Dezeen Showroom: New York-based Japanese designer Nao Tamura looked to the craft of kimono making to inform the Origata bench and console, created for Italian furniture brand Porro. The Origata ...

Italian brand Porro, a fourth-generation family business specialising in customisable modular furniture systems, is both proud of its Italian heritage and roots in the manufacturing hotspot that is ...

Learning the art of giving, Japanese-style. That’s what Origata is all about. WHAT matters at Christmas time is the spirit, right? For those yet to be convinced, a tiny Japanese pavilion in Paris ...

In this picture taken on October 30, 2012 Japanese Soke Ogasawara (L) attends a ceremony of Origata, Japan’s art of gift wrapping during the opening of the “Miwa” pavillon in Paris. What matters at ...

You could hardly be further from the push and shove of the holiday shopping season: the tiny wood-panelled cubicle in the city’s Latin Quarter is like a hybrid of concept store, art gallery and ...