We posted about Kristine Bjaadal’s food objects  that were shown at Food Work during Tokyo Design Tide 2012 , and another Norwegian design team who was showing objects in the exhibition was Oslo-based  Anderssen & Voll . Food Work features eight Norwegian designers presenting projects surrounding food: storage, preparation, presentation, and eating. Anderssen & Voll’s contributions are inspired by Japanese culture, but are designed for everyday situations in Norway

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Norwegian Food Objects Inspired by Japanese Culture by Anderssen & Voll

Seeking a new way to finish wooden surfaces besides the typical varnish and paint, the Japanese design studio Nendo created the Fishline Chair. Using dyed fishing line, they wound it tightly around the wooden chair giving it a varnish-like shine. In the process, it made the wood grain pop while adding a subtle hint of color

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Fishline Chair by Nendo

Inspired by a childhood trip to Yellowstone National Park, Daniel MacDonald invented a way to create these orb-like sculptures that he calls shio , which happens to be the Japanese word for salt. The orbs are created in a studio where purified salt is poured over forms made by MacDonald. The salt water flows and slowly builds up over time and the crystals begin to form. occulus (first image also) Each piece is unique and takes about a week to fully form. He’s developed several different “species” or types of shio pieces and each one lights up

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Shio Otherworldly Lights Made from Salt by Daniel MacDonald

Italian architect and designer Elena Galli Giallini has been living in Japan since 1995 and brings a multicultural education to her designs. She recently designed the Deinde Collection for Japanese furniture company Morishige . This collection incorporates the use of urushi, which is traditional Japanese lacquer, with modern furniture. Morishige is the leading producer of furniture with lacquer urushi so they decided to work with the designer to help bring the beauty of it to modern designs. The theme was “traditional within modernity” and they’ve done that beautifully with the artistry of the ancient lacquer techniques and the clean and minimal lines of the pieces.

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Deinde Collection from Elena Galli Giallini

Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa ‘s minimalist furnishings are as simple and functional as they are unique. Slybox A minimalist inspired chest of drawers with a metal frame.

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Keiji Ashizawa Design

Anthony Dickens ’ travels as well as the Japanese Cochin paper lantern inspired the Tekio lighting system. Tekio is the Japanese word for “adaptation,” and that perfectly reflects the new lighting that he designed. The framed paper tubes can be bent and connected into any shape that you desire so your options are limitless. Each section easily unlocks to make bulb changing easy. The modular system is currently a prototype but will be available next year.

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Tekio By Anthony Dickens

The Construction Chair and Composition Chair are two ornate metal modern chairs, both designed using unique techniques.

Shown above is the Construction Chair, a chair made completely of copper. 481 .5 mm thick copper square pillars were first stacked very precisely before being soldered in place.

The Composition Chair is handmade by designer Kouichi Okamoto of Kyouei Design. The chair took over six months to complete due to an intricate process in which no bolts or welding is used. The only tools used are a jig and pliers to bend thin aluminum wire into the awesome Construction Chair.

Both the Composition Chair and the Construction Chair are from Kyouei Design, of which Kouichi Okamoto is the CEO.

Kyouei Design is a Japanese product and lighting design and maunfacturing company that was founded in 2006.

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Play tricks on your friends and family with the Trick, by Sakura Adachi.

Trick is a bookshelf that slides into two chairs and a console table. Ideal for small spaces, Trick is a great piece of multi-purpose furniture that provides storage space and a cute place to hang out.

Trick is designed by Sakura Adachi, a Japanese designer now living and working in Milan, Italy. Her space-saving Trick is manufactured by Campeggi.

Got any tricks up your sleeve for Trick in your home?

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Thin Black Lines is a series of 29 pieces created by Nendo, a Japanese Design Studio. Throughout the end of October, the pieces from Thin Black Lines are being exhibited at Phillips de Pury and Company in London, England.

The series contains various chairs, tables, stools, vases and bowls constructed from solid black tubular steel. In the photo above are two pieces from Thin Black Lines, the left is a table and the right is a chair. Prices are available upon request at Phillips de Pury and Company’s website.

Nendo, created by Oki Sato in 2002, means “clay” in Japanese. With experience in architecture, interior and graphic design, Nendo is displaying Thin Black Lines as well as Blurry White Surfaces, another set of unique designs created by Nendo.

If you happen to be in London, or are planning a trip before October 31st, stop by and check out Thin Black Lines!

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Though it can definitely be inconvenient, there is something really beautiful about rain. DCS Corp captures that in this new and unique collection of rain cloud lamps. Each lamp features made from Japanese paper called Washi.

The rain cloud lamps come in several different designs and as a pendant, table lamp, or a floor lamps. See more from DCS Corp here.

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