Design
Small Business
Report
Shelf esteem— Tokyo
Preface
Take two retail visionaries, one Tokyo store space and one great idea, and you’ve got the Good Design Shop, a concept store made to change the way people consume.
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01Wooden photo frames made from used school desktops
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03Lab bottles and beakers by Koizumi Glass Co. in Tokyo
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