Tag Archives: japan

Tokyo’s Underground Dreamers

By Joop de Boer | Published: Friday March 26, 2010

Metropolitan life can be close to a real survival. The daily struggle people in metropolitan areas around world have to undergo is one of the main themes in…

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Book Review: Tokyo Blues

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Monday December 14, 2009

Helsinki-based photographer Nurri Kim recently released the first Do Projects book ‘Tokyo Blues’ in collaboration with former Tokyo-resident Adam Greenfield. The publication,…

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Heading For A Landscape Of Experiences

By Joop de Boer | Published: Thursday September 10, 2009

“The Japanese always seem to lead the list with weird and wacky ideas” is stated on the Optical illusions weblog. In addition, I would like to…

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Metabolist Masterpiece: Nakagin Capsule Tower

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Monday April 6, 2009

Kisho Kurokawa (1934-2007) was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement in 1959. The categories that the group in visioned…

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Dreamy Treehouse Architecture

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Monday March 2, 2009

“Two art movements have recently gained a lot of attention in Japan: the architecture of Terunobu Fujimori and ROJO”, is stated on Designboom. Terunobu Fujimori seems to be…

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Take Your Home With You

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Thursday December 11, 2008

After two years of work, a group of Japanese students has completed the build of a fantastic transportable home. The compact dwelling is based on a truck and has a pop-up second floor containing…

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