Journal

#09 Threading Connections
#09 Threading Connections
The air in Kojima always carries the faint scent of indigo and machinery oil, a now familiar　perfume that I’ve come to associate with Japanese garment production. Standing outside the unassuming facade... Read more...
#08 Studio D’Artisan
#08 Studio D’Artisan
Conciously Weaving History Into Every Thread In an era of fast fashion and mass production, Studio D’Artisan stands apart by honoring tradition. Their approach to fabric development reads less like technical... Read more...
#07 A Conversation with Hidehiro Nishijima
#07 A Conversation with Hidehiro Nishijima
Two years into running his own brand feels both long and impossibly short for Hidehiro Nishijima. Prequel, along with its companion fabric label Foley, represents a departure from his previous decade-plus career... Read more...
#06 Behind the Scenes
#06 Behind the Scenes
Capturing Heritage in Osaka Our recent collaboration brought together an international team of passionate craftspeople and style devotees in Osaka, where heritage brands Barnstormers and R.C.T. came to life through the lens.... Read more...
#05 The Button Maker of Amakusa
#05 The Button Maker of Amakusa
Yumi Inoue left Amakusa after high school and didn’t come back for fifteen years. When she finally returned, she took a job in local tourism and started asking questions about what... Read more...
#04 The Pursuit of Timeless Quality
#04 The Pursuit of Timeless Quality
Riding High’s Made-in-Japan Philosophy Shindai Usuki has a confession: he’s been making essentially the same thing for thirty years. “Products I made back then and what I’m creating now are really... Read more...
#03 Living Within the Creative Matrix
#03 Living Within the Creative Matrix
A Conversation with Satoshi Ishijima After more than a decade in Tokyo, Satoshi Ishijima moved back to his hometown of Toyama.The decision was partly about returning to his roots, but... Read more...
#02 The Space Between
#02 The Space Between
There’s a particular kind of conversation that only happens in person. The one where someone pulls out their phone not to scroll, but to show you a fabric sample they’ve been... Read more...
#01 Letter From Osaka
#01 Letter From Osaka
Osaka doesn’t announce itself the way Tokyo does. Here, craft is not mere spectacle; it’s a handshake, a conversation over tea, a factory tour that turns into dinner. The makers we... Read more...