Commemorating the 10th IFDA: The 2017 International Furniture Design Fair in Asahikawa, Hokkaido.
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Explore Niseko and beyond with us. [Photos © Sanctuary Niseko unless stated otherwise]
Keep Calm and Go Green
Hooked on detailing
Weekend escapes
Into Gervasoni Creative Director Paola Navone's Greek island home.
photo image: Enrico Conti
italianbark.com/summer-tours-paola-navone-greece/
SOMOZA art gallery/café/tea room/chef's table
A 150 year Kominka relocated and repurposed from Tochigi to Hanazono. Somoza reanimate unique spaces and engage with architectural traditions. A relic, projecting its identity into a new age that embodies preservation and innovation.
Curated by Shouya Grigg, founder of Sekka Style and Zaborin, Somoza opens its doors today.
enquiries/reservations: 0136-55-8741
somoza.jp/
Composition | Drama | Texture
Niseko Spring : A symphony for the senses
On Farmhouses
So much to learn from Japan
'Mindfulness has become trendy around the world in recent years – but in Japan, it’s been ingrained into the culture for centuries.' via BBC Travel
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken - Oscar Wilde
Tan Lines
A little dose of vintage cycle chic from Vanguard Designs.
Business as usual..
more Nissan Cedric goodness from NOWNESSfeaturing visionary designer Yohji Yamamoto's daily driver.
nowness.com/series/getting-there/designer-yohji-yamamoto-tokyo
photo: minkara.carview.co.jp
Great day to be out in the sun.
Poetry In Motion
Amazing horse country right here in Urakawa-gun, Hokkaido, Japan.
image via Hokkaido Treasure Island Travel
Street vibes Milano
On Cabinology
Paola Navone New Collections and Projects, Milano, 3 – 9 Apr 2017
If you're in Tokyo, do check out the Gervasoni 1882 outdoor collection!
From 17 – 28 March 2017 at Gervasoni Japan ジェルバゾーニ ジャパン
2017.3.17 (Fri) ~ 3.28 (Tue) (closed on Wednesdays)
11:00 to 19:30
Gervasoni Tokyo: 107-0062 East, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Tokyo 6-8-8
Picture perfect day cat skiing in the backcountry
Azuma Makoto 東信’S MOST RECENT WORK — SHIKI FUYU
Earlier in February, the Japanese artist Makoto Azuma held a 2-day installation art exhibition SHIKI FUYU in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. In the promotional copy he wrote, “The outdoor exhibition is held in the extremely cold area. There is a likelihood of snow storm during the exhibition, and we assume no responsibility for the visitors’ health and safety.” The statement is without doubt a safety warning, it is also a foreword given by Azuma — probably best expressed by the pine tree being hung from a metallic square-shaped frame, implying all the boundaries that are being imposed on the supposedly free and limitless life.
The struggle plants endure with surrounding environment is a recurrent theme in Azuma’s work. In his SHIKI collection, Azuma made a series of photo documentation of a pine tree traveling around the world. Its journey even reached the outer space. The pine tree was pulled from the ground and was delivered to environments that are a mismatch to its natural habitat. In peculiar setting like underwater or beneath a waterfall, the pine tree manifested an unexplainable surrealistic charm. SHIKI FUYU is seemingly a sequel of SHIKI.
Words｜Ron Lam
