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
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Reiichi Ikeda divides narrow Japanese clothing boutique with boxy partitions
Designer Reiichi Ikeda inserted boxy partitions that follow the pattern of existing ceiling trusses into this clothing boutique in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). More
Office interior by Tsubasa Iwahashi brings the outside in with hanging baskets and a shed
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
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Beauty salon by Yusuke Seki features crimped screens and golden curtains
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
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Kengo Kuma stacks wooden layers inside office and cafe
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
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House in Nishimikuni by Arbol Design
A garden snakes between the cedar-clad walls of this house in Osaka by Japanese architects Arbol Design (+ slideshow). More
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Lucca llena shoe store by Ryutaro Matsuura
Shoes are displayed in metal mesh columns at this footwear store in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). More
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end...Link beauty salon by Yasunari Tsukada
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
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Onico Hair and Nail by Ryo Isobe
This forest-like beauty salon in Osaka has birch trees wedged between the floor and ceiling (+ slideshow). More
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Ring Osaka by Ninkipen!
Garments hang from a wall-mounted wooden grid inside this Osaka fashion boutique that Japanese studio Ninkipen! has recently completed (+ slideshow). More
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Bianco Nero by NI&Co. Architects
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
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House in Tamatsu by Ido, Kenji Architectural Studio
This narrow house in Osaka by Ido, Kenji Architectural Studio contains hollow white boxes for stairs and a skewed upper storey. More
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IRO by Reiichi Ikeda
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
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Martagon by Reiichi Ikeda
Japanese designer Reiichi Ikeda has built a wire mesh box in the middle of a fashion boutique in Osaka. More
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Not Wonder Store by Reiichi Ikeda
Designer Reiichi Ikeda has come up with a shop for Japanese fashion brand Wonderland that has a small wooden house inside. More
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Camper Osaka by Nendo
Japanese designers Nendo have designed a shoe store where the shoes walk around the store on their own. More
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House S by Suga Atelier
This house in Osaka by architects Suga Atelier has a faceted concrete exterior that looks like a rockface. More
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Le Cinq by Ninkipen!
Japanese architects Ninkipen! have planted a tree at the centre of this hair salon in Kadoma and surrounded it with mirrored A-frames. More
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House in Senriby Shogo Iwata
Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway. More
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D-Apartment by Spacespace
Slideshow: none of the elongated rooms inside this curvy apartment block in Osaka are more than two metres wide. More
