the balance between form and function. The designers let materials speak f ...

various collaborators, from graphic experts to industrial designers. Although the work entrusted to external professionals is ba ...

In the VIP salon above the studio of sail-making company Spindrift, old mast-making materials are featured in the lighting, and ...

Artist, architect and designer EMMANUELLE MOUREAUX makes colour her only material. Words JANE SZITA Portrait TADA (YUKAI) Chroma ...

‘My studio is filled with colour,’ says Emmanuelle Moureaux, ‘so generally I wear black or white.’ ONE ARTIST, ONE MATERIAL 63 ...

Created for the 100th anniversary of NSK, the largest manufacturer of bearings in Japan, Color Mixing (2016) saw small flower mo ...

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and the concept, in words – both of these are very important to me. When thinking about the concept, I design small spaces based ...

for Imabari, a city famous in Japan for its dye- ing industry. The brief was to showcase the techniques of eight dye factories, ...

Giuseppe Pedrali heads the research and development department of the furniture company owned by his family. 68 PORTRAITS ...

Automation leads to innovation at Italian furniture company PEDRALI, where the founder’s son is bent on future-proofing his fami ...

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Five career- defining MOMENT moments highlight the Japanese studio’s pared-back approach to a diversity of projects. Words KANAE ...

For Issey Miyake’s first accessories store, Moment extracted an ‘essential element required for retail design’, which they conti ...

2010 BAO BAO ISSEY MIYAKE Bao Bao is Issey Miyake’s bag brand, and the Ginza store marked the fashion label’s first garment-free ...

2013 KIHACHI Restaurants weren’t familiar territory for Moment in 2013, when the studio was asked to design a space for renowned ...

2014 GOOD DESIGN AWARD: JURY’S CHOICE EXHIBITION One of Moment’s strong suits is an abil- ity to switch smoothly from the design ...

2016 SEIBU IKEBUKURO PRESTIGE BOUTIQUE With various brands on display under one roof, a department store can be compared to an e ...

2017 PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE ‘Pleats Please products deserve to be shown on their own,’ says Hirawata. ‘It’s as simple as tha ...

Raising the Floor Visitors to the Living Spaces zone entered a gigantic kaleidoscope, where they were invited to personalize the ...