Houston, Texas, November 15, 2016—Asia Society Texas Center is pleased to announce Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art, an exhibition exploring the innovative shape bamboo art has taken in ...

When Japan opened up to the world in the middle of the 19th century, Western merchant ships were quick to return home with exotic art from the once reclusive nation. The private galleries and ...

I feel that the pieces I make must have musical qualities, changes in rhythm, a series of climaxes, and an overall harmony. --Shôno Shôunsai (1904-1974), bamboo basket maker and Living National ...

Japanese artists have travelled to the UK to work with bamboo that grows in a Cornish micro-climate. Experts in 'takezaiku' ventured thousands of miles to demonstrate their skills in a plantation at ...

Bamboo and an overhanging roof characterise Godai Pavilion, a pool house that Spanish studio Baldó Arquitectura has created for a home in rural Cantabria. Located in northern Spain, the outbuilding is ...

Zelkova wood furniture. Underwater-inspired lighting. Tree-reflecting textiles. Minimalist iron chairs. Japanese taiko drum-like terrazzo tables. Modern expressions of ancient hemp. Vivid abstractions ...

Already known for her exceptional wood marquetry and gemstone creations (a decorative art form that dates from the times of Egyptian dynasties), São Paulo designer Silvia Furmanovich has now branched ...

A slender-framed bamboo chair, electrolytically coloured steel furniture and tiles pigmented with micro-algae feature in this roundup of products exhibited at Designtide Tokyo. Designtide Tokyo, a ...