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I wrote a post on SUMICA kids furniture by student designer Michiko Eguchi. Read it here…

I also did a post on SEAL, a Japanese company that makes these cool bags (and shoes) from recycled tire tubes. Read it here…

I have a column in Snow Magazine covering Bunzo Ogawa’s Absolute Arrows, a public restroom project in Hiroshima. Read it here!

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My latest post for inhabitots features Rina Ono’s Cowakka, a hancrafted handle perfect for all the small straphangers of the city! Read the post here.

I decided to omit it from the post, but the handle was manufactured by Takahashi Kougei, who also worked with Oji Masanori to create his gorgeous KAMI series of cups.

I wrote up a post on the Yu Watanabe x Hiromatsu Furniture line. In an interview the representative discussed an interesting initiative in which they recycle all of their scraps into these wonderfully tactile SONO Beans. They also divulged an exciting new product, SONO Clay, which is essentially potters clay made out of sawdust. Read the full story HERE.

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• Hiromatsu Furniture

I wrote a short post on Chigo wooden toys. I remember playing with these toys as a child, and how the simplistic beauty would stimulate my imagination for hours on end. Especially the seemingly magical wooden tops, which actually turn upside down on their heads while spinning (YouTube clip)! Read the full story on inhabitots.

My post over on inhabitots is up covering Oji Masanori’s line of evolving children’s furniture. Read the full story on inhabitots!

I’ve begun contributing to inhabitots, an eco blog for parents, where hopefully I will be able to share more of the daddy-side of myself. My first post featuring “Bears on Melting Ice” by Masahiro Minami is up. Read the full story here!