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Rosewood’s First Japan Resort Finds Home on Okinawan Island
With reverence for its rugged surroundings, Rosewood Miyakojima delivers high-end hospitality to a remote Okinawan island
To My Ships Charts a Course for Scent With Substance
New brand To My Ships launches with a concise range of fragrance and body products, balancing global ambition with a personal touch
A Photographer’s Journey Through Japan’s Concrete Landscapes
A new book from Okinawa-based photographer Paul Tulett is a celebration of Japan’s brutalist architecture, exploring the beauty, practicality and cultural resonance of the ubiquitous concrete structures
Alila’s Newest Urban Resort Opens in Shanghai
Hyatt’s Alila brand arrives in Shanghai, with Horizontal Design at the helm of interiors that bring a calm escape from the chaotic city beyond
Teo Yang Redesigns a Hanok for Blue Bottle Studio
American giant Blue Bottle Coffee continues its international expansion with the opening of Korea’s first Blue Bottle Studio in Seoul, designed by Teo Yang Studio
Meet the Makers of Noma Kyoto’s Furniture
Japanese furniture firm Time & Style has created a new collection for Noma Kyoto that also retails. Designers OEO Studio tell us more
Inside Aman Group’s First Janu Hotel in Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills
Janu Tokyo marks Aman Group’s first step into a more connected, urban hospitality experience, blending local influences with a global spirit, all designed by longtime Aman collaborator Jean-Michel Gathy’s Denniston
Define Seoul Returns for a Second Outing
Five-day Korean design event Define Seoul sits alongside its well-established art fair counterparts, adding a new dimension to the nation’s ever-increasing cultural capital
Behind the Design of Cathay Pacific’s New Aria Seat
Cathay Pacific’s long-haul business-class seats get their first upgrade since 2016 and prove that an aircraft can, in fact, make you feel right at home
It’s Soba on the Rocks at this Tokyo Eatery and Wine Bar
VS redefines the term ‘raw bar’, delivering delicate bowls of soba downstairs and an outpost of natural wine bar and retailer Virtus upstairs in delightfully unpolished concrete confines
Inside Banyan Tree’s First Japan Hotel, Perched atop Kyoto’s Higashiyama Neighbourhood
With architecture by Kengo Kuma, Kyoto’s newest luxury hotel delivers the studio’s signature use of wood alongside traditional Japanese interiors and a nod to the site’s origins as a ryokan
Kooo Architects Creates a Home for Tea in Beijing
Weathered wood, earthen brick, ceramic tiles and linen abound in a new nature-inspired tea store and cafe in Beijing’s financial district designed by Kooo Architects
Inside Kyoto’s New Six Senses
Six Senses has joined the world’s biggest hospitality groups in hotel hotspot Kyoto with its second urban offering. Realised by Blink Design Group, the group’s first Japan opening focuses on the brand’s key pillars of wellness, sustainability and a strong connection to local cultural heritage
The Flâneur on Tokyo’s Toilets
In our regular column The Flâneur, Design Anthology co-editor-in-chief and Tokyo resident Jeremy Smart considers how a series of architect-designed public bathrooms that attracted global attention have become characters in the city’s daily life.
Art and Design Converge in Osaka
Osaka Art & Design returns for a second year, bringing together culture, craft and commerce under the theme of ‘resonance’
Pouyuenji Opens First Store in Kyoto Guided by Tony Chi
Taiwanese tea purveyor Pouyuenji has opened its first physical location in Kyoto, under the creative guidance of illustrious designer Tony Chi
Step Inside Dome at Bali’s Desa Potato Head
The latest from Indonesian hospitality heavyweight Potato Head, Dome is a new restaurant and natural wine bar in the OMA-designed cavern at Seminyak’s Desa Potato Head
A New Generation of Cabin Interiors Takes Flight at Korean Air
Korean Air‘s new cabin interiors reflect a modern, forward-looking airline that focuses on creating spaces with both material and aesthetic longevity
David Flack and Volker Haug Bring Material Change to Milan Design Week 2024
Melbourne-based designers David Flack and Volker Haug come together to exhibit a new collection of lighting design, influenced by the interior design projects from which many of the pieces originate
Air, A Circularity Focused Restaurant and Cooking Club Opens in Singapore’s Dempsey Hill
A restaurant and cooking club focused on circularity has taken over a 4,000 square-metre site in Singapore’s Dempsey Hill, a collaboration between architects OMA, Potato Head co-founder Ronald Akili and chefs Matthew Orlando and Will Goldfarb