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  • Apr.2023

    Morinomachi Plaza WONSETO FOODHALL appeared in the February 2023 issue of Shotenkenchiku.

  • Apr.2023

    Photos of "MORINOMACHI PLAZA WONSETO FOODHALL" have been added on "WORKS" pages.

    https://www.rens-design.jp/ja/works/details.php?id=47

  • Jun.2022

    Ryutaro Matsuura, a special issue of the July issue of Shoten Kenchiku (Store Architecture), went on sale on June 6.

    This is a special issue featuring RENS’s creative director, Ryutaro Matsuura.
    It introduces Matsuura’s past works with photos and drawings while presenting his design philosophy.
    We hope you will check it out at your local bookstore.

    Content
    All 29 works + INTERVIEW +COLUMN
    https://shotenkenchiku.com/products/detail.php?product_id=411

  • Jun.2022

    July issue of PEN magazine

    A feature article about RENS’ Ryutaro Matsuura was published in the abovementioned magazine and can be found on pages 144-145.

    We hope you will enjoy it.

     

  • Apr.2022

    CREA Traveller, issue on sale April 15, Kyoto special feature with an 8-page conversation was published.

    “How are long-established companies working in traditional crafts evolving?”

    Conversation: Ryutaro Matsuura of RENS × GOON

    Discovering traditional crafts through the Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei



  • Apr.2022

    DEPARTURES, Japanese edition, published in March

    Exclusive interview with Ryutaro Matsuura of RENS was published.

    DEPARTURES is a magazine sent to approximately 150,000 American Express Platinum Card members.


  • Apr.2022

    ELLE DECOR, April 2022 issue (on sale March 7, 2022)

    The Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei, whose entire interior RENS handled, was featured.

    Ryutaro Matsuura was introduced along with an overview of the hotel.


     

  • Apr.2022

    MEN’S Precious, March 2022 issue

    The Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei, whose entire interior RENS handled, was featured.

    Ryutaro Matsuura was introduced along with an overview of the hotel.


     

  • Apr.2022

    Monthly magazine Shoten Kenchiku, March issue

    The Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei was featured in a 20-page special feature at the beginning of the issue.

     

    Conversation: Ryutaro Matsuura of RENS × GOON

    GOON: Masataka Hosoo of HOSOO, Tatsuyuki Kosuga of Kohchosai Kosuga, Shuji Nakagawa of Nakagawa Mokkougei, Takahiro Yagi of Kaikado, Toru Tsuji of Kanaami-Tsuji, Hosai Matsubayashi XVI of Asahiyaki

  • Mar.2022

    Photos of "HOTEL OKURA KYOTO OKAZAKI BETTEI" have been added on "WORKS" pages.

    https://www.rens-design.jp/en/works/details.php?id=44

  • Jan.2022

    Photos of "ARABESQUE" have been added on "WORKS" pages.

    https://www.rens-design.jp/ja/works/details.php?id=41

  • Jan.2022

    TV program "HOSOO Hiroshi Kanaya The Way of the Professional "

    Ryutaro Matsuura and Nanako Kikuchi of RENS are cooperating in the program filming.

    We hope you can watch it.

     

    NHK " The Way of the Professional "

    "Spinning tradition, weaving innovation -Weaving craftsman Hiroshi Kanaya-"

    Broadcast date: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022  22: 30-


    https://www.nhk.jp/p/professional/ts/8X88ZVMGV5/episode/te/JWK67GZLX5/


    Rebroadcast date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 0:03-






  • Dec.2021

    Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei, for which RENS was in charge of interior design, will open on January 20, 2022 (Thursday).

    hotel  Website
    https://okazakibettei.hotelokurakyoto.com/


    Press release
    https://www.fashion-headline.com/article/128664
    https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=000001592.000005118&g=prt
    https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Fashion_headline_128664/?p=2

  • Aug.2021

    Fukuoka Airport’s Ramen Runway appeared in the August 2021 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • Mar.2021

    “Materials” special feature in the March 2020 issue of monthly magazine Shotenkenchiku
    ・Jojoen Shinjuku Odakyu Halc Store
    ・Conversation with Ryutaro Matsuura of NOMURA, Masataka Hosoo, Director of HOSOO, and art director Tadashi Kondo
    ・Six works by Ryutaro Matsuura in the Materials collection

  • Mar.2021

    ITADAKIMASU appeared in the March 2021 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • Sep.2020

    Jojoen Shinjuku Odakyu Halc Store appeared on the design site BAMBOO MEDIA
    http://bamboo-media.jp/

  • Apr.2020

    April 2020 special feature in KJ: Ryutaro Matsuura, 32 pages (published March 15, 2020)
    http://www.kj-p.co.jp/

  • Oct.2019

    Contribution to Real, Virtual, Space Design, a DSA 60th anniversary publication

  • Sep.2019

    “Pursuit of Timeless Store Design” special feature commemorating the 800th issue of Shotenkenchiku, September 2019 issue of Shotenkenchiku
    Contributed “Store Design That Impressed Me, and Now”

  • May.2019

    Council for Discussing the Approaches to Specifying Efforts toward the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansa
    Attended the Working Group for Specifying the Implementation Plan of the Expo 2025  Location: Osaka​ Prefectural Government Sakishima​ Building

  • Feb.2019

    Kojima Dental Clinic appeared in the February 2019 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • Dec.2018

    Three works appeared in Dental Space Design, a special issue of Shotenkenchiku
    ・Kojima Dental Clinic
    ・white essence Taipei
    ・Tsutsui Dental Clinic
    ・Designer profile 

  • Aug.2018

    “Designers’ Roots” interview appeared in the August 2018 issue of Shotenkenchiku
    Designers are interviewed about what input feeds their continual creation of new things.
    The interviews explore the sources of creativity.

