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2018Arcin Sagdic's latest cover story for Numero Homme Berlin is a meditation on surgically-enhanced beauty
2018
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2016Light-hearted and distinctive work by Japanese designer Toru Kase
2016
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2013Seriously beautiful - and plentiful - patterned Japanese manhole covers!
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2009Lost In A Moment - Tokyo
2009
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2009James Gilpin (In Tokyo)
2009
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2022Hamburg-based design studio Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann on how to innovate your web design
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2012Data becomes alchemy in Japanese maestro Ryoji Ikeda's jaw-dropping new Berlin installation
2012
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2016Berlin-based Cristóbal Schmal’s naive illustrations are an intriguing mix
2016
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2013Damien Poulain and some kids create awesome space rockets for a German bank
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Never Mind the Object
2012
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2012Here's some super clean, crisp, colourful Japanese graphic design
2012
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2013Illustration: Swedish illustrator Klara Persson has charm in no small dose
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2013Danny Sangra's awesome illustrated interviews for new Tokyo show are a thrill
2013
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2014More excellent work from unstoppable Swedish illustrator Sara Andreasson
2014
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2018Catching up with Charlotte Trounce while on a residency in Japan
2018
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2010WIN: Tokyo Bike
2010
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2013A Week On Monday: Lawrence Zeegen on 80s pop and Japanese junk
2013
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2014Miscellaneous: Behind the scenes of the 1956 Japanese Godzilla
2014
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2012Check out the mid-century stylings of Japanese illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto
2012
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2014Product Design: Swedish student's system to pay at shops by using vein scanning!
2014
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2018Shun Ishizuka's designs combine Western design influences for a Japanese context
2018
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2018Ailsa Johnson’s illustrations draw on the everyday magic of Japanese culture
2018
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2015Bright, polished and inventive graphic design from Swedish agency Ritator
2015
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2017German illustrator Stephanie Wunderlich’s ode to papercut collage
2017
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2011Interview Project Germany
2011
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2015Japanese studio who sent a bonsai to space's Encyclopaedia of Flowers
2015
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2012Traditional Japanese woodblock carvings give Nintendo a newfound gravitas
2012
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2013Art: Henrique Oliveira's installation is taking over the Palais de Tokyo
2013
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2018Swedish design studio Amanda & Erik avoid the tropes of minimalist, Scandinavian design in their practice
2018
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2022No Running! Pia Henkel shines a light on Berlin’s 62 public pools
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2012Japanese studio Nendo use the everyday as inspiration for their compact designs
2012
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2014Art: Thierry Noir – the first man to paint the Berlin Wall – opens first ever solo show in London
2014
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2014Illustration: Paula Troxler's incredible blend of crayon colours and German folklore
2014
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2024The View from Berlin: meet the defiant and resourceful creatives leading the city’s DIY culture explosion
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2015A polished and sophisticated update from German studio Bureau Progressiv
2015
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2025Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move
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2015Scott King's nice new campaign claims all pop culture in the name of Berlin
2015
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2014Dazzled by the eye-catching work of Berlin-based studio 44flavours
2014
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2017Laura Callaghan depicts how Germany would look if women were in charge
2017
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2017Node Berlin Oslo talks through its redesign of Haus der Kulturen der Welt
2017
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2012Stockholm Design week 2012: Form us With Love
2012
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2016Ricardo Ferrol reinterprets the work of influential German designer Otl Aicher
2016
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2018Volume presents a long-overdue monograph on Japanese type master Takenobu Igarashi
2018
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2016Dutch artist Tymen Visser paints life in Tokyo
2016
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2019Photographer Maja Daniels explores the ancient language and culture of an isolated Swedish community
2019
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2017Karifurav Caihua’s weirdly erotic Japanese-inspired illustrations
2017
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2018Benedikt Rugar’s illustrations for the German Design Glossary use elements of the surreal to tell a visual story
2018
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2015Presenting Wurstbande, or "sausage gang" – a Berlin-based illustration duo
2015
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2021Celebrating the legacy of Kamekura Yusaku’s iconic Tokyo 1964 Olympics identity
2021
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2022Broken Japanese: Why even a “respectful” homage to a country’s culture can be problematic
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2012A fresh, Swedish graphic design studio for y'all to be inspired by
2012
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2024The View From Tokyo: the fascinating origins, and triumphant resurgence, of Risograph in Japan
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2015Perfect type and considered visual flourishes in Stockholm-based Studio Parasto Backman's graphics
