The Kaikaya restaurant was born from the idea of Mireia, a young Valencian, to combine Japanese tradition with Brazilian exoticism.

The tropical sushi restaurant is the result of years of history and cultural contamination. In fact, at the beginning of the 20th century, the Japanese arrived in Brazil to work on coffee plantations. Here they had to adapt to Brazilian eating habits. After years of experimentation and research into different tastes, a Japanese-Brazilian gastronomy was born.

Kaikaya witnesses this new culture from the point of view of both food and design.

The project curated by the design studio Masquespacio maintains the elements already present in the structure, highlighting the beauty of the imperfections. Representing Japanese culture are materials such as wood and raffia, reminiscent of the hats used during the rice harvest. Brazilian tropicalismo, however, is given by decorative elements such as patterns made from mosaic tiles, parrots and a wide use of plants.

Two countries so far apart and different here come together in a perfect mix.

In addition to making actresses and celebrities look perfect, in the right hands, Photoshop can create real parallel worlds. Herri Susanto is a self-taught young Indonesian who, after years of tutorials and books, has managed to refine his skills in the use of Photoshop.

Starting from a simple photo, which can sometimes seem banal and flat, he creates surreal images. He creates real fantastic worlds in which the streets start from a smartphone or at a certain point the landscape inexplicably bends as if the earth were not round.

His passion began with the intention of slightly modifying his daughter’s photos. Then, discovering the thousands of possibilities offered by photo editing, he became so good that he fascinated almost 100,000 people on Instagram.

As we have already seen with Watercolor, every time the design studio Nendo presents a new work we are amazed by the simplicity and elegance of the lines. This time the Japanese studio has created Skeleton, a fantastic set of cutlery with minimal design and ergonomic shapes.

The collection consists of four items: a spoon, a teaspoon, a knife, and a fork. The PVD coating, available in four colors: silver, black, copper and gold, makes the surface scratch-resistant and dirt repellent. In addition, a stand is included to keep the set on display when not in use.

The design has been reduced to a minimum, in practice keeping only the outlines of the cutlery, thus recalling the typical images of X-rays. Each cutlery has a recess that allows you to hook them to the edges of the plates, cups or hang them.

The set was designed for The Cutlery Project, a collection for Valerie Objects, a Belgian brand of furniture and home accessories.

The architects of the TianJin University Research Institute, with the support of Zhang Hua Architects, have succeeded in enclosing all the forms and characteristics of the surrounding environment in the architecture of the new Liuzhou Suiseki Hall.

The Liuzhou Suiseki Hall, which houses a museum and several temporary exhibitions, is located in the center of Liuzhou, a fascinating thousand-year-old Chinese town. Here the city has developed on the banks of the Liujiang River, which has carved its way through mountains and hills. Just behind Liuzhou Suiseki Hall, you can see two mountains, one lower and rounded and the other higher and more squared.

To pay homage to the place, the architects decided to enclose all the diversity of the territory in the structure of the building. Thus, the right side of it is composed of straight lines and rectangular shapes that recall the slopes of the mountains, while the left side has more sinuous lines, similar to those of the river bends.

The choice of the TianJin University Research Institute team is also based on traditional Chinese culture, according to which the mountain and the stream are not opposite, but are part of a harmonious vision of the world.