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Yukari Yamahiro

Yukari is a designer who grew up in Tokyo, London, and Washington D.C. metropolitan area. After graduating from University of Maryland, School of Architecture, she worked at SoftBank in Tokyo while volunteering in Northern Japan Post- 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. She moved to New York in 2014, to work at Perkins+Will, a global architecture and design firm. She currently works at a consulting firm and is an active World Economic Forum Global Shaper.
ICFF, Green Lighting, NY Design Week, Stickbulb, led light, led lights, led lighting, RUX, icff, international contemporary furniture fair, ICFF, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, new york design week

This beautiful geometric LED light is customizable into any configuration

If you haven’t heard of Stickbulb yet, it’s time you did. Stickbulb is a collection of stunning, innovative...

14 green furniture designs using reclaimed, recycled or rapidly renewable materials

14 green furniture designs using reclaimed, recycled or rapidly renewable materials

Fiber Chair by MUUTO MUUTO designer Iskos-Berlin marries mid-century modern with a modern flair with this fiber...

Livi, planter, sustainable design, green design

Create a vertical garden on your window or wall in minutes with these adorable Livi planters

Imagine being able to create your own vertical garden right on your window or wall in just a few minutes. That's...

Modern glass addition brings light and nature into a Fort Greene row home

Modern glass addition brings light and nature into a Fort Greene row home

Framed with wood and steel, the pavilion is essentially a glass box that sits against the home's original back...

Sophisticated Nolitan Hotel is filled with design touches that reflect NoLiTa’s local charm

Sophisticated Nolitan Hotel is filled with design touches that reflect NoLiTa's local charm

Located at the corner of Elizabeth and Kenmare Streets, the bifurcated building has an eastern and western volume...

LinkedIn’s NYC offices boast a secret speakeasy lounge and room lined with old telephones

LinkedIn's NYC offices boast a secret speakeasy lounge and room lined with old telephones

LinkedIn's NYC office space focuses on employee wellness and active design, and employs shifted desk alignments...

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Lowline Lab: Inside the beginnings of NYC's first underground park

The Lowline Lab officially opened to the public this past Saturday inside an abandoned market on the Lower East...

The Barbarian Group’s crazy 4,400-sq-ft desk puts your work surface to shame

The Barbarian Group's crazy 4,400-sq-ft desk puts your work surface to shame

Introducing the Superdesk from The Barbarian Group on Vimeo. The Barbarian Group's snaking desk was CNC cut...

Architecture, Interior Design, TreeHaus, New York City, Manhattan

Treehaus encourages a sort of "urban foraging" at its woodsy Midtown eatery

The spatial organization of the lunch spot is sculpted by the relationships between objects and different types...

Delicatessen, Nemaworkshop, New York City, Architecture

Delicatessen: How the humble NYC newsstand inspired this bustling Soho restaurant's design

Built into the lower floors of an early-20th-century brick-and-mortar tenement, Delicatessen is characterized by...

Prism, Green Design, New York City, Architecture

The Prism: Check out the health-centric new residential tower redefining the Manhattan skyline

The Prism complex is a 40-story luxury condo-rental hybrid that includes a garden courtyard, an indoor lap pool,...

Times Squared 3015 skyscraper concept stacks a beach, a farm and a forest into one soaring tower

Times Squared 3015 skyscraper concept stacks a beach, a farm and a forest into one soaring tower

What would happen if environments as varied as a vertical farm, a beach, a mountain range, and a redwood forest...

Atrium, Green Design, New York Cityy, Architecture

Explore the hidden oasis tucked inside of this Midtown office building (PHOTOS)

  The Ford Foundation building is a bit of a fortress-like structure that stands out amongst the neo-gothic-infused...

Peer inside Bloomberg Tower’s dramatic glass-clad “urban room”

Peer inside Bloomberg Tower's dramatic glass-clad "urban room”

Thousands of people pass by Bloomberg Tower at 731 Lexington Avenue every day, but many are unaware of the unique...