I’m heading out for the weekend but I just wanted to post these images as a teaser for next week.

“Bring Forest” (2000) is a concept by Ichiro Katami who, along with another designer, were singlehandedly responsible for bringing about the cafe boom in Tokyo in the late 90s/early 2000s. I’ll be looking at some of their interiors next week, discussing their influence and the lasting impact they have had in transforming cafe culture in Japan.

I love the idea of vegetation as walls. I think it would be amazing to walk through a space like this!

EDING:POST has created this cute t-shirt (packaged as a hamburger) for the famous LOTUS cafe in Tokyo, and has set up an installation and shop. The items will be on display, and available for purchase through August 18th.

EDING:POST is a design company established in 2007, and is comprised of Tomohiro Kato and Satoshi Hasegawa, 2 up-and-coming designers in their early 20s.