Nancy Jacobi has always had a thing for paper.When she was seven, she began collecting Toronto’s bus transfers on the way to and from school. “That …
How Japanese Art, Style and Design Has Influenced the World
Some of our favourite stories of Japanese-influenced craftsmanship, here in Canada and around the world.
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Putting rice on the outside of a sushi roll might be commonplace now, but that wasn’t always the case. In this feature and intimate video, …
Origami, the art of paper folding, literally means just that in Japanese: oru is “to fold” and kami is “paper”. A union between the mathematics of …
Johnnie Mundell once said to never drink whisky alone. He has since modified that statement. “There are two occasions,” says the brand ambassador for …
A pioneer of the ready-to-wear collections of 1970s Paris fashion, Kenzo Takada says he now wants to create styles that last for years, not just a …
Like the titular octopus of his 2018 blockbuster retrospective at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Takashi Murakami is nothing if not attuned to his …
There are fourteen generations and 300 years of craftsmanship behind Kyoto-based traditional okashi-ya (sweet shop) Kagizen Yoshifusa. Established in …