japan - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Too Much Magazine explores the inherent romance of our built environments

“Our real interest is not a specific field like architecture, art, or anthropology, but space and spaces,” says Yoshi Tsujimura,...

Singapore

Japanese gadget maker Yuichiro Katsumoto hacks everyday objects to make life a little less serious

Yuichiro Katsumoto’s design ethos hinges on his ability to see the potential for joy and exploration in mundane objects. The...

Düsseldorf Architecture

Sampling Japanese culture with the locals in Düsseldorf’s Little Tokyo

The table looks like a chaotic setting from a scene in an anime show: countless small plates and cups, hardly...

Amsterdam Art

Kuwaiti artist Monira al Qadiri on Japanese cartoons and the body as art

“Of course he was my favorite character. I saw myself in him, and wanted to be him.” Monira is speaking...

Sydney Art

Twenty Twenty Vision: Photographer Michael French preserves the ephemeral era

During our twenties, disenchantment is often merged with starry-eyed idealism; everything is replete with contrasts. Most of all, it’s the...

Community Photo Essays

Izumi Miyazaki Ushers in Transnational Surrealist Humor

Izumi Miyazaki plays with identity stereotypes when she situates them alongside grotesque or awkward elements. Decapitation, food preparation and self...

Kyoko Hamada's Photographic Confrontation of the Human Aging Process

The project started when the artist’s eye was caught by a silver wig in Brooklyn back in 2012. Since snapping...

Berlin

Hitting the right note with Shizuko Yoshikuni and Manuel Kuschnig's signature room scents

Stepping into their apartment is at once a multi-sensory and soothing experience: crisply white, with a wall of perfectly curated...

Berlin

Meet the FvF Contributors: Shinji Minegishi

With a background in Japanese perfectionism, he’s since adapted to a more narrative style. FvF has been working with Shinji...

Santo Antonio do Pinhal Workplaces

Where Japan meets Brazil: Woodworker Morito Ebine transplants traditional joinery

Even its topography and climate speak of somewhere else, especially to the many Japanese immigrants who have settled in the...

Tokyo Art

Steven Simon: Adjusting your focus

“He used to talk a lot about his business trips to Japan and it seemed to me so unreal and...

Nagano

Mikio Hasui

Hasui makes the perfect cup of coffee, from Tanzanian beans roasted in his kitchen. A selection of mellow jazz tunes...

Tokyo Art

Sayori & Toyotsugu Wada

Growing up as a third generation of Edokko and born to a father wedded to surf, it’s no surprise that...

Tokyo

Ai Fukasawa

Born and raised in Tokyo, Ai left her hometown in 1998 and moved to New York to study graphic design...

Tokyo

Hanayo & Tenko

Squeezed between the gigantic hubs of Shibuya and Ebisu in the concrete heart of Tokyo, there lies a house on...

Tokyo Art

Azuma Makoto

For the most part it is a daunting task to summarize a city by a single characteristic. In the case...

Tokyo Art

Hiroki Tsukuda

Hiroki Tsukuda is a contemporary artist based in Tokyo. Working as an artist is often not an easy way to...

Community

Meet the FvF Contributors: Akiko Watanabe from Berlin

Our good friend Akiko Watanabe works as a freelance contributor and photographer for Lodown and various other Japanese magazines. Specializing...

London Workplaces

Goodhood

Jo Sindle and Kyle Stewart are founders of the independent fashion store, Goodhood in Shoreditch, London. Having opened its doors...

Singapore

Tracy Phillips

Ever since early childhood, one could say that Tracy Phillips has led a dual life. Due to her parents’ divorce,...