Japanese Interiors

Japanese Interiors by Mihoko Iida and Danielle Demetriou is a beautifully photographed exploration of Japan’s distinctive approach to interior space — the aesthetic principles, cultural traditions, and contemporary expressions that make Japanese interiors among the most admired and imitated in the world. The authors document homes ranging from traditional machiya townhouses and rural farmhouses to contemporary apartments and designer residences, showing how Japanese design sensibility — the emphasis on natural materials, negative space, the integration of inside and outside — manifests across very different contexts and scales. With thoughtful text explaining the cultural values behind the visual choices, this is both an inspiring design book and a genuine exploration of a different way of thinking about how we inhabit space. Published by Phaidon.