Dutch architect Mette Fredskild has designed a customisable kitchen island for Lithuanian brand Kongacph that draws on the ...

The15th edition of the Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF) will celebrate ‘Innovation Island’ presenting a dynamic blend of a ...

Audacious details, subtle colours and a product designer for a client make this Peckham house conversion a unique spatial ...

Recessed lighting gets a makeover in Anne Hathaway's modern farmhouse kitchen – her unique and whimsical take has renewed my ...

As Hello Kitty's commercial success expanded beyond Asia, so did her personal profile. By the late 1970s, Sanrio revealed the character's name as Kitty White, her height as five apples tall and her ...

By David Waldstein Masa Kawai wore his faded Yankees cap on Wednesday as he served customers at the Japanese doughnut shop he owns in Edgewater, N.J. It was two days before Game 1 of a World ...

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certain handmade qualities and design values persist. These traditional traces, whether visible brushstrokes or invisible zen-inspired minimalism, infuse contemporary works with cultural richness.

17, according to an Instagram announcement yesterday posted by the owners’ son Naoki Yoshida, who ran the now-closed Shun Japanese Kitchen in Montrose. Naomitsu and Emi Yoshida opened their ...