In a display of traditional Japanese craftsmanship, Time & Style released the Drop Paper Lamp which Claesson Koivisto Rune has designed exclusively for the K5 Tokyo Hotel.
The lamp is crafted with Suifu lantern-making techniques from the Ibaraki Prefecture, known for its strong and resilient paper lanterns.
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The Time & Style showrooms are thoughtfully designed to highlight the character of the building's materials, history, and surroundings. The brand's commitment to the original texture and feel of the materials is reflected in their product offerings, which incorporate natural materials with minimal processing to create a space that celebrates the harmony between the environment and the products. The aim is to create showrooms with a unique personality, achieved through the composition of the products and spatial representations that reference the characteristics of the local area and space.
Located in the Brera district of Milan, the flagship Time & Style showroom is approximately 500 square meters and features a fusion of Western and Eastern cultures. The historic arches that stretch across the building add to its charm, offering a showcase for original Time & Style products and select items such as Japanese household utensils, sculptures, and ceramics by Japanese artists.
Time & Style designed and produced a collection of lighting with different sizes, exclusively for K5 Tokyo. In particular, the idea of a large 120 cm-diameter lantern posed a challenge to the craftspeople, completed after repeated prototyping.
K5 Tokyo is a hotel whose interior design was conceived and designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune, a design group based in Stockholm, Sweden. This unique facility includes hotel accommodation, a restaurant, a wine bar, and a coffee shop, all housed in a newly renovated historic building in Tokyo, Japan.
Drop Paper Lamp is made with the techniques of Suifu lantern making in Ibaraki Prefecture, an area known for the production of durable and sturdy paper lanterns. To form a delicately curved water droplet shape, the structure was created using strips of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin wrapped in washi paper. For the lantern’s shade, the Echizen washi paper was chosen, a traditional paper with a history of about 1,500 years and characterized by its warm color and durability due to the long and thick Japanese mulberry fiber used as the raw material. It is generally used in large sheets that can be applied seamlessly to large fittings such as fusuma (sliding doors) and byobu (folding screens).
Claesson Koivisto Rune is a Swedish design group formed in 1995 by Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto, and Ola Rune.
Their projects involve architecture, furniture, and commodities such as tableware, and textiles, and their creative designs are highly acclaimed in the international design community. They have been active in Japan as well, producing numerous projects.
The group has shared design philosophies with Time & Style, nurtured through 20 years of mutual communication and the members’ respect for Japan.
Time and Style is a Japanese interior brand.
The brand specialises in designing and producing furniture, lighting, tableware, towels, and other everyday tools. The design concept involves updating traditional Japanese techniques for modern living and creating products that are durable, timeless, and highlight the unique qualities of the materials used.
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