2015
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2020Illustrator Joshua Winston Scurville's inspirations vary from Japanese graphic design to jazz
2020
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2019Alice Tye's new exhibition presents the everyday details from a trip to Japan
2019
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2012Best of Japanese design scene in Berlin via the Tokyo Art Directors Club
2012
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2015Nuanced and deliciously strange illustration from Japanese artist Yu Fukugawa
2015
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2015Textural, expressive illustration from Berlin-based illustrator Beth Walrond
2015
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2021Maciek Pożoga captures the human-like qualities of Japanese macaques
2021
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2021Art collective Excalibur on using pixel art to blend Japanese myths with reality
2021
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2014Vibrant, pebble-like paintings from Berlin-based artist Frau Grau
2014
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2015UNIQLO's new Kabuki range takes inspiration from Japanese theatre
2015
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2012Glorifying the suberb portfolio of German graphic designer Alexander Lis
2012
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2013Fun record sleeve design and illustration from Hamburg's Human Empire
2013
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2024The View From Tokyo: why Laforet Harajuku is an epicentre for the city’s alternative creative ideas
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2015Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke is back with his charmingly naughty gifs
2015
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2018“The beauty of abstraction”: Christoph Niemann on his new mural for a Berlin train station
2018
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2012Stockholm Design Lab create smashing new Ikea food packaging
2012
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2013Graphic Design: Fantastic design for the Berlin Art Prize 2013 from designers HelloMe
2013
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2011WassinkLundgren: Tokyo Tokyo
2011
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2017Varied, playful and slightly odd drawings from Japanese illustrator Summer House
2017
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2013Photography: Nissan offer photographers the chance to go to Tokyo
2013
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2013Japanese photographer Takeshi Suga turns his talents to snow-bound serenity
2013
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2019Illustrative painter Alice Tye on capturing the natural beauty of Japan
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012
2012
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2021Jentwo’s sunny, characterful illustrations are inspired by Japanese City Pop and the friendly folk of Kamakura
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2015Bizarre ad uses synchronised swimmers to advertise Japan’s hot springs
2015
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2012Posthumously introducing the undisputed king of Japanese Graphic design, Shigeo Fukuda
2012
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2012John Diebel's stunning geometric collages ooze Bauhaus perfection
2012
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2013One German pedestrian becomes a sartorial celebrity thanks to What Ali Wore
2013
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2013Swedish studio PJADAD kick food photography up a gear for new campaign
2013
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2012Design rising from destruction – new show focusses on post-tsunami Japanese revival
2012
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2025This exhibition showcases the universal language of Japanese pictograms
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2013Things 2013 #8: professional wrestling, Swedish design, youthful shots, 180 shots and the future of illustration.
2013
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2017Animator and director James Curran’s amusing 30-day Gifathon project in Tokyo
2017
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2014Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke’s adorable and hilariously rude GIFs
2014
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2026Theo Cottle pays tribute to the slow dancing of Japan’s youngest samurais
2026
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2019How do you advertise a Swedish bank? With Snoop Dogg and Afghan hounds
2019
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2014Graphic Design: Peruvian Gabriela Maskrey delights us again with art show catalogue
2014
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2015A minimalist building that moves: Penda’s dynamic entry for Bauhaus Museum design competition
2015
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2013HarrimanSteel overhaul Tokyo Fixed in transformation to Kinoko Custom Cycles
2013
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2019A rural fishing village in Japan attempts to overcome its ageing population
2019
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2020Berlin’s Contemporary C**t Collective shine a light on Drag Syndrome in the latest issue of King Kong Garçon
2020
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2019When Work Becomes Play: What We Can Learn from the Bauhaus 100 Years On
2019
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Clemence Seilles
2012
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2015Yakisoba noodles, cigarettes and Tokyo streets in Monika Mogi’s coming-of-age series
2015
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2012Impressive Iraq speeches project from new German publishers Cake
2012
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2017“A small Japanese photographer is on the same page of great photographers!”: Piczo joins WeFolk
2017
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2020Seb Agresti tells us about his residency in Japan and the importance of reinventing yourself
2020
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2012Mogwai Japan: Knock for Knock
2012
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2017Ten contemporary Manga artists reshaping the eminent Japanese comic scene
2017
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2024Dinosaurs, UFOs and fairytale castles: A travel diary of Japan’s roadside love hotels
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: DeisgNu
2012
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2015Young Berlin illustrator Ruohan Wang's charming work belies her youth
2015
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2016What does it mean to work in the arts? One Berlin-based artist shuts a gallery for five weeks to find out...
