Author Archives: ken edwards
paris by polaroid
pre-digital, armed only with my polaroid camera — i’m tempted to revive it. you will find here: picasso,brancusi, jean paul sartre, simone de beauvoir, jean seberg, henri langlois, and hotel du nord, star of the eponymous film
city
the city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand, written in the corners of the streets, the gratings of the windows, the banisters of the steps, the antennae of the lightning rods, the poles of the flags, … Read More →
teppan-yaki izakaya
teppan-yaki-ya are usually associated with flashy upmarket slightly tacky pepper-mill twirling wisecracking steak chefs in london and new york epitomised by ‘benihana’. this place was a bit different. it’s warm and friendly, and the food has a distinctly japan meets the rest of the world … Read More →
龍安寺（ryoan-ji)
うらやまし美しう成て散る紅葉 urayamashi utsukushuu natte chiru momiji how enviable becoming beautiful falling maple leaves
tokyo 21_21
21_21 is a new design museum near roppongi, and tokyo ‘midtown’ new development. the building is designed to be dramatic whilst not overwhelming the surrounding park-scape. it is part-buried in the ground. what can be seen from the outside is essentially the roof. this, together … Read More →
tokyo ikebukuro mono
not the most glamourous part of tokyo, with a reputation for sleaze and bad taste, it nevertheless boasts one of tokyo’s biggest railway stations, two of the biggest department stores in the world, and serves the dormitory prefecture of saitama. nevertheless, this is where your … Read More →
tokyo glass
in the aoyama area of tokyo comme des garçons store (flagship with aspirations to starship; the store was designed by the label’s chief designer and founder, fashion legend rei kawakubo) also the much photographed arresting design of herzog and du meuron’s prada store.