“The point of MUJI, and all good design, is not to be trendy. We are trying to remove elements of style, to achieve an emptiness that can be a vessel for something greater,” says Hara.

MUJI is one Japanese lifestyle brand that many in Singapore are familiar with, despite being flooded by a whole host of other similar brands from Daiso to UNIQLO. Still, the brand has managed to ...

Muji has 702 stores worldwide, which drove revenue for the most recent fiscal year up 18 percent to 260.25 billion Japanese yen (approximately $2.14 billion), fueled by growth in Asia, especially ...

Hara, who believes MUJI represents a uniquely Japanese take on design, was in town for a major solo exhibition, Designing Design, now at the Beijing Center for the Arts (BCA) until July 15.

Since hitting a rocky patch in 2001, Muji has bounced back to become bigger than ever with a design-first approach that proves good products equal good business. The Philosophical Compass Muji’s ...

This prototype design is in Tokyo and there's no word on when this might come to the rest of the world but you can shop Muji's minimalist and functional designs in its online store.

As Co.Design reported in 2016, it was Tanaka who designed the brand’s logo and who had the idea to use unbleached, recycled paper to package Muji products in the 1980s.

Muji, and the principles of Zen more specifically, are all about celebrating the interconnectedness of nature. For a Muji living room, then, it's best to embrace natural materials, organic shapes ...

Midcentury design is truly great, and I would like to see Wegner’s Y chairs or Eames shell chairs around a Muji oak table. Charles and Ray Eames lived in Pacific Palisades.

I thought that living small in the smallest of structures is a Muji kind of living." The huts will go on sale in Japan next year, and were on display at Tokyo Design Week from October 24-28, 2015.