A washi designer combines huge sheets of washi with lighting to enliven open architectural spaces. Stoles made from dyed, washi-woven textile are the amalgamation of traditional Kyoto chic.

Japanese handmade paper, known as washi is still made in some areas of Japan and used in painting, calligraphy, origami, and other traditional art forms. Recently, contemporary Japanese artists have ...

a 125-year-old Japanese paper company is breathing new life into an age-old washi tradition. NO matter how beautiful a piece of paper is, it has little worth if it is not utilised in our everyday ...

French studio Uchronia has completed the interiors for Cafe Shin in Paris, which features a central coffee counter topped with a washi-paper roof ... features interiors designed by Uchronia ...

An example of paper made in the year 702 is preserved in the Shosoin treasure house in Nara. Although many centuries have passed since then, tesuki — or handmade — washi is still produced ...

Each takes months to design and make, says float maker Hiroo Takenami, and for much of the Nebuta Matsuri’s 300-year history they were covered only in washi, a type of paper handmade from the ...

Washi is a traditional Japanese craft where artisans handcraft paper made from mulberry trees. This paper has been produced for centuries and is distinctly Japanese. Think of a Japanese lantern, shoji ...

Italian fashion house Fendi has collaborated with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to design accessories that ... a hybrid of washi paper made from cotton and tree bark fibres that is traditionally ...