Keiji Ashizawa and Takahiro Chiba, the dynamic duo behind Ishinomaki Laboratory, like to describe their operation as the world’s first DIY furniture company. Chiba, a former sushi chef, heads up ...

石卷工房（Ishinomaki Laboratory）的家具，象征了劫后逢生，代表了生存的创意。 2011年3月，日本沿海石卷市惨遭东北地震海啸重击，3500人死亡，3万人家园重创。东京建筑师芦泽启治（Keiji Ashizawa）2010年在石卷市设计的一家居家 ...

Ishinomaki Laboratory remains rooted in community empowerment, fusing quality design with social impact — locally as well as globally. Subscribe . Digital Print . May 03, 2025 . Subscribe.

The collaboration between the two companies has continuously evolved since they first met in 2014, with SCP becoming the first company to make Ishinomaki Laboratory products outside of Japan, as part ...

The Philippines has a rich heritage in furniture-making. Aside from being home to trees which provide high quality wood such as teak and narra, Filipino artisans are also highly skilled. The govern… ...

The lab's focus was to teach residents how to fix their houses and build their own furniture, helping to restore normality and rebuild the city. University of Toronto alumnus David Wang learned about ...

“I think carpentry is quite a basic skill, like a language, for us,” Japanese architect Keiji Ashizawa of Ishinomaki Lab says. “As long as people have DIY skill, they can improve their life ...

Ashizawa is also the representative of furniture brand Ishinomaki Laboratory. The company has local partners in more than ten countries who manufacture and sell the products in their local workshops.

ISHINOMAKI, Japan — Nobody tweeted or blogged or e-mailed. They didn't telephone either. Bereft of electricity, gasoline and gas, this tsunami-traumatized town did things the really old ...