Tokyo Designers Week 09: architect and designer Nigel Coates describes the "complete chaos" of Tokyo in this final installment in our series of short interviews commissioned for the Tokyo Desigers Week official guide, which was produced by Dezeen. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Nigel Coates
Tokyo 09: in this short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week guide, designer Gwenael Nicolas asserts that anything is possible in Tokyo. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Gwenael Nicolas
Tokyo 09: designer Jaime Hayón describes his love of detail in this short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week guide. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Jaime Hayón
Tokyo 09: designer Tokujin Yoshioka talks about being a pioneer in this short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week official guide, produced by Dezeen. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Tokujin Yoshioka
Tokyo 09: this next short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week guide features designer Max lamb talking about exhibiting in Tokyo and the importance of handmade work. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Max Lamb
Tokyo 09: here are some photographs of designers' installations inside shipping containers during Tokyo Designers Week earlier this week. More about Container Ground at Tokyo Designers Week
Tokyo 09: Japanese designer Nosigner presented a jewellery box with square drawers at Design Tide Tokyo earlier this week. More about Squares by Nosigner
Tokyo 09: the next in our series of short interviews about green design for the Tokyo Designers Week guide features designer Tom Dixon, who wonders if we should make anything at else at all. More about Tokyo Designers Week interview: Tom Dixon
Tokyo 09: designer Arik Levy remembers living in Japan and dreams about making smaller chocolate wrappers in this short interview commissioned by Dezeen for the Tokyo Designers Week guide. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Arik Levy
Tokyo 09: designer Ilse Crawford describes her vision of design that brings people together in this third short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week guide, produced by Dezeen. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Ilse Crawford
Tokyo 09: in this second in a series of short interviews commissioned for the official Tokyo Designers Week guide that Dezeen produced, furniture designer Matthew Hilton talks to Malaika Byng about working with wood and his first experience of Tokyo. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Matthew Hilton
Tokyo 09: Tokyo Designers Week has started and Dezeen produced the official guide to the event. In this first in a series of short interviews commissioned for the guide, architect Shigeru Ban responds to the festival's theme, green design. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Shigeru Ban
Tokyo 09: London designers Committee launch a collection of lacquered containers with plastic lids for design brand Cibone Editions in Tokyo this week. More about Plastic Relics by Committee for Cibone Editions
Tokyo 09: Japanese designer Nosigner will exhibit a modular collection of furniture at Design Tide Tokyo from tomorrow. More about Unit by Nosigner
Here are the seven winning entries from the Dezeen x Design Association container design competition to win a free exhibition space in Tokyo during Tokyo Designers Week 2009. More about Dezeen x Design Association container competition winners 2009
Design competition: Dezeen have teamed up with Design Association in Japan to give five designers free exhibition space in Tokyo during Tokyo Designers Week from 30 October to 3 November this year. More about Dezeen x Design Association container design competition
Young Japanese designer Shizuka Tatsuno has designed an upholstered bench that can be converted into a chaise longue or an armchair and side table. More about Modular Bench by Shizuka Tatsuno
UK designer Michael Sodeau and Japanese company Suikosha have produced a stationery range called Anything. More about Anything by Michael Sodeau and Suikosha
Icelandic designer Róshildur Jónsdóttir has designed a toy construction kit that uses fish bones as components. More about Something Fishy by Róshildur Jónsdóttir
More from Isolation Unit: this vase is sliced into layers than can be rotated and rearranged. More about Shifting Vase by Isolation Unit