For our latest lookbook, we've collected homes, offices and shops where Japanese shoji screens were used to create practical and beautiful sliding doors and walls. More about Eight interiors where translucent shoji screens let the light in
The paper Akari lamps by Japanese-American designer Isamu Noguchi have become modern classics that work in many different settings and interiors, as seen in our latest lookbook. More about Eight homes illuminated by Isamu Noguchi's sculptural Akari lamps
Designer Michael Anastassiades unveiled his Cygnet light, made from Japanese washi paper and informed by childhood memories of kite flying, at this year's Milan design week. More about Michael Anastassiades designs triangular Cygnet light to evoke sun-lit kites
Continuing our mid-century modern design series, we explore Japanese-American designer Isamu Noguchi's Akari lamps made from Japanese washi paper, which remain a staple in stylish interiors to this day. More about Isamu Noguchi's sculptural Akari lamps are "poetic, ephemeral, and tentative"
An exposed raw concrete facade fronts the Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park, which Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design and Danish firm Norm Architects conceived as a minimalist retreat in the heart of the city. More about Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects create "honest" Trunk Hotel in Tokyo
Artist Yoshihisa Tanaka made "hundreds of metres" of pleated and folded washi paper to create an interactive installation for Japanese brand Issey Miyake's Spring Summer 2024 show at Paris Fashion Week. More about Yoshihisa Tanaka creates reactive "membranes" from washi paper for Issey Miyake show
A pyramidal staircase and delicate washi accents feature in the Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams exhibition created by Shohei Shigematsu to explore connections between the fashion house and Japan. More about OMA creates "stage for storytelling" for Dior exhibition in Tokyo
Brazilian studio Coletivo de Arquitetos has completed a Japanese restaurant in São Paulo's Pinheiros neighbourhood, using traditional wood joinery techniques from Japan. More about Coletivo de Arquitetos takes cues from Japan for São Paulo restaurant Kotori
Dezeen Showroom: Bombori is a lighting design created by Japanese brand Time & Style for furniture makers Boffi De Padova, which is made from traditional materials such as washi paper. More about Bombori handmade washi paper lamp by Time & Style for Boffi De Padova
Pockets for holding flowers are incorporated into these curtains woven from paper threads, created by artist Akane Moriyama and design firm Umé Studio. More about Fresh blooms decorate Draped Flowers Curtain woven from paper
London Design Festival 2015: design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby worked with age-old methods of production in Japan to create a range of paper lanterns. More about Barber and Osgerby turns to traditional Japanese craft for Hotaru lighting collection
Milan 2015: Japanese studio Nendo has partnered with Italian designer Luca Nichetto to create a domed paper light for Foscarini. More about Nendo teams up with Luca Nichetto to create lights based on ice lollies
Japanese studio Nendo has teamed up with a traditional Japanese paper moulding specialist to create a collection of pendant light shades with a coloured exterior and reflective interior (+ slideshow). More about Nendo's 3D-moulded light shades use traditional washi paper
Japanese designers Nendo have adapted a traditional Japanese paper-making technique to create a series of lamps that are smooth at one end and gently wrinkled at the other. More about Nendo adapts traditional Japanese paper-making to design crumpled lamps