#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...
#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...
#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...
#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....
#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...
#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...
#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...
#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...
#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...