Loving the mix of concrete with burnt and carbonised cedar in this eel shop by Japanese architect Toru Shimokawa of stad. Shimokawa used the burnt wood to reference the charcoal over which eels are traditionally grilled.
This is the weblog of UK based digital creative IAIN CLARIDGE serving as a repository for random morsels of ocular delight, news, views, obsessions and expressions.
A design should have some tension and some expression in itself. I like to compare it with the lines on a football field. It is a strict grid. In this grid you play a game and these can be nice games or very boring games. — Wim Crouwel
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