This article was first published on the London Design Festival 'Red Book' (print) and website in 2024. Designers, technologists and artisans breathe new life into Japanese craft at the V&A How can centuries-old Japanese craft techniques be preserved for another hundred years? For Hideki Yoshimoto
This article was first published on the Adobe Blog in 2020. Sanrio characters such as Hello Kitty are perhaps the most iconic global champions of kawaii culture. Kawaii (pronounced “kah-wah-eeeh”) is difficult to explain, but you know it when you see it. Although it’s often translated as