Featured Exhibitions & Events

The open factory event, “RENEW/2026” will be held over three days, from October 9 to 11, 2026 across Sabae-city, Echizen-city and Echizen-cho in Fukui Prefecture. Event information, including the full list of participating companies, programs and workshops has been released on th...

“Utsuwa no Aki,” an event where visitors can enjoy works by eight artists from five Fukawa-Hagi kilns will be held again this year in the Nagato Yumoto Onsen district from October 2 to November 3, 2026.The theme of this year’s event is “Chaka Ippuku (A Moment of Savoring Tea and ...

“KOGEism 2026 – Exposition: Les matériaux et la pensée humaine,” will showcase 20 artists from Japan and France who bring diverse cultural backgrounds and techniques, will be held at AXIS Gallery in Roppongi from September 16 to 24, 2026, and at Ginza Tsutaya Books from October 3...

Craft x Tech is exhibiting at the London Design Festival 2026, one of the most influential design festivals, from September 12, 2026. This marks their second participation and showcases the “Craft x Tech Tokai Project,” a collection of works created through six collaborative proj...

Following its presentations at Milan Design Week in April and 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen in June, Time & Style presents its 2026 New Collection at Tokyo and Osaka showrooms, featuring over 20 new designs and 24 new upholstery fabrics.Rooted in Eastern philosophy and the wisd...

The exhibition “A Feast for the Eyes: Tableware” will be held at the Suntory Museum of Art in Roppongi, Tokyo, from July 8 through August 30, 2026. Focusing on ceramic and porcelain tableware primarily from the Momoyama and Edo periods (16th – 19th centuries), the exhibitio...

ZOZO NEXT will present products and prototypes from its “Yobiiro” project overseas for the first time at the design festival “3daysofdesign” which take places in Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 10 to 12, 2026.“Yobiiro” is a project that combines Japanese craftsmanship with cutting...

Based in Uji, Asahiyaki will make it first appearance at 3daysofdesign, taking place in Copenhagen from June 10 to 12, 2026. The historic Kyoto kiln will also debut “osaa,” a new tableware collection developed in collaboration with Helsinki-based design studio Kaksikko.The “osaa”...

3daysofdesign, which began as a small design event in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2013, has grown into one of the Scandinavia’s leading design festivals and continues to attract global attention each year. The 2026 edition will be held from June 10 to 12, 2026 across eight districts i...

“Craft x Tech Tokai Project 2026 Tokyo Exhibition,” an exhibition showcasing newly created works born from collaborations between craftspeople from Japan’s Tokai region and internationally active creators, will be held at kudan house, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property locat...

LOEWE announced that the winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026 is Jongjin Park, who was awarded the prize for his work “Strata of Illusion.”Jongjin Park is a ceramic artist from Korea and assistant professor at Seoul Women’s University, Seoul. He holds an MA in Ceramics...

The year 2026 marks two major milestones: the 100th anniversary of the 1926 publication of the prospectus proposing the establishment of a museum dedicated to folk crafts, and the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Nihon Mingeikan). To commemorate t...