  • Aug.2018

    Preview before the opening of ITADAKIMASU food hall, August 2018 issue of Shotenkenchiku
    Section: “Food Halls Innovating and Scaling Up” industry segment special feature

  • Jul.2018

    Hall of Manufacturing Ingenuity, Panasonic Museum, July 2018 issue of Shotenkenchiku
    Interview appeared in the FOCUS section

  • Jul.2018

    Article on Fukuoka Airport’s the foodtimes
    Interview appeared in Commercial Space Lighting, Vol. 3, a special issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • Jan.2018

    Roundtable talk appeared in the 2018 New Year issue of Shotenkenchiku
    Commercial viability that “bleeds into” the public sphere
    Ryutaro Matsuura of NOMURA, Chikara Ohno of sinato, and Noritaka Maeshiro of UDS

  • Aug.2017

    Coto Ciel and an interview published on the WWD Japan website
    https://www.wwdjapan.com/384097

  • Aug.2017

    The following appeared in the August 2017 issue of Shotenkenchiku
    ・Coto Ciel French restaurant, Hotel Granvia Kyoto
    ・Conversation with Masataka Hosoo of HOSOO Nishijin-ori weaving manufacturer

  • Apr.2017

    Fukuoka Airport’s the foodtimes and an interview appeared in the April issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • Jan.2017

    January 2017 issue of Shotenkenchiku
    “Thinking about Independence” New Year special feature.
    An exploration of phenomena intersecting with independence from interviews with designers and reporting activities.

  • Sep.2016

    IZA appeared in the September 2016 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • May.2015

    Ryutaro Matsuura is selected as a designer under 40 who is a rising star in Asia in the 40 UNDER 40 Awards sponsored by Perspective, a Hong Kong architecture and design magazine.
    Ryutaro Matsuura is the only Japanese person selected among the 40 up-and-coming designers in Asia
    https://www.nomurakougei.co.jp/news/detail/18

  • Jun.2014

    Luccallena appeared in Powershop 4, a separate issue of Netherlands’ Frame magazine

  • Jun.2014

    Japanese Restaurant Nakanoshima appeared in the June 2014 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • May.2014

    white essence Shinjuku Takashimaya appeared in the May 2014 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • May.2014

    The following appeared in the May 2014 issue of Shotenkenchiku
    ・white essence Takashima
    ・KLOS—Koizumi Lighting Operation Studio
    ・Tsutsui Dental Clinic Festival Tower

  • Jan.2014

    Interview appeared in the New Year special feature of the January 2014 issue of Shotenkenchik
    New Year Special: “Next Generation Store Design”
    Interviews with Chikara Ohno, Daiki Ozaki, Masahiro Yoshida, Fumihiko Fujii, Takashi Mitsuhashi, and Ryutaro Matsuura

  • Oct.2013

    Japanese Restaurant Nakanoshima appeared on BAMBOO MEDIA
    http://bamboo-media.jp/feature/日本料理-なかのしま/

  • Oct.2013

    KLOS—Koizumi Lighting Operation Studio appeared on BAMBOO MEDIA
    http://bamboo-media.jp/feature/コイズミ照明オペレーションスタジオ/

  • Oct.2013

    Luccallena appeared in the October 2013 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • Sep.2013

    Dining & Bar Aiju appears on p. 16 of Stylish Restaurants Ⅱ, published in Hong Kong
    Publisher: Mingyue International (Hong Kong) Publication Group

  • Aug.2013

    white essence Taipei appeared in the August 2013 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • Sep.2012

    The following 2 works appeared in the September 2012 issue of Shotenkenchiku
    ・Dining & Bar Aiju, Rihga Royal Gran Okinawa
    ・Henri Charpentier, Kobe Daimaru Store

  • Aug.2012

    Interview on interior design education theory appeared in the August 2012 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • Feb.2012

    white essence Ginza appeared in Dental Clinic Design, published by Shotenkenchiku

  • Jan.2012

    The following 2 works appeared in the January 2012 issue of Shotenkenchiku
    ・Hankyu MEN’S TOKYO
    ・All Day Dining REMONE

  • Dec.2011

    Interview appeared in the December 15, 2011 edition of Senken Shimbun fashion newspaper

  • Oct.2010

    Theresienthal appeared in the October 2011 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • Sep.2010

    Kagaya Hakataten appeared in the September 2011 issue of Shotenkenchiku

  • Sep.2010

    F.CLIO Ginza appeared in the September 2010 issue of Shotenkenchiku