The Furoshiki-shiki (“Furoshiki style,” apparently) is quite the innovative and colorful vinyl rucksack. Designed to be folded into bag-form or as a wallet, the intially flat, single sheet counts on ...

Furoshiki is the Japanese tradition of wrapping objects in cloth to cover or transport them. Some are turning to it as a more eco-friendly way to wrap presents without wasting paper. Much of the paper ...

Happy holidays! This week we’re revisiting our favorite festive stories from years past, like this one: Once, at a dinner ...

Furoshiki, the Japanese tradition of wrapping objects in cloth to cover or transport them, is becoming more popular as a more eco-friendly way to wrap presents without wasting paper. Much of the paper ...

Furoshiki is the Japanese art form of aesthetically folding square-shaped material for practical purposes, such as gift wrapping, transporting daily items or even as decoration. Incorporating ...

Founder Natasha Fernandes Anjo was working in a fabric shop when she turned a piece of material that was too small to make the shirt she was working on into the first iteration of what her label is ...

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Studio Ghibli is stepping in with a gift option that fans will find hard to resist. Called the My Neighbour Totoro Dandelion Azuma Bag, this item is both ...

A European twist on furoshiki, Japanese wrapping cloth, is opening up a new world of wrapping as sustainability trends revive the traditional practice. Anna Papai-Vonderviszt, 40, a furoshiki designer ...

In Japan, before mass-produced plastic bags took over, a square of cloth served to wrap purchases of varying shapes and sizes. What the Western world may have derided as a “hobo bundle,” was elevated ...

Ditch the paper gift wrap, bags and tissue paper this holiday season for the eco-friendly alternative of furoshiki (pronounced fu-row-she-kee). The Japanese wrapping technique is traditionally ...

To coincide with his retrospective at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, opening this weekend, Yohji Yamamoto has designed six charming floral cloth bags, which land today in the museum’s shop.