The enormous art installations alone are worth a visit: Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo had the original concept of “beautiful chaos” in mind when she opened her first Dover Street Market store in London, and it is now expressed alongside sculptures, photographs and other works of contemporary art at the only Japanese outlet of the legendary high fashion department store …
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I received some incense sticks as a souvenir from our neighbour following a trip to Asia. I was eight years old at the time and they seemed infinitely precious to me. They smelt different to anything I’d encountered up until that point, and soon the whole linen cupboard where they were put smelt the same, enchanting and exotic …
Margarethe Yoshida lived in Japan for 16 years and learnt the art of reducing everything down to the essential, which can be enjoyed in her cooking courses …
The famous polka dots used by japanese artist Yayoi Kusama will bring a splash of colour to the New York Botanical Garden from may, when both iconic and new pieces by the celebrated artist will be waiting to be discovered in a display entitled ‘Kusama: Cosmic Nature.’
THE Stylemate took a look around the metropolis of Tokyo and showcases here several of the most renowned designers and the most exciting new labels in the Japanese capital …
Multi-award-winning design studio Drill Design was founded in Tokyo in 2001 by Yusuke Hayashi and Yoko Yasunishi, and they have since produced designs for big names such as Muji, Canon, Mercedes-Benz and Camper …
The Japanese city of Nagoya is part of the international UNESCO Creative Cities Network – and rightly so! Eriko Esaka gives us an insight into the creative culture …
Golden temples that glitter in the sun, Shintō shrines, zen gardens and seeing a geisha – that’s what summarises Japan’s former imperial capital Kyoto. The latest news is that the Ace Hotel group is opening its first location in Japan!
Urushi craftsmanship has been practised in Japan for almost 6,500 years and enables high-quality utensils to be made out of wood …
Apparently, in Japan you can go and watch sumo wrestlers training then have breakfast with them afterwards. That was something I wanted to experience …
Wabi-sabi, finding beauty in imperfection, is a Japanese concept of aesthetic values that we really like and wish to embrace in this spring issue 2020 of THE Stylemate magazine. We have once again put together a selection of many beautiful things for you to enjoy, some of which are virtually perfect, while others are so interesting that that could be deemed as their version of beauty. Grab your copy!
When talking about Japanese fashion, you can’t let Uniqlo go unmentioned. The textiles giant can look back on an almost unparalleled success story, which started back in the 1970s …
With the opening of Kikko Bā, the restaurant’s own Kikko sake, which has long been a regular on the menu of the original restaurant, has found a new home in the Fourth District of the city and creative Japanese fusion dishes are whipped up in a tiny kitchen …
Designer Megumi Ito makes unique light sculptures that illuminate hotels, bars and shops. She grew up in the historic town of Kamakura in Japan, but since completing her studies at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, it’s here that she now lives and works …
The design hotel Laurichhof is as versatile as its guests, as inspiring as a showroom and as homely as the most beautiful home you have ever seen …
Interview with Deborah Sengl, one of Austria’s leading artists about her newest work “Escape!” at MuseumsQuartier Wien in Vienna …
Detroit is back! Leading the way is Shinola. Alongside watches and beautiful lifestyle products, the brand has now opened its first “Shinola” hotel …
This is the title of the upcoming Berlin Travel Festival. Event founder Bernd Neff spoke to us about the search for paradise, what locations will be drawing visitors in the coming years and how travel is getting “better”…