VOLUPTAS

VERTICALITY (n.) lat. vertex (highest point) lat. verticalis (overhead) fr. vertical (straight…

Nothing perishes, believe me, in the whole world; but everything varies, everything changes its…

synthesis (n.): act in which two or more elements combine and create something new

急がば回れ (ISOGABA MAWARE) Japanese saying that means "if you are in a hurry, go around"

nature (n.): totality of all living beings and non-living elements that interact in complex ways…

From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise: “a dispute, wrangle of uncertain origin”…

Absence, n: the fact of someone or something not existing or not being available; a lack of…

variable (n.) something that can change, especially in a way that can not be known in advance.

(過労死 (KAROSHI) is a Japanese term for sudden death caused by overwork. The immediate cause of death…

"At first one smiles at this place which combines a museum, a chapel, and a sex shop. As always in…

‘Tokyo is a chaotic city that works perfectly’

Sign, from the latin Word signum: "Mark, Token, Signal". Originating from the Proto-Indo-European…

A minute's silence can be very long. A real minute can last an eternity.

A continuous decline had been taking place for some time, a steady erosion of standards that…

ritual (n.) repeated, always consistent, regular procedure according to a fixed order, ones…

hygiene (n.) conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease…

trade (v.) 1. the action of exchanging goods and services … 2. Trade is from Middle English trade…

LIMIT (n.) something that bounds, restrains, or confines

The television occupies the space. It is the only thing comfortably placed. Its light passes out.

CODE (n.): c. 1300, "systematic compilation of laws," from Old French code "system of laws…

SILENCE (n.): 1. an absence of sound; complete quiet … 2. a state of not speaking or making noise

SCREEN (n.) 1. a flat surface on which a picture or series of pictures is projected or reflected …

CODE (n.): 1. a system of words, letters, or signs used to represent a message in secret form … 2.

SCREEN (n.) 1. a flat surface on which a picture or series of pictures is projected or reflected

In Shinohara’s designs there is always a hint towards verticality. Be it a simple ladder reaching…

"Clearly, the desert has done to me what it has done to many of us desert freaks- it has made me…

Traversing a city can produce a collection of cross sections distinctive of that city...The cross…

"Clearly, the desert has done to me what it has done to many of us desert freaks- it has made me…

"Silence, heat and light. The silence flowed back around us, like a filling pool, as I switched off…

“Nearly everything about Los Angeles appeals to me - … the endless sprawl, the two-story apartment…