I recently discovered Crate Furniture, purveyors of beautiful wooden things, based out of Kagoshima, Japan. I would love to eat out of those wooden bowls. From the picture I can’t figure out how they were made, but those wooden vases are fantastic too.
It just so happens that some of their pieces are on display at Heath Ceramics (in LA) in conjunction with a show featuring products from Playmountain, a design shop in Tokyo. The show began on June 5th and runs through the entire summer (September 5th).If you are in the area you should definitely check it out!
June 10, 2010 at 8:26 am
playmountain looks like an interesting store, same with that crate furniture. i may be popping over to japan in a few weeks time so will try to check this out.
June 11, 2010 at 3:03 am
playmountain is indeed very interesting. I especially like their “chigo” brand of kids toys and clothing.
June 12, 2010 at 6:20 pm
beautiful, it's like the wood turned into clay.