
Set design studio in Japan by Mattch plays with theatrical imagery
This office and workshop for a theatre designer in Osaka was designed by Japanese studio Mattch to look like a glazed box hovering between two solid curtains (+ slideshow). More
This office and workshop for a theatre designer in Osaka was designed by Japanese studio Mattch to look like a glazed box hovering between two solid curtains (+ slideshow). More
Designer Reiichi Ikeda inserted boxy partitions that follow the pattern of existing ceiling trusses into this clothing boutique in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). More
Japanese architect Tsubasa Iwahashi has added hanging plants and a shed-like meeting room to an office in Osaka, which workers can take a peek at through boxy windows (+ slideshow). More
A crimped wooden screen with a triangular hole through its centre divides the spaces of this beauty salon in Osaka by Japanese designer Yusuke Seki (+ slideshow). More
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has layered wooden boards to create striations inside this workspace and cafe for an online restaurant guide based in Osaka (+ slideshow). More
A garden snakes between the cedar-clad walls of this house in Osaka by Japanese architects Arbol Design (+ slideshow). More
Shoes are displayed in metal mesh columns at this footwear store in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). More
A timber lattice supports shelves, worktops, lighting and mirrors down one side of this beauty salon in Osaka by Japanese designer Yasunari Tsukada (+ slideshow). More
This forest-like beauty salon in Osaka has birch trees wedged between the floor and ceiling (+ slideshow). More
Garments hang from a wall-mounted wooden grid inside this Osaka fashion boutique that Japanese studio Ninkipen! has recently completed (+ slideshow). More
Garments and accessories are sparingly displayed in a three-dimensional grid of white steel cubes at this boutique in Osaka by NI&Co. Architects (+ slideshow). More
This narrow house in Osaka by Ido, Kenji Architectural Studio contains hollow white boxes for stairs and a skewed upper storey. More
Here's another project from Japanese designer Reiichi Ikeda, this time a hair salon in Osaka with diagonally striped wood and frosted glass (+ slideshow). More
Japanese designer Reiichi Ikeda has built a wire mesh box in the middle of a fashion boutique in Osaka. More
Designer Reiichi Ikeda has come up with a shop for Japanese fashion brand Wonderland that has a small wooden house inside. More
Japanese designers Nendo have designed a shoe store where the shoes walk around the store on their own. More
This house in Osaka by architects Suga Atelier has a faceted concrete exterior that looks like a rockface. More
Japanese architects Ninkipen! have planted a tree at the centre of this hair salon in Kadoma and surrounded it with mirrored A-frames. More
Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway. More
Slideshow: none of the elongated rooms inside this curvy apartment block in Osaka are more than two metres wide. More