About TIME & STYLE
Time & Style manufactures products using traditional Japanese techniques and carefully selected natural materials. Every product from furniture and lighting to tableware is an original product designed and manufactured in-house. They are the product of fusing modern lifestyles with wisdom from inherited cultures and techniques. The products are realized through the manual labor of artisans from across Japan as well as the Time & Style factory in Hokkaido which brings advanced skills and sensibilities, while also incorporating machine processing to maintain a stable supply of quality products. Conducting strength tests based on original standards, Time & Style aims to create tools to be cherished for a long time by combining design, functional beauty, and durability.
Time & Style offers services for a wide variety of interior spaces, from private residences to large-scale projects, domestically and internationally. Customizing from material selection to construction methods for our sensitive products, we take pride in creating space in collaboration with designers. We also propose products through partnerships with world-renowned architects and designers. By bringing together their perspectives and traditional Japanese crafts, our products create new values.
Situated in the far north of Japan, Asahikawa is blanketed with snow for nearly half of the year. Although the climate is harsh, with days when the temperature falls below minus 20 degrees Celsius, the area is blessed with a wealth of woodland resources. Hokkaido is located at 43 to 45 degrees north latitude, within what is called the global temperate broadleaf forest belt, known around the world for its magnificent broadleaf trees.
The Time & Style Factory is located in Higashikawa, in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. We also source and process our raw materials in-house, We process our own wood from start to finish, from the sourcing of logs, to sawing, seasoning, conversion, joining, sanding, and finishing.
When logs are brought down from the mountains, we check the age of each log and make a record of the area in which each tree grew. Most commercially available pieces of timber are sold in standardized lengths and thicknesses. Processing our own wood gives us the ability to saw logs in the precise dimensions that we require, with minimum waste; an important factor for us and for the environment.
Japan is one of the most forested of the world’s developed countries with 70% of its land area, has inherited furniture-making techniques in various places. Exceptional furniture-making skills have been developed in many regions across Japan. Today, Japan’s leading furniture-making areas are: Hida-Takayama; Shizuoka; Tokushima; Fuchu, Hiroshima; Okawa, Fukuoka; and Asahikawa, Hokkaido, where our factory is located.
Many crafts such as ceramics, textiles, buildings, Buddhist altars, and cutlery are inherited all over Japan, making the best use of the characteristics of each region. In the midst of the excellent traditional techniques that have been lost, Japan’s unique craftsmanship, which has the design and functionality of craftsmen’s handcrafts, is about to be reviewed again. We believe that it is also important to make use of traditional techniques to create products that are suitable for modern life and to create an environment where craftsmen can soundly pursue their work.
Our history timeline
We established our company in 1990.
Time & Style open a new showroom in Milan
Located in the district of Brera, in the heart of Milan, Time & Style showroom occupies the entire ground floor of a neoclassic building constructed in the 1800s.
Time & Style Milan will be a base for our international business and a hub for architects, designers, interior designers, furniture makers and private customers.
Time & Style ēdition 2022 release
Boffi | DePadova released the new Time & Style ēdition 2022 during the Milan Design Week.
The new collection developed in collaboration with Boffi | DePadova brings together 24 pieces of furniture, including chairs, dining tables, low tables, armchairs, bookcases and cabinets, and lamps.
Peter Zumthor collection exhibition at Time & Style in Milan
Held during Milan Design Week at Time & Style in Milan, the exhibition is a collection of furniture that Peter Zumthor designed for his architectural projects, reconstructed and produced in Japan by Time & Style using Japanese manufacturing techniques and materials.
The exhibition is the world’s first Peter Zumthor furniture collection.
Time & Style Osaka new showroom open
In December of 2021, Time & Style opened a new showroom, Time & Style Osaka.
It was the first of its kind in Osaka and the Kansai region.
Launch the furniture collection, A chair of the tree, a tree of the forest
Time & Style released its most extensive furniture collection, A chair of the tree, a tree of the forest.
A collection of 27 chairs, nine lounge chairs, eight dining tables, six low tables, four cabinets, four shelves, and eight sofas. All of them with a significant number of variations in sizes and materials.
The capsule collection Boffi | DePadova Time & Style ēdition is released in Milan, London, Paris and New York.
Italian interior brand Boffi | DePadova and the Japanese interior brand Time & Style became partners to create the new Boffi | DePadova brand Time & Style ēdition, the first partnership between one of the world’s most recognizable Italian interior brands and a Japanese interior brand to distribute Japanese products around the world.
Open Time & Style Atmosphere in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo
Time & Style Atmosphere consists of 4 floors (including one below ground) and offers a view of the lush garden of the Nezu Museum. It is a space to disseminate Time & Style philosophy and culture from such diverse spaces, whether galleries, shops, or at times salons, and grow these into places where people can gather and create communication.
Open TIME & STYLE in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The Time & Style Amsterdam showroom occupies the entire five floors of this historic brick-made building designed by architect Willem Springer and built in 1888. The mixture of the neoclassical and medieval styles – is a symbol of Marnixstraat was designated as a protected historical building of the Netherlands in 2001.
Began a design contract with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma
The architect Kengo Kuma, one of the most influential contemporary architects, was assigned to redesign the Nezu Museum in Minami Aoyama in Tokyo. The museum is located next to Time & Style Atmosphere showroom.
Knowing that Kuma would redesign the neighboring museum, we immediately contacted his office and the museum to express our desire to make furniture for them. The NC chair is the result of those conversations. Time & Style’s relationship with Kengo Kuma has deepened over time, and we have been manufacturing furniture for many of his architectural projects.
Established TIME & STYLE FACTORY, in Higashikawa-cho, Hokkaido
In our factory we carry out all processes from log purchasing to lumbering, drying, wood cutting, wood assembly, polishing, and finishing. The use of machinery is kept to a minimum, and products are manufactured by hand by craftsmen as much as possible, taking time to finish without compromise.
Open TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN in Roppongi, Tokyo
Time & Style Midtown is one of the biggest shops in the mixed-use development “Tokyo Midtown.” A landmark building in the sophisticated district of Roppongi, a place of several foreigners embassies, significant facilities, and businesses are accumulated around Tokyo Midtown.
Open TIME & STYLE RESIDENCE in Futakotamagawa, Tokyo
Located in the famous Takashimaya Department store in the shopping area of Futako Tamagawa district in Tokyo, the bright atmosphere of Time & Style Residence accumulates products made with Japanese traditional techniques and materials, having a calm atmosphere within a modern taste.
You can find the entire Time & Style collection on our brand website, where you can check the prices, variations, and sizes on each product page.