2016
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2012Jaw-dropping installation sees 100,000 LEDs float down Tokyo river
2012
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2012The intensely quiet, private moments of Japanese photographer, Go Itami
2012
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2019Koichi and Takeko: A tale of two grandparents and Japan through the 20th Century
2019
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2013A treasure trove of graphic riches on offer thanks to Berlin studio Stahl R
2013
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2012Pipe smoking gets a fresh new look courtesy of Swedish designers Stiff
2012
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2013Design talks will never be the same again thanks to this pavilion in Sweden
2013
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2018Partying in the Weimar Republic with the Archive of Modern Conflict
2018
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2013The Graduates 2013: Luisa Whitton gets deep inside the Japanese robotics industry
2013
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2018Dairy drinks and cigarettes meet in Lucas Reis' illustrative evocations of Japan
2018
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2015Japanese artist Tatsuro Kiuchi is back with more beautifully finished illustrations
2015
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2013Graphic design: German design studio Stellavie create prints for stargazers
2013
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2015Cool graphic design from Germany-based Cabinet Gold van d’Vlies
2015
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2016Photographer Zaza Bertrand takes a look inside the Japanese love hotels
2016
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2012Japanese duo Nerhol talk about their triumphant time-lapse cut-away portraits
2012
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2017Illustrator Kate Prior works out “how the hell you draw air” for Wired Japan
2017
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2012Meet Sari, the Tokyo tourist photobomber making her hobby into an artform
2012
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2017David Lewandowski’s floppy rubber bodies take over the streets of Japan
2017
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2018Naoya Hatakeyama's photographs of Japan's contemporary topographies embody "the death and rebirth of cities"
2018
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2017Tokyo illustrator Okamura Yuta and his endearing brush-and-ink characters
2017
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2021In Tokyo, Ichijo Hikaru is looking beyond Japanese beauty standards for her illustrations
2021
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2019Japanese illustrator Sabu is influenced by the nostalgia of old adverts
2019
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2015Hamburg-based studio Karl Anders wishes you a Heavy Birthday
2015
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2019From South Korea, Ghana to Berlin, Alexander Beer captures the people of the world
2019
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2016Tokyo-based illustrator Ryuto Miyake's work is full of warmth and wit
2016
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2012Enormous, breathtaking salt sculptures by Japanese Motoi Yamamoto
2012
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2022Broken Japanese: Understanding privilege and cultural appropriation as a creative
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2012Stockholm Design Week 2012: Katrin Greiling
2012
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2015Gurafiku founder Ryan Hageman on the wonder of Japanese graphic design
2015
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2021Stefan Dotter documents the Ama, the “sea women” of Japan
2021
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2016Ill-Studio’s short film plays with reflections and odd perspectives in Berlin
2016
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2013Architecture: Wowserino! ROK install 22,000 unique wooden sticks in German boutique
2013
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2019Tilman Brembs’ mammoth archive captures the early Berlin techno years
2019
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2017Pass-the-illustration and an hour of Swedish Progg. It's time for Things!
2017
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2014Fascinating portraits of stars by German photographer Olaf Heine
2014
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2014Illustration: You just don't get much more joyful than the work of Berlin's Golden Cosmos
2014
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2016Understated and beautiful Vitra packaging by Swedish studio BVD
2016
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2013Dan Witz is back showing off some stunning light paintings at the Gestalten space in Berlin
2013
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2015Swedish studio Snask's brilliant handmade letters for Washington Post
2015
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2018Friday Mixtape: Photographer Laura Lewis makes us a soundtrack for Japanese love hotels
2018
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2012Tadashi Ueda is perhaps Japan's most enigmatic young designer
2012
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2014Illustration: Striking Japanese scenes from illustrator Yuki Kitazumi
2014
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2013Art: Welcome to the psychedelic world of Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami
2013
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2017Architect’s draftsman turned illustrator: Daniel Lima’s colourful version of reality
2017
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2024Joseph Töreki’s juicy renders are inspired by “perfect” pieces of Japanese fruit
2024
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2015Banging designs for a Berlin techno club by Serbian creative Vanja Golubovic
2015
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2016Sean Lotman’s serenely psychedelic photographs of Japan
2016
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2015Work in Progress: the DIY zine from Swedish Studio Reko
2015
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2015Another treasure trove of work from Swedish creative Martin Nicolausson
2015
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2017Meet Berlin-based studio Büro Bum Bum
2017
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2019Land in Sonne explores the young generations now living in former East Berlin and its impacts
2019
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2011Katrin Greiling: Stockholm Furniture Fair
2011
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2014Eclectic graphic skills from Stockholm studio Research and Development
2014
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2012A fascinating glimpse into the world of the Tokyo businessman by Bruno Quinquet
2012
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2024The View From Tokyo: embracing imperfection and humour with heta-uma
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2014Manuel Birnbacher's weird and wonderful look for a German house festival
2014
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2013Ikea in Swedish shows how to pronounce the names of your favourite furnishings
2013
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2017Japanese graphic designer Ryu Mieno creates type-heavy works fizzing with energy
2017
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2018Yang Qi’s work expresses a strong Chinese and German cultural background
2018
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2012Paul Leichtfried produces a drastic redesign for Berlin refugee charity
2012
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2013Graphic Design: Tokyo show brings celebrates 25 years of design brilliance from Why Not Associates
2013
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2022Meet Yasuo-range, the Tokyo illustrator using geometric expressions to transform the nondescript
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2012Japanese woodblock printmaker Nishijima Katsuyuki has an incredible craft
2012
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2017Swedish artist Ekta reconsiders simple geometric shapes
2017
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2013Here's mysterious, Swedish magic carpet makers Oyyo and their beautiful rugs. Thanks Wednesday!
2013
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2020Japanese photographer Hashimoto Shoko looks back to 50 years ago, to his time spent with the Goze
2020
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2025Grilli Type’s GT Era brings an early Bauhaus chic back to the sans serif
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2014Illustration: We love these detailed prints by Berlin illustrator Jeong Hwa Min
2014
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2016Carl Randall’s detailed paintings depict the frenetic and crowded nature of Japan
2016
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2020Solene Gün examines men in Turkish banlieue communities in Berlin and Paris
2020
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2020Four illustrators create alternative mascots for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
2020
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2015Confident, minimal designs from Berlin studio Neubau prove less is more
2015
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2019Aga Giecko tells us about her first solo exhibition, Bauhaus 100
2019
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2014Graphic Design: A bunch of great guys designing incredible stuff in Berlin, meet Eps51
2014
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2025Angela Kirkwood illustrates a reissue of Magical Athlete – the zany Japanese board game that’s absurd and fun in equal measure
2025
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2014Weird and wonderful Japanese graphic design from Tadashi Ueda
2014
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2012Excellently gauged info-heavy illustration from Swedish illustrator Nils-Petter Ekwall
2012
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2012Majestic Ukiyo-e inspired illustrations from the gifted Yuko Shimizu
2012
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2012Sweden's money gets a beautiful redesign by graphic designer Göran Österlund
2012
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2013Photography: Superbly talented Go Itami beckons us into his own deliciously beautiful Japan
2013
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2014Colourful dancing ladies captured by German photographer Andrea Grützner
2014
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2010Juno Hamburg
2010
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2013Graphic Design: Sensational Japanese graphics from aptly-named Groovisions
2013
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2019German photographer Miguel Brusch documents Blackpool like you've never seen it before
2019
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2013Art: Superb satires of 1920s Berlin from the inimitable George Grosz
2013
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2015Bonkers, beardy and very Swedish new Saatchi & Saatchi Rekorderlig ad
2015
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2018The Art of Shinkansen animated gif series celebrates the Japanese bullet train
2018
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2016Peacocks, 70s baroque and Wes Anderson vibes in Berlin for Gucci’s AW16 campaign
2016
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2012Mouthwateringly wonderful Aesop Fables illustrations by Japanese master Takeo Takei
2012
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2015Berlin studio Yukiko talks us through the good-looking new issue of Flaneur
2015
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2012Legendary Daido Moriyama's gritty portrayal of ancient Japanese tradition in the modern world
2012
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2013Photography: James Chororos enchants with his photographs of Peru
2013
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2016NY-based Kendall Henderson distils the visual complexity of Tokyo
2016
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2014Illustration: Lovely portraits from German illustrator Florian Bayer
2014
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2021Challenging documentary norms, Nolwenn Le Flanchec and Marie Godt artfully capture the German island of Langeoog
2021
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2015Playfully tongue-in-cheek illustrations from Germany-based Cécile Dormeau
2015
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2016Yoshinori Mizutani captures the colourful, rain soaked commuters of Tokyo
2016
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2017Tokyo-based photographer Yota Yoshida’s “poetic expressions in the everyday”
2017
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2019Fyre Festival’s digital designer Tokyo tells its story, two years on
2019
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2012The Barbican's Bauhaus: Art as Life shines a light on design's biggest influencers
2012
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2018Bex Day photographs the beaming smiles and fading tans of Berlin's bodybuilders
2018
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2014Bureau Mirko Borsche's amazing redesign for Munich freesheet Super Paper
2014
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2019Icon, Artist, Photosexual: Peter Berlin reflects on a lifetime of erotic self-portraiture
2019
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2024Neale Johnston’s graphic design work is at one with Berlin’s techno scene
2024
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2015Poppy, unpretentious work from Hamburg-based illustrator Johanna Noack
2015
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2015Look lively! German illustrator Sebastian Schwamm will light up your eyeballs
2015
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2022Broken Japanese: Exploring exoticisation and stereotyping in graphic design
2022
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2021Illustrator Kelly Anna’s Tokyo Olympic series proves she’s not yet done evolving
2021
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2017Dan Woodger channels the fun of the beach for McDonald's Japan
2017
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2010Japan Probe
2010
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2014Dan Wilton photographed Halloween in Tokyo for Vice
2014
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2018Celebrating 100 years of the Bauhaus, Printed Pages AW18 is available to order now
2018
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2014Illustration: Cheeky magic from German illustrator Nadine Redlich
2014
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2015Nico Therin photographs Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market
2015
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2019Michiyo Yanagihara imbues her post-human photography with Japanese mythology
2019
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2017Can Dagarslani personifies serenity in photographic series at Bauhaus
2017
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2014Yoshinori Mizutani's incredible photographs of Tokyo’s parrot infestation
2014
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2012Let Things indulge you with this week's delectable treats – from the Bauhaus to eggs to the Middle East
2012
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2014Graphic Design: Tip top record sleeve design from German duo Schultzschultz
2014
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2017Swedish illustrator Malin Rosenqvist creates textural works about psychology and powerful women
2017
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2009The Japanese Gallery of Psychiatric Art
2009
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2012Six artists customise six cycles as part of Tokyo Bike's east London launch
2012
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2019Shiori Fujioka illustrates the unseen tranquility of Tokyo
2019
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2018Fish by Osma Harvilahti is a romantic interpretation of the Japanese fishing industry
2018
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2015Olafur Eliasson on tech in art and Berlin's "exceptional people"
2015
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2010Tokyo Bike
2010
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2015The bizarre, twilight world of Berlin-based photographer Maxime Ballesteros
2015
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2026Why are so many of Berlin’s community initiatives run by designers – and what’s the point?
2026
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2014German photographer Astrid Korntheuer captures colourfully chaotic scenes
2014
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2015Simple scenes and surreal poses from Japanese illustrator Noritake
2015
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2025Irasutoya: the best-known illustrator in Japan, that you’ve probably never heard of
2025
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2016Considered, understated but experimental work from Berlin studio Tim+Tim
2016
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2017Kobayashi Ikki’s striking hand-crafted designs are inspired by Japanese graffiti
2017
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2015An insight into Olafur Eliasson's utopian-sounding Berlin studio on Freunde von Freunden
2015
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2012Introducing… The ineffably awesome Berlin illustrative duo Doris Freigofas and Daniel Dolz, aka Golden Cosmos
2012