The fire that killed one young boy and injured two adults at Tokyo Design Week on Sunday was likely started by an incandescent bulb. More about Incandescent bulb likely cause of Tokyo Design Week fire
A five-year-old boy died and two men were injured when an installation caught fire at Tokyo Design Week on Sunday. More about Child dies after exhibit catches fire at Tokyo Design Week
Claesson Koivisto Rune based the stone-like appearance of these massaging pillows on pebbles found on Sweden's beaches. More about Claesson Koivisto Rune models vibrating massage pillow on pebbles
Dezeen promotion: Japanese showcase Tokyo Genius Expo welcomed over 100,000 guests through its doors last month, as part of the country's biggest design event. More about Tokyo Designers Week 2014 exhibition receives more than 100,000 visitors
Dezeen promotion: Tokyo Designers Week will present work by emerging Japanese artists and designers during its debut appearance at Tent London during the London Design Festival this week. More about Tokyo Designers Week to make Tent London debut at London Design Festival 2014
Tokyo 2010: designer Emmanuelle Moureaux presented eda, a prototype lightweight, modular product that combines to create cloud-like forms, at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this month. More about eda by Emmanuelle Moureaux
Tokyo 2010: here's another origami-inspired product by Naoki Kawamoto (see the spectacle case in our earlier story), this time a handbag. More about Orishiki Handbag by Naoki Kawamoto
Tokyo 2010: Japanese designer Naoki Kawamoto presented this flat-pack spectacle case at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this month. More about Orishiki Spectacle Case by Naoki Kawamoto
Tokyo 2010: Japanese designer Yota Kakuda presented a collection of wooden furniture at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this month. More about Tenon by Yota Kakuda
Tokyo 2010: the LLOVE exhbition currently on show in Tokyo comprises a hotel with rooms created by Dutch and Japanese designers, including this one by Pieke Bergmans filled with an enormous undulating mattress. More about LLOVE Exhibition
Tokyo 2010: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has designed a range of objects for traditional Japanese porcelain company Choemon. More about Porcelain by Jaime Hayón for Kutani Choemon
Tokyo 2010: here's another chair by Japanese design studio Daisuke Motogi Architecture (see our earlier story), this time made from a thin mattress folded into a concertina. More about Sleepy Chair by Daisuke Motogi Architecture
Tokyo 2010: Japanese studio Daisuke Motogi Architecture presented this armchair for holding and hiding things at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this week. More about Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi Architecture
Tokyo 2010: Japanese designer NOSIGNER presented magnetic jewellery made of pearls at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 this week. More about Gravity Pearl by NOSIGNER
Tokyo 2010: Japanese studio Nendo have created these bottle-shaped piggy banks with two coin slots that mimic a pig's snout. More about Pyggy Bank by Nendo
Dezeenwire: at Tokyo Designers Week later this month Thomas Heatherwick is to be named Designer of the Year and Tokujin Yoshioka is to be named Artist of the Year in the Tokyo Design & Art Environmental Awards. See press release below.
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Design competition: there's only one week left to enter our competition with Design Association in Japan to win free exhibition space at Tokyo Designers Week Container Exhibition during Tokyo Designers Week 2010 from 29 October to 3 November. More details »
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Design Competition: once again Dezeen have teamed up with Design Association in Japan to give 10 designers and artists free exhibition space at Tokyo Designers Week Container Exhibition during Tokyo Designers Week 2010 from 29 October to 3 November. More about Dezeen x Design Association container design competition
Tokyo studio Naruse Inokuma Architects have designed a coat stand made of five wooden poles held together with string. More about Coat Hanger by Naruse Inokuma Architects
Tokyo 09: architect Makoto Tanijiri of Hiroshima architects Suppose Design Office designed an exhibition environment based on clouds for Designtide Tokyo in Japan last week. More about Cloud by Makoto Tanijiri