Feature with Chicago Based Woodworker Jason Lewis
It’s been a long time coming, a new interview has finally blessed our feature section! This time featuring Chicago based furniture maker and designer Jason Lewis. Jason and I have been meaning to put something together for a while, but both of our schedules clashed, so it took us some time going b
Glassware by Masahiro Ishikawa
I thought I'd update the blog with some new craft work that I found on my travels around the web last week, it seems to have become absent from the blog lately. But I have to say I feel like we've been doing a good job on the shop. I mentioned before about us getting some lacquerware in the store fr
Furniture Design by Mikiya Kobayashi
Wow, what an exciting array of product and furniture design by Tokyo born creative Mikiya Kobayashi. I stumbled in to his work via the chii furniture website, and I admired his simplistic approach to seating solutions, often using only necessary elements with not much adornment. Obviously, one thing
Inspiring Lifestyle Photography by Cultivated Days
I’ve been a bit cheeky today by pinching some inspiring imagery from another blog, the photography was that good I had to showcase it. The images come from a website titled ‘Cultivated Days’ that’s founded and edited by Prairie Stuart-Wolff. Interestingly Prairie, with the help of designer T
The Objects Collection by Kaikado
How I've not showcased Kaikado before I don't know, considering they've been a company that I've admired for a long while now. Actually, I've seen other websites run articles on them recently so I didn't feel like pulling across the same old imagery would be that exciting, as it would be just duplic
Japanese Lacquerware at TOKI no KUMO
Japanese gallery and craft store TOKI no KUMO has been a favourite destination of mine to visit, in fact I've wrote about them a few times previously here on the site. I usually check back every so often to see their progress as a store and get an eyeful of the interesting selection of products that
The Potters of Muchelney
John Leach is the eldest grandson of acclaimed potter Bernard Leach. John apprenticed to his grandfather and father, David Leach, at St. Ives Pottery in the early years of his craft before starting his own outfit named Muchelney Pottery in 1965 with his wife Lizzie. Muchelney homes itself within a c
Innovative Wooden Vessels and Shapes by Shimoo Design
A selection of functional but sculptural looking objects by Japanese studio Shimoo Design, who mainly specialise in making handcrafted furniture. Shimoo was founded in Toyama Prefecture in 1997 by husband and wife duo Kazuhiko and Saori Shimoo. They’ve been experimenting with a variety of differen
Masahiro Mori and His Ceramic Design, The Open Archives
I’ve been educating myself on Masahiro Mori and his life’s work, it’s very inspiring to read about an individual like Masahiro as he’s probably one of the best that ever lived in his particular field. If you’re from Japan Mr Mori won’t need any introduction at all, for those Europeans or
Contemporary and Modern Objects from Craft Craft
Over the weekend I've had some time to question particular design thoughts that have been playing on my mind, it's not unusual for me to hit a stumbling block every so often where the thoughts become complex and I can't get my mind around certain concepts. One that I've been watching quite closely i
Nakamura Kobo Atelier by TED x Tohoku
We've not featured projects involving fabrics here for a while, probably because we've not come across anything incredible, maybe also because we've tried to step back from this world to set ourselves apart. My passion revolves around the reduction in design down to its purest form, and this specifi