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Tokyo design week: Blossom, a new floor light by Hella Jongerius for Swiss lighting brand Belux, was launched at Tokyo design store Cibone this week as part of Design Tide. More »

Tokyo design week: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has created a series of enamel plates in collaboration with tradtional Japanese enamelware company Ando Shippo of Nagoya. More »

Tokyo Design Week: New York’s Museum of Modern Art has opened a new design shop in Tokyo. More »

Tokyo design week: here are some snapshots of Gyre, the new retail building on Omotesando street in Tokyo designed by Dutch architects MVRDV. More »

Tokyo Design Week: the Hono light by Japanese brand Metaphys is ignited by touching it with a magnetic match and extinguished by blowing on it. The LED light source even flickers like a real candle. More »

Greetings from Tokyo! If you’re in town tonight, join us at the special Pecha Kucha being held at Tokyo National Stadium as part of Design Tide. Speakers include Pecha Kucha originators Klein Dytham Architecture, MVRDV, Moritz Waldemeyer and Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. More »

Eizo Okada, editor of influential Tokyo-based design blog dezain.net, is curating an exhibition during Tokyo Design Week called Deroll. Okada has invited five Japanese architects to create a box, each of which has been “conceived, designed and constructed personally by each designer”. More »

DesignTide in Tokyo has announced details of this year’s events, taking place from 31 October to 4 November. More »

Industrial designer Michael Young has designed another sex toy, this time called Sabar. More »