Art & Design

Revisiting a handmade animation era with 1991’s ‘PAPERS’.

Explaining the glue between anime, fine art, toys, and fashion.

Kyoichi Tsuzuki’s cult classic gets a second life.

How Hara Kazuaki documents the daily lives of her kids in Nagano.

Shin Hanga preserved traditional aesthetics while negotiating Western influence and change.

The insanely detailed cardboard creations of Aidakko Sishou.

Ihei Kimura captured life’s raw beauty through unfiltered moments.

These quirky little creatures say more than words ever could.

From Ukiyo-e’s decline rose the Sōsaku Hanga movement.

Danielle Sinai explores what it means to get lost in Tokyo.

Kyoto-based artist nouseskou merges digital distorted patterns with nature and body.

A conversation on Kureha’s surreal mirror world.

The teenage photographer who rewrote Japan’s youth visually.

Underwater worlds and robotic fantasies.

Paul Tulett photographs concrete forms hiding in plain sight.

Japanese prints quietly reshaped how Europe saw light and space.

Messy rooms scanned in 3D become love letters to chaos.

Ore sketches loose lines balanced between punk mood and manga.

EZ blurs body and machine until fashion becomes emotional armor.

Postwar trauma and pop culture collide in Tanaami’s vivid dreamscape.

A sacred gate turned into an interactive sound installation.

Through glass and stillness, Wolf frames the cost of movement.

Hasui painted the kind of calm most people miss.

Chris Pyrate paints Tokyo with pastel chaos and sakura dreams.

A ping pong table, a window, and four years waiting.

Emi Kusano crafts a world where AI dreams in neon.

Everyday objects whisper stories as Ulala Imai captures their glow.

How Tampopo redefined food cinema, spotlighting ramen as Japan’s cultural symbol.

Billboards reimagined as Shibuya’s streets become Tokyo’s art gallery.

Fatbeard’s pixel art captures Japan’s timeless beauty in modern form.