Rikumo Field Trip: Mori Building Digital Art Museum Epson - teamLab Borderless

We made a special visit to the newly opened Mori Building Digital Art Museum Epson - TeamLab Borderless. These are our photos. They do not do it justice.

Morihata AdminAugust 22, 2018Travel, Published

At a Loss for Words: What I’ve Learned After 3 Years as a Writer

Magali Roman has been the lead content writer and editor of Rikumo Journal since 2015. As she prepares to leave behind her full time position to pursue new opportunities, she reflects on what she has learned during her time with us.

Morihata AdminAugust 13, 2018Behind the Scenes at Rikumo

Interview: Coffee and Conversation With Menagerie Coffee

In the making of our city guide, we sat with some of our like-minded friends and collaborators and talked shop. Here, we take a break from tea and catch up with April Nett and Elysa DiMauro, co-owners of coffee shop and community meeting place Menagerie Coffee.

LongformMorihata AdminJuly 17, 2018Interview + Studio Tour, Published

Interview: The Looking-Glass World of Rennes

In the making of our city guide, we sat down with some of our like-minded friends and collaborators and talked shop. Here, we catch up with Julia Okun, designer and owner of Old City atelier rennes.

CollaborationMorihata AdminJuly 2, 2018Interview + Studio Tour, Design, Published

Summer in the City: The Philadelphia City Guide

We rounded up 23 of our team’s favorite spots to eat, drink, and frolick, just in time for the 4th of July.

CampaignMorihata AdminJuly 2, 2018Travel, Campaign, Published

Workshop no. 22: Japanese Expanded Cinema: Preview Program and Lecture with CCJ

We welcomed film scholar Julian Ross and our friends from Collaborative Cataloging Japan (CCJ) as they debuted scenes from Japanese expanded cinema: largely unseen, thoroughly avant-garde, and uniquely Japanese experimental film.

Morihata AdminJune 15, 2018

Workshop no. 21: Natural Selections: Hands-on Katazome and Indigo with Graham Keegan

For the past few weeks, textile designer Graham Keegan has carved a route through the American heartland on a mission to spread the gospel of natural indigo dyeing. Here’s what we learned from his Rikumo visit.

WorkshopsMorihata AdminJune 4, 2018Workshops

Rikumo Book Club: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's "In Praise of Shadows"

For designers and creative minds alike, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's "In Praise of Shadows" inspired a new way of looking at the brutal and hopeful world that surrounds us. Here we explore the life-changing essay that inspired so many of our favorite designers.

LongformMorihata AdminMay 25, 2018Culture, Design

First Watch: Memorial Day Sale This Weekend

We have some exciting news.

Morihata AdminMay 23, 2018

Workshop no. 20: A BYOP Planting Party with Field

Just in time for the warm weather, we hosted our friends from Field for a spring planting workshop.

Morihata AdminMay 21, 2018

Swimming Upstream: What Children's Day Can Teach Us About Resilience

Though it swims in a current beyond its control, the carp is born with the ability to fight through streams and cascades. It’s fitting, then, that carps have become a symbol for the energy and resilience of young people.

CampaignMorihata AdminMay 4, 2018Culture, Campaign

The Conscious Consumer: How Design Can Save The World

The role of design and the designer is intrinsic to the culture of consumerism in the world today. So why are so many of them designing irresponsibly?

LongformMorihata AdminApril 20, 2018Design

Travel Diaries: The Modernist Embassies of Nikko

A landmark destination once known for its extravagant shrines, the village of Nikko has since retreated into a nature and architecture lover's paradise. Venture inside the little-known village that was once known as a foreign diplomat’s summer paradise.

ShortformMorihata AdminApril 13, 2018Travel, Culture

Workshop no. 19: Sakura Suminagashi

We held our second suminagashi paper marbling workshop, just in time for the sakura cherry blossom festival.

WorkshopsMorihata AdminApril 9, 2018Workshops

Expert Hand: The World of Japanese Towel Sommeliers

Sommeliers are thoughtful, analytical types with the ability to discern the exceptional from the ordinary. In the seaside mills of Imabari, a towel sommelier can make the difference between a good towel and a Japanese towel.

LongformMorihata AdminMarch 23, 2018